Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2019-12-16

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 16
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
▼ 135 vs last sale 316▲ 181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 63▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 220▲ 140 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 calf market seemed to be 3 to 5 higher. Sold some brangus bred heifers fancy, 880-1100 lbs. 6 to 8 plus bred brought $ 1200-1460 per head. 100 head of them.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.32/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$117.32
58 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$498
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.01
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1450121.6454721
Medium and Large 2417117.1148825
Medium and Large 3394110.1843412thin
One grade step is worth $11.47/cwt here — about $113 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 sale58 hd
117.32
—
MS average13 barns · 1,040 hd
117.31
+0.01
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—Average1,59174.431,1848thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22343.0052617
CowsLean 85-90%Average83030.942576thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1276167.13/cwt161.00–180.004617
Steers—Medium and Large 2290159.00/cwt159.00–159.004611
Steers—Medium and Large 3310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
Steers—Medium and Large 2320152.84/cwt148.00–158.004892
Steers—Medium and Large 1327170.11/cwt165.00–178.005569
Steers—Medium and Large 2373156.43/cwt150.00–161.005833
Steers—Medium and Large 1376164.60/cwt159.00–173.0061910
Steers—Medium and Large 3380138.00/cwt138.00–138.005241
Steers—Medium and Large 1429152.56/cwt135.00–167.006547
Steers—Medium and Large 2435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091
Steers—Medium and Large 3443130.99/cwt130.00–132.005802
Steers—Medium and Large 1457147.27/cwt137.00–156.006733
Steers—Medium and Large 2485138.00/cwt136.00–140.006692
Steers—Medium and Large 1890105.00/cwt105.00–105.009351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275131.70/cwt130.00–135.003623
Heifers—Medium and Large 3280121.38/cwt118.00–125.003402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330123.98/cwt122.00–125.004093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335128.51/cwt128.00–129.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368129.16/cwt128.00–130.004756
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371109.87/cwt105.00–115.004086
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375118.93/cwt116.00–121.004463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413122.41/cwt118.00–129.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421114.24/cwt113.00–116.004814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425107.56/cwt105.00–110.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460108.00/cwt108.00–108.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464113.45/cwt110.00–115.005269
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523108.97/cwt108.00–110.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524113.98/cwt112.00–117.005976
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580108.00/cwt108.00–108.006261
Heifers—Medium and Large 363097.00/cwt97.00–97.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658109.51/cwt106.00–113.007212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520132.18/cwt126.00–137.006873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
Bulls—Medium and Large 3665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007322
Bulls—Medium and Large 393090.00/cwt90.00–90.008371
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51569.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0451
Bulls——1,60275.20/cwt70.00–79.001,2057
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80028.69/cwt28.00–29.002303
Cows—Lean 85-90%86033.19/cwt32.50–34.002853
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22343.00/cwt34.00–46.7552617
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29801,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.009,9961
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,040928.37/cwt825.00–1,020.009,6554
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1951,410.00/cwt1,410.00–1,410.0016,8502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3801,440.00/cwt1,440.00–1,440.0019,8722

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.