The Morning Wire / Mississippi / Mon Aug 3, 2026

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Mississippi cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Aug 3
● 7 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Mon, Aug 3
Choice cutout closed $5.35 higher at $366.73. 7 Mississippi barns reported 407 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Mississippi, week of Aug 3 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb502.71/cwt$9.46 higher14711
400-499 lb427.54/cwt$7.76 higher21212
500-599 lb382.90/cwt$9.39 higher36213
600-699 lb351.43/cwt$9.47 lower33712
700-799 lb326.98/cwt$3.94 higher8111
800-899 lb319.75/cwt$13.44 higher205

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA
Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Aug 3, weighted by head. Spread of $19.01 between the top and bottom of 3 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.
BarnStateAverageHead
Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MSMS398.24/cwt44
Meridian Livestock AuctionMS388.48/cwt23
Tadlock Livestock AuctionMS379.23/cwt132

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 3 USDA
Choice $366.73, $5.35 higher. Select $344.45, $1.78 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $22.28. 85 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
9,171 head traded Jul 28–Aug 3.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered364.80354
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed FOB365.0070
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered235.811,432
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB233.484,067
KansasLive FOB232.831,476
NebraskaDressed Delivered364.511,620

At the Mississippi barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers sold $10.00-$20.00 HIGHER and feeder heifers sold STEADY-$15.00 HIGHER. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold STEADY.

Tadlock Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold mixed, higher 5.00 to lower 5.00. Feeder heifers sold higher 10.00 to 12.00. Feeder bulls sold mixed. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS · Mississippi

As compared to last weeks market: Light feeder calves sold steady. Heavy feeder calves sold to 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady. There were many nice replacement cows that sold well.

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction · Mississippi

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. And slaughter cattle sold a little stronger.

Meridian Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Steers sold 5.00 - 15.00 higher. Heifers sold 10.00 - 15.00 higher. Slaughter sold steady.

Macon Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly 3.00to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Grenada Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Quality mostly average. Demand strong.

Peoples Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)316.11/cwt$2.66 higher421
Boner (85% lean)335.01/cwt$4.76 higher1,390
Cutter (90% lean)334.67/cwt$1.99 higher2,327
Premium White327.87/cwt$0.35 lower1,836
Bull (92% lean)375.79/cwt$0.64 lower424

What published

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Mississippi only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.