Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2026-06-22

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 22
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
339 head
▲ 186 vs last sale 153▲ 85 vs year ago 254 · +33.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 7▲ 2 vs year ago 34 · +5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 18▲ 12 vs year ago 54 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market feeder calves sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady. Sold 126 head of black hided steers 804 lb. average @ $ 3.72. good cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $452.76/cwt on 20 head, up $11.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 27 comparable sales and sits +31.62 against this barn's trailing median of $421.14.
Average price
$452.76
▲ 11.56 vs prior sale
20 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,413
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.40
vs MS average
−15.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531472.812,5117thin
Medium and Large 2522447.462,3366thin
Medium and Large 3544437.262,3797thin
One grade step is worth $35.55/cwt here — about $131 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 sale20 hd
452.76
—
MS average11 barns · 281 hd
439.37
+13.40
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
−15.70
This barn, trailing median27 sales
421.14
+31.62
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

27 sales
495440385331median 421.1403/0204/2007/0609/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.61, low $344.60, median $421.14 across 27 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—Average1,708213.393,6453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,298180.062,3375thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,480172.382,5512thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,039164.201,70511

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
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,365$5,0502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,302$3,8986
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,450$3,7502thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263615.24/cwt610.00–620.001,6182
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325567.46/cwt565.00–570.001,8442
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373541.91/cwt540.00–550.002,0218
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400521.00/cwt521.00–521.002,0845
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415520.86/cwt500.00–530.002,1625
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428478.27/cwt470.00–485.002,0473
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0704
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470483.00/cwt483.00–483.002,2701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522447.46/cwt445.00–455.002,3366
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531472.81/cwt460.00–485.002,5117
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3539437.97/cwt437.00–443.002,3616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,4901
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619391.82/cwt390.00–398.002,4256
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,6573
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5681
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675377.50/cwt375.00–380.002,5482
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726381.34/cwt376.00–387.002,76914
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2804372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,991126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,2381
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338457.52/cwt455.00–460.001,5462
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,6051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388468.92/cwt465.00–473.001,8192
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430443.83/cwt442.00–448.001,9085
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465421.06/cwt415.00–428.001,9583
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,9301
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523424.31/cwt418.00–430.002,2193
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,9851
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,0951
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568397.49/cwt395.00–400.002,2582
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618370.02/cwt365.00–371.002,2876
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685355.86/cwt355.00–356.002,4387
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3690330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4681
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,7291
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415522.47/cwt520.00–525.002,1682
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440487.50/cwt485.00–490.002,1452
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3455472.47/cwt470.00–475.002,1502
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2561
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2507433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,1955
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3533384.88/cwt380.00–390.002,0512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4081
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,708213.39/cwt212.00–215.003,6453
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%943153.52/cwt150.00–156.001,4483
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065174.35/cwt170.00–178.001,8574
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084162.05/cwt159.00–165.001,7574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288182.05/cwt180.00–185.002,3453
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313177.07/cwt176.00–178.002,3252
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480172.38/cwt170.00–175.002,5512
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1253,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3655,050.00/head5,050.00–5,050.005,0502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3904,297.12/head4,100.00–4,500.004,2974
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4503,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7502

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.