Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market feeder calves sold steady for the most part, but were a little higher in spots. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.00/cwt on 14 head, up $19.78 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 24 comparable sales and sits −49.92 against this barn's trailing median of $439.92.

Average price

$390.00

▲ 19.78 vs prior sale

14 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$66.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.61

vs MS average

−15.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	424.00	2,196	5thin
Medium and Large 1	533	386.00	2,057	2thin
Medium and Large 2	521	373.49	1,946	4thin
Medium and Large 3	582	358.00	2,084	3thin

One grade step is worth $66.00/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.61, low $344.60, median $439.92 across 24 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 sale14 hd

390.00

—

MS average12 barns · 328 hd

380.38

+9.61

National average174 barns · 11,933 hd

405.57

−15.57

This barn, trailing median24 sales

439.92

−49.92

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	1,835	173.00	3,175	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,135	150.00	1,703	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,610	135.12	2,175	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	125.00	1,363	2thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,260	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,280	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$1,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,450	2thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,703	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	135.12/cwt	132.00–139.00	2,175	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,580	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,162	1
Bulls	—	—	1,835	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	349.47/cwt	347.00–352.00	2,055	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	279.00/cwt	278.00–280.00	2,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	396.38/cwt	393.00–400.00	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	386.00/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,057	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,346	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,007	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	524.93/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	344.02/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	326.56/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,122	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,200	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	434.88/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	411.26/cwt	403.00–418.00	1,694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	377.93/cwt	373.00–383.00	1,738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	372.98/cwt	370.00–376.00	1,895	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	416.52/cwt	413.00–420.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	524.00/cwt	523.00–525.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,361	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	750	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,260	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,280	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	411.41/cwt	408.00–415.00	1,967	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,084	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	460.00/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	333.50/cwt	333.00–334.00	1,894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	354.50/cwt	349.00–360.00	1,631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	387.40/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	377.40/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	324.50/cwt	324.00–325.00	1,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	383.87/cwt	380.00–388.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	502.44/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	338.48/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	1,839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	433.94/cwt	430.00–438.00	2,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,185	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,196	5

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 Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 207Last week 207Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 9Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 29Year ago 16

As compared to the last market feeder calves sold steady for the most part, but were a little higher in spots. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	132.00–139.00	135.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,010	115.00	115.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	173.00	173.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	393.00–400.00	396.38
1	500–550	525	348.00	348.00
2	550–600	588	347.00–352.00	349.47
1	600–650	610	329.00	329.00
2	750–800	763	278.00–280.00	279.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	621	321.00	321.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	380.00–388.00	383.87
2	550–600	578	337.00–340.00	338.48
1	600–650	635	318.00	318.00
1	700–750	725	268.00	268.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	435.00	435.00
1	300–350	335	433.00	433.00
1	350–400	370	420.00	420.00
3	400–450	412	403.00–418.00	411.26
2	500–550	513	340.00–348.00	344.02
1	550–600	575	343.00	343.00
2	600–650	630	323.00–330.00	326.56
1	650–700	665	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	710	316.00	316.00
1	750–800	760	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	596	356.00	356.00
2	1200–1250	1,200	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	408.00	408.00
1	350–400	380	405.00	405.00
2	400–450	428	375.00–380.00	377.40
3	450–500	460	373.00–383.00	377.93
2	550–600	568	333.00–334.00	333.50
1	600–650	605	314.00	314.00
1	650–700	670	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	385.00–390.00	387.40
2	450–500	460	349.00–360.00	354.50
2	550–600	553	324.00–325.00	324.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	523.00–525.00	524.00
2	350–400	355	520.00–530.00	524.93
2	400–450	408	415.00–455.00	434.88
1	450–500	450	445.00	445.00
2	500–550	533	385.00–387.00	386.00
28	650–700	682	344.00	344.00
2	700–750	740	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	500.00–505.00	502.44
1	350–400	355	518.00	518.00
2	450–500	488	430.00–438.00	433.94
3	500–550	508	370.00–376.00	372.98
1	550–600	560	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	455.00–465.00	460.00
2	400–450	438	413.00–420.00	416.52
2	450–500	478	408.00–415.00	411.41
3	550–600	582	358.00	358.00
1	650–700	665	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	518	424.00	424.00
17	600–650	607	360.00	360.00
3	800–850	827	317.00	317.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	750	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	2,550.00	2,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	2,250.00	2,250.00

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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Meridian Livestock Auction

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

Slaughter Cattle

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Replacement Cattle