The Morning Wire / Mississippi / Tue Aug 4, 2026

Mississippi cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Aug 4
4 barns reportedEvery figure as filed

The market in a line

Tue, Aug 4
Choice cutout closed $2.92 higher at $369.65. 4 Mississippi barns reported 297 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

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 4 USDA
Choice $369.65, $2.92 higher. Select $346.50, $2.05 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $23.15. 120 loads traded.

At the Mississippi barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

As compared to last weeks market; Feeder Steers and Heifers sold steady to $5.00 Higher. Slaughter Cows sold steady. Slaughter Bulls sold steady to $3.00 higher. Top Bull 1820lbs @ $2.37

Tylertown Livestock Auction · Mississippi

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. There was a lot of activity from the calf buyers today .Slaughter Cows sold steady to a little higher. Sold some really good stocker cows that brought really good money.

Brookhaven Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Heifers sold 8.00 - 15.00 higher, 25.00 higher in spots. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 10.00 lower.

Philadelphia Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call an accurate trend but a higher undertone was notes.

Winona Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)316.11/cwt$0.01 lower596
Boner (85% lean)336.94/cwt$1.92 higher1,488
Cutter (90% lean)338.27/cwt$3.60 higher2,308
Premium White328.24/cwt$0.37 higher1,518
Bull (92% lean)375.96/cwt$0.16 higher299

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.