The Morning Wire / Mississippi / Mon Oct 26, 2026

Mississippi cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 26

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The market in a line

Mon, Oct 26

Choice cutout closed $3.65 higher at $369.44. 7 Mississippi barns reported 484 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Mississippi, week of Oct 26 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	502.41/cwt	$21.54 higher	157	13
400-499 lb	431.10/cwt	$25.41 higher	191	12
500-599 lb	365.86/cwt	$6.76 higher	345	13
600-699 lb	337.87/cwt	$3.85 higher	199	12
700-799 lb	317.22/cwt	$0.14 higher	93	12
800-899 lb	310.72/cwt	$19.72 higher	26	8

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 26, weighted by head. Spread of $38.79 between the top and bottom of 4 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	385.83/cwt	32
Meridian Livestock Auction	MS	372.73/cwt	98
Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction	MS	349.94/cwt	48
Tadlock Livestock Auction	MS	347.04/cwt	78

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 26 USDA

Choice $369.44, $3.65 higher. Select $357.56, $4.87 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.88. 89 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

391 head traded Oct 17–Oct 23.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.50	152
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the Mississippi barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold STEADY-$5.00 HIGHER. Slaughter cows sold STEADY, and slaughter bulls sold $5.00-$10.00 HIGHER.
Tadlock Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold mixed 15.00 higher to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder bulls sold steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cattle was the bright spot in the sale.
Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS · Mississippi

As compared to last weeks market: Feeder calves sold steady. Slaughter cattle also sold steady. There were many nice quality 400lbs steers that sold for over $5.00. There was also a 515lbs heifer that sold for $5.40.
Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction · Mississippi

As compared to the last market: feeder calves sold steady. Small offering of slaughter cows that sold steady.
Meridian Livestock Auction · Mississippi

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

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded 10.00 - 40.00 higher. Demand very strong. Quality average to attractive. Slaughter cattle steady.
Peoples Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call a trend on feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was good.
Grenada Livestock Auction · Mississippi

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	243.48/cwt	$2.44 lower	628
Boner (85% lean)	250.13/cwt	$1.17 lower	1,980
Cutter (90% lean)	253.64/cwt	$1.94 lower	4,027
Premium White	261.10/cwt	$3.64 lower	1,492
Bull (92% lean)	315.79/cwt	$2.96 lower	474

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.