Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady. Small offering of slaughter cows and some very thin cows, so steady on them as well.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.15/cwt on 6 head, down $16.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −71.74 against this barn's trailing median of $443.89.

Average price

$372.15

▼ 16.33 vs prior sale

6 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$7.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.71

vs MS average

−29.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	373.38	2,050	5thin
Medium and Large 2	545	366.00	1,995	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.38/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.61, low $370.48, median $443.89 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

372.15

—

MS average13 barns · 252 hd

379.86

−7.71

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

−29.73

This barn, trailing median19 sales

443.89

−71.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,515	205.11	3,107	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	180.00	2,259	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,088	150.61	1,639	6thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,425	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,240	$2,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,530	$3,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

61 lots · USDA AMS · Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	351.01/cwt	348.00–355.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	358.01/cwt	356.00–360.00	2,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	444.80/cwt	443.00–446.00	1,806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	354.74/cwt	354.00–356.00	2,529	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	302.66/cwt	298.00–305.00	2,388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,207	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	417.57/cwt	408.00–425.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	376.84/cwt	370.00–383.00	1,779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	457.63/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,707	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,155	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	408.65/cwt	395.00–423.00	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,424	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	143.21/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,454	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	440	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,830	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,530	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,171	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,931	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,964	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,259	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,077	1
Bulls	—	—	1,398	206.51/cwt	202.00–209.00	2,887	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	152.08/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	365.34/cwt	363.00–368.00	1,889	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,118	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,185	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	427.42/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,368	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	422.53/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	297.01/cwt	294.00–300.00	2,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	361.38/cwt	359.00–365.00	2,226	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	368.49/cwt	367.00–370.00	2,119	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	337.26/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	376.64/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	410.67/cwt	410.00–411.00	1,700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	368.50/cwt	368.00–369.00	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	386.03/cwt	384.00–388.00	1,768	2

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

Mon Aug 10, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 265Year ago 273

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 34Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 107

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady. Small offering of slaughter cows and some very thin cows, so steady on them as well.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	453.00	453.00
3	350–400	373	455.00–460.00	457.63
3	400–450	413	408.00–425.00	417.57
1	450–500	490	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	545	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	470	373.00	373.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	501.00	501.00
1	300–350	335	465.00	465.00
1	350–400	350	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	410	440.00	440.00
3	500–550	535	376.00–378.00	376.64
2	550–600	570	368.00–369.00	368.50
5	600–650	616	359.00–365.00	361.38
7	750–800	780	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	443.00–446.00	444.80
16	700–750	713	354.00–356.00	354.74
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	416.00	416.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	387.00	387.00
3	500–550	515	348.00–355.00	351.01
1	550–600	565	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	357	395.00–423.00	408.65
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	472	370.00–383.00	376.84
2	550–600	563	356.00–360.00	358.01
3	600–650	628	330.00–342.00	337.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	428.00	428.00
12	600–650	636	347.00	347.00
6	750–800	789	298.00–305.00	302.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	435.00	435.00
2	300–350	320	425.00–430.00	427.42
3	350–400	350	429.00	429.00
3	400–450	414	410.00–411.00	410.67
1	500–550	505	397.00	397.00
1	600–650	615	353.00	353.00
1	700–750	725	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	458	384.00–388.00	386.03
1	550–600	595	348.00	348.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	420.00–425.00	422.53
1	450–500	485	410.00	410.00
3	500–550	517	363.00–368.00	365.34
2	550–600	575	367.00–370.00	368.49
1	600–650	640	331.00	331.00
1	700–750	720	315.00	315.00
2	800–850	828	294.00–300.00	297.01

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	2,425.00	2,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,530	3,500.00	3,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	140.00–146.00	143.21
1	—	1,290	161.00	161.00
3	—	1,070	150.00–154.00	152.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	180.00	180.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	216.00	216.00
1	—	1,560	190.00	190.00
3	—	1,398	202.00–209.00	206.51

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle