The Morning Wire / Mississippi / Mon Oct 19, 2026

Mississippi cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 19

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The market in a line

Mon, Oct 19

Choice cutout held near $371.58. 7 Mississippi barns reported 483 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Mississippi, week of Oct 19 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.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	480.87/cwt	$26.67 lower	175	12
400-499 lb	405.69/cwt	$0.13 lower	240	13
500-599 lb	359.10/cwt	$0.79 lower	260	13
600-699 lb	334.02/cwt	$1.08 higher	201	13
700-799 lb	317.08/cwt	$9.51 lower	91	10
800-899 lb	291.00/cwt	$13.95 lower	6	4

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, Oct 19, weighted by head. Spread of $40.40 between the top and bottom of 5 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.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS	MS	383.95/cwt	47
Meridian Livestock Auction	MS	364.38/cwt	24
Macon Livestock Auction	MS	358.65/cwt	33
Tadlock Livestock Auction	MS	350.11/cwt	55
Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction	MS	343.55/cwt	20

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 19 USDA

Choice $371.58, $0.73 lower. Select $359.91, $6.86 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.67. 104 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

24,753 head traded Oct 10–Oct 16.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.40	3,231
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	350.84	679
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	225.48	73
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.03	5,858
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.23	9,484
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	354.00	639

At the Mississippi barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Feeder bulls sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.
Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS · Mississippi

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold STEADY. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls also sold STEADY.
Tadlock Livestock Auction · Mississippi

As compared to last weeks market: feeder calves sold steady to slightly higher. Slaughter cattle also sold steady. There was a 425lbs heifer that sold for $6.60.
Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Steers sold mixed 15.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 - 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 - 15.00 higher.
Macon Livestock Auction · Mississippi

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, as did slaughter cattle.
Meridian Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady, and feeder bulls sold steady to 14.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Quality was average to attractive and demand was good.
Grenada Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	253.23/cwt	$7.83 higher	607
Boner (85% lean)	257.45/cwt	$0.90 lower	2,166
Cutter (90% lean)	258.95/cwt	$0.59 lower	4,122
Premium White	268.75/cwt	$5.43 lower	1,221
Bull (92% lean)	319.76/cwt	$2.27 higher	390

What published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

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.