The Morning Wire / Mississippi / Mon Aug 10, 2026

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Mississippi cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Aug 10
● 7 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Mon, Aug 10
Choice cutout closed $7.06 higher at $371.42. 7 Mississippi barns reported 430 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Mississippi, week of Aug 10 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 lb503.24/cwt$0.53 higher15312
400-499 lb433.76/cwt$6.22 higher22813
500-599 lb379.83/cwt$3.07 lower39613
600-699 lb359.12/cwt$7.69 higher38011
700-799 lb334.70/cwt$7.72 higher14410
800-899 lb312.20/cwt$7.55 lower53

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 10, weighted by head. Spread of $1.23 between the top and bottom of 2 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, MSMS378.11/cwt26
Tadlock Livestock AuctionMS376.88/cwt67

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 10 USDA
Choice $371.42, $7.06 higher. Select $350.84, $1.53 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $20.58. 69 loads traded.

At the Mississippi barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold mixed. Feeder heifers sold mixed 9.00 higher to 12.00 lower. Feeder bulls sold mixed higher 10.00 to lower 12.00. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS · Mississippi

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold STEADY. Slaughter cows and bulls sold also sold STEADY.

Tadlock Livestock Auction · Mississippi

As compared to last weeks market: light calves sold mixed to 5.00 lower. Heavy calves sold steady. Slaughter cattle also sold steady to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold well.

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Steers sold 8.00 - 20.00 higher. Heifers sold mixed 10.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 10.00 lower.

Macon Livestock Auction · Mississippi

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.

Meridian Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Grenada Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)313.98/cwt$3.22 higher340
Boner (85% lean)331.20/cwt$2.87 higher1,338
Cutter (90% lean)331.25/cwt$1.49 higher2,344
Premium White324.58/cwt$1.20 lower1,409
Bull (92% lean)374.17/cwt$1.17 higher371

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.