Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2026-06-08

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 8
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
258 head
▼ 252 vs last sale 510▲ 30 vs year ago 228 · +13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 34▲ 3 vs year ago 16 · +18.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 20▲ 15 vs year ago 26 · +57.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, as did slaughter cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.84/cwt on 10 head, down $5.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 20 comparable sales and sits +10.04 against this barn's trailing median of $366.81.
Average price
$376.84
▼ 5.61 vs prior sale
10 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.10
vs MS average
−23.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547403.302,2063thin
Medium and Large 2530385.002,0411thin
Medium and Large 3570362.262,0656thin
One grade step is worth $41.04/cwt here — about $141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
376.84
—
MS average14 barns · 166 hd
377.95
−1.10
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
−23.68
This barn, trailing median20 sales
366.81
+10.04
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
452401350300median 366.8103/0205/1807/2709/2811/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $437.52, low $313.85, median $366.81 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,967206.034,0523thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,246181.272,2596thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,106163.011,8036thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$3,0542thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,270$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,258$3,8004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$3,7502thin

Every lot

69 lots · USDA AMS · Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,9431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378555.15/cwt550.00–560.002,0983
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,1951
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,0341
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,2071
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407573.32/cwt570.00–575.002,3336
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3417475.30/cwt460.00–490.001,9823
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516453.41/cwt450.00–455.002,3405
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558449.94/cwt440.00–455.002,5113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583429.98/cwt425.00–435.002,5072
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3583403.22/cwt375.00–410.002,3515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,3551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3650375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4381
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,6571
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,7301
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,8801
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,8702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318517.83/cwt500.00–530.001,6473
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375490.34/cwt480.00–495.001,8393
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8761
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,7141
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424430.90/cwt428.00–440.001,8274
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455425.82/cwt425.00–430.001,9376
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460411.67/cwt410.00–415.001,8943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528409.95/cwt400.00–420.002,1652
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9891
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575361.71/cwt353.00–368.002,0805
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615360.00/cwt350.00–370.002,2142
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615342.54/cwt340.00–345.002,1072
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725324.46/cwt323.00–326.002,3522
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4461
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828314.56/cwt306.00–320.002,6053
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,8006
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920300.64/cwt299.00–303.002,7663
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,022315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,2192
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423496.52/cwt493.00–500.002,1002
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1392
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485437.53/cwt435.00–440.002,1222
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515425.03/cwt420.00–430.002,1893
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0861
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523446.17/cwt440.00–455.002,3333
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585395.50/cwt393.00–398.002,3142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624368.73/cwt365.00–373.002,3014
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,4731
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5551
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3705300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1151
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775330.50/cwt328.00–333.002,5612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,680187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,1421
Bulls——2,110215.54/cwt215.00–216.004,5482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%850150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2751
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083158.94/cwt158.00–160.001,7212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182176.63/cwt175.00–179.002,0883
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,207170.05/cwt167.00–173.002,0533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310185.90/cwt184.00–188.002,4353
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29903,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1503,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5254,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,5002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2003,054.38/head2,900.00–3,200.003,0542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2702,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.