Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market feeder calves sold steady, but were higher in spots. To few slaughter cattle to get a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.41/cwt on 23 head, up $12.41 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 24 comparable sales and sits −37.51 against this barn's trailing median of $439.92.

Average price

$402.41

▲ 12.41 vs prior sale

23 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$60.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.98

vs MS average

−12.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	428.95	2,196	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	507	410.00	2,079	12thin
Medium and Large 2	550	387.50	2,131	2thin
Medium and Large 3	557	368.91	2,055	5thin

One grade step is worth $60.04/cwt here — about $141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale23 hd

402.41

—

MS average13 barns · 342 hd

388.42

+13.98

National average179 barns · 17,467 hd

414.98

−12.57

This barn, trailing median24 sales

439.92

−37.51

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,408	142.99	2,013	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	953	114.50	1,091	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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$2,843	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$2,280	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$3,900	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$3,750	2thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 3	550–600	573	364.53/cwt	358.00–374.00	2,089	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,896	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,295	2,280.02/head	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,280	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	2,690.02/head	2,650.00–2,725.00	2,690	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,610	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	342.34/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	354.95/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	375.49/cwt	375.00–376.00	2,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	329.42/cwt	326.00–335.00	1,904	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	358.98/cwt	358.00–360.00	2,028	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	434.80/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	357.36/cwt	351.00–360.00	1,840	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	495.03/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	479.77/cwt	478.00–485.00	1,780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	383.60/cwt	375.00–386.00	1,611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	417.02/cwt	413.00–420.00	1,927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	378.96/cwt	370.00–388.00	1,944	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	371.54/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	609.35/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	614.49/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	340.76/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	536.56/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	327.97/cwt	322.00–331.00	2,394	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	350.50/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	401.95/cwt	393.00–408.00	1,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	353.57/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,125	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,765	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	308.00/cwt	307.00–309.00	1,965	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,236	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	954	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	142.99/cwt	140.50–145.00	2,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	414.39/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,113	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	336.97/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,099	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	353.52/cwt	348.00–359.00	2,308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,931	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	469.55/cwt	463.00–485.00	2,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	326.63/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,032	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	396.38/cwt	393.00–400.00	1,665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	428.98/cwt	428.00–430.00	1,823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,079	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	428.95/cwt	418.00–440.00	2,196	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,959	1

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 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 207Year ago 267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 6Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 13Year ago 19

As compared to the last market feeder calves sold steady, but were higher in spots. To few slaughter cattle to get a trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	530.00	530.00
1	300–350	340	465.00	465.00
4	350–400	371	478.00–485.00	479.77
1	400–450	415	418.00	418.00
1	450–500	480	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	533	375.00–376.00	375.49
3	550–600	573	358.00–374.00	364.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	490.00–500.00	495.03
3	400–450	413	425.00–445.00	434.80
2	450–500	480	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	530	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	570	395.00	395.00
4	650–700	670	340.00–343.00	340.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	600.00–630.00	614.49
3	300–350	320	530.00–540.00	536.56
1	350–400	375	515.00	515.00
4	400–450	428	463.00–485.00	469.55
4	500–550	512	418.00–440.00	428.95
2	600–650	633	350.00–351.00	350.50
2	650–700	653	348.00–359.00	353.52
4	700–750	730	322.00–331.00	327.97
1	800–850	810	321.00	321.00
1	900–950	935	304.00	304.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	507	410.00	410.00
21	600–650	601	350.00–355.00	353.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	408.00	408.00
1	450–500	475	403.00	403.00
1	500–550	545	368.00	368.00
2	550–600	565	358.00–360.00	358.98
1	650–700	685	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	413.00	413.00
3	450–500	462	413.00–420.00	417.02
2	500–550	513	370.00–388.00	378.96
1	600–650	605	323.00	323.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	428.00–430.00	428.98
3	500–550	510	405.00–420.00	414.39
3	600–650	623	330.00–342.00	336.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	350.00–360.00	354.95
5	500–550	508	338.00–345.00	342.34
9	550–600	578	326.00–335.00	329.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	395.00	395.00
3	350–400	372	393.00–408.00	401.95
6	400–450	420	375.00–386.00	383.60
2	450–500	483	370.00–373.00	371.54
8	500–550	515	351.00–360.00	357.36
1	550–600	550	355.00	355.00
2	600–650	638	307.00–309.00	308.00
1	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	720	278.00	278.00
1	750–800	790	269.00	269.00
1	850–900	865	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	600.00–620.00	609.35
1	300–350	325	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	420	393.00–400.00	396.38
1	500–550	505	388.00	388.00
9	600–650	622	318.00–329.00	326.63
1	650–700	665	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	493	358.00	358.00
2	600–650	635	340.00	340.00
3	750–800	782	304.00	304.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,295	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,280.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,040	2,650.00–2,725.00	2,690.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,610	3,150.00	3,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	3,900.00	3,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,225	3,750.00	3,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	120.00	120.00
1	—	875	109.00	109.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	140.50–145.00	142.99

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle