Mississippi cattle prices

Week of Nov 2–6, 2026, Medium and Large 1 feeder steers averaging 500–600 lb, priced per cwt. Across 11 Mississippi auctions and 120 head, the head-weighted average was $374.57/cwt (lot range $330.00–$493.18). That ranked 20th of 21 states in our cattle prices by state snapshot.

A 5-head Brookhaven lot at $493.18/cwt set the high end of the range, well above the state average. The count includes USDA’s statewide daily summary report, which can overlap individual barn reports.

By weight band (same week, same grade)

Weight	Head	Avg $/cwt
400–499 lb	89	$419.87
500–600 lb	120	$374.57
601–700 lb	104	$337.09

Lighter calves bring more per cwt and less per head. Compare inside one band.

Biggest Mississippi barns this week (500–600 lb steers)

Auction	Head	Avg $/cwt
Tadlock Stockyards, Forest	30	$370.54
Mississippi Daily Auction Summary (statewide AMS report)	26	$382.02
Cattlemens Livestock, West Point	19	$377.31
Lucedale Stockyard, Lucedale	12	$363.75
Macon Stockyard, Macon	7	$370.97

Worked example from a real sale

From Tadlock Stockyards (Forest, MS) on 2026-11-02, one lot in our API:

{ "auction_name": "Tadlock Stockyards",
  "state": "MS", "report_date": "2026-11-02",
  "category": "FEEDER CATTLE", "class_name": "STEERS",
  "grade": "Medium and Large 1", "head_count": 20,
  "weight_avg": 573, "price_avg": 362.99,
  "unit": "Per Cwt / Actual Wt", "comments": "" }

Reading it: 20 steers, about 573 lb average, at $362.99 per cwt. That is about $2,100 a head (573 ÷ 100 × 362.99), or roughly $41,600 for the lot. Source: USDA AMS; we are not affiliated with USDA.

Pull Mississippi lots as JSON

curl -s -H "X-API-Key: kl_free_demo_2026" \
  "https://api.kossinlabs.com/v1/prices?state=MS&class=STEERS&category=FEEDER%20CATTLE&limit=50"

Free demo key (no sign-up): kl_free_demo_2026. Docs: api.kossinlabs.com. Product page: cattle auction prices API. Starter is $29/mo for higher limits — subscribe. 30-day money-back guarantee.

This page is a dated snapshot from USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News auction reports (public); the API has current lots. Other states: cattle prices by state. For weight bands, see feeder cattle prices. For the cwt math, see cattle price per cwt.