The Morning Wire / Mississippi / Wed Aug 19, 2026

Mississippi cattle market

The trading day in one page — Wed, Aug 19
3 barns reportedEvery figure as filed

The market in a line

Wed, Aug 19
Choice cutout closed $3.84 higher at $394.99. 3 Mississippi barns reported 175 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Mississippi, week of Aug 17 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 lb498.78/cwt$4.46 lower14011
400-499 lb414.21/cwt$19.55 lower18111
500-599 lb368.88/cwt$10.95 lower27010
600-699 lb341.85/cwt$17.27 lower22210
700-799 lb325.37/cwt$9.33 lower10710
800-899 lb299.41/cwt$12.79 lower167

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 19 USDA
Choice $394.99, $3.84 higher. Select $364.17, $2.12 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $30.82. 87 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
23,926 head traded Aug 13Aug 19.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered361.962,705
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered230.5826
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB226.343,966
KansasDressed Delivered360.00156
KansasLive FOB228.00117
NebraskaDressed Delivered361.1910,361

At the Mississippi barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last weeks sale Light stocker calves under 500#s sold Steady to 2.00 Higher , Feeder Steers over 500#s sold 5.00 - 21.00 Lower ; most classes of Feeder Heifers sold 7.00-18.00 Lower ; Feeder yearling groups were reported as # 1-2s and weaned group were listed as added value ;

Lucedale Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly 3.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were not well tested. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: steers, heifers and bull sold calves sold unevenly steady, slaughter cattle sold mostly steady.

Johnson Stockyard · Mississippi

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)308.63/cwt$2.15 higher459
Boner (85% lean)326.83/cwt$1.42 lower1,620
Cutter (90% lean)324.93/cwt$8.53 lower3,086
Premium White320.82/cwt$2.10 lower1,588
Bull (92% lean)370.02/cwt$1.30 higher470

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.