Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2019-10-07

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
371 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 217▲ 371 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 59▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 45▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder calves steers and heifers were steady as well compared to last weeks market. Weaned groups black hides steers avrg. wt. 442lbs @ $1.49.50 per lb, 376 lbs @ $1.6450 per lb, 438 lbs @ $1.51 per lb, 516 lbs @ $1.46 per lb, 617 lb @ $1.28 per lb. Heifers avrg wt. 460 lbs@ $1.38 per lb, 376 lbs @ $1.35 per lb.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.11/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$137.11
126 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.28
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498140.0369739
Medium and Large 1-2528139.5773722
Medium and Large 2462136.0962960
Medium and Large 3512115.875935thin
One grade step is worth $24.16/cwt here — about $103 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale126 hd
137.11
—
MS average13 barns · 1,106 hd
130.83
+6.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—High1,37872.469984thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20348.965898thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03940.6742320

Every lot

48 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2291159.73/cwt150.00–162.004655
Steers—Medium and Large 1320156.00/cwt156.00–156.004991
Steers—Medium and Large 2337150.80/cwt137.00–155.005088
Steers—Medium and Large 1374150.58/cwt148.50–155.005634
Steers—Medium and Large 2377150.41/cwt138.00–164.505678
Steers—Medium and Large 1417149.05/cwt142.00–151.506227
Steers—Medium and Large 2424129.71/cwt124.00–135.005509
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442149.50/cwt149.50–149.5066110
Steers—Medium and Large 1465149.00/cwt149.00–149.006937
Steers—Medium and Large 3465118.71/cwt117.50–120.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 2466138.75/cwt128.00–147.506476
Steers—Medium and Large 3515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517138.00/cwt138.00–138.007135
Steers—Medium and Large 1519135.56/cwt128.00–146.007048
Steers—Medium and Large 2526124.48/cwt120.00–130.0065510
Steers—Medium and Large 3558112.47/cwt110.00–115.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 1580126.72/cwt125.00–128.507352
Steers—Medium and Large 2581123.86/cwt120.00–129.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1611127.86/cwt124.00–128.5078110
Steers—Medium and Large 2621121.66/cwt120.00–124.007566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658126.50/cwt126.50–126.508327
Steers—Medium and Large 2735119.50/cwt119.00–120.008782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328123.38/cwt120.00–125.004053
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330113.00/cwt113.00–113.003732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365120.19/cwt117.00–124.004394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373133.26/cwt130.00–135.0049717
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374113.13/cwt101.00–118.004235
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425107.53/cwt105.00–110.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426114.83/cwt110.00–123.004894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435129.00/cwt129.00–129.005616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487120.74/cwt109.00–138.0058811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527110.47/cwt105.00–116.0058214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566111.23/cwt110.00–114.006304
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585104.50/cwt104.50–104.506111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2614109.83/cwt102.00–117.006744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658106.00/cwt106.00–106.006972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735107.00/cwt107.00–107.007861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3532115.45/cwt110.00–119.506143
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623109.50/cwt100.00–118.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 3670101.49/cwt100.00–103.006802
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25771.11/cwt70.00–71.508943
Bulls——1,74076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,3311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85035.00/cwt35.00–35.002981
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02538.91/cwt35.50–42.753999
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07142.83/cwt39.75–45.0045910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20348.96/cwt46.50–51.255898
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,413996.58/cwt975.00–1,020.0014,0824

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.