Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2020-01-06

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 6
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 181▲ 266 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 57▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 140▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Happy new year. Due to no sales the past two weeks, no trends. Had a few groups of weaned calves 5 steers black hide average, wt. 447 lbs @ $ 1.6450 per lb, 447 lb heifers @ $ 1. 40 per lb, and 593 lb heifers @ $ 1.25 per lb.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.07/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$128.07
84 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.07
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502134.386748thin
Medium and Large 2411129.6353228
Medium and Large 1523126.4366146
Medium and Large 3500118.505932thin
One grade step is worth $15.88/cwt here — about $82 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 sale84 hd
128.07
—
MS average7 barns · 535 hd
128.14
−0.07
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—Low1,35972.5798611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25151.2864216
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24045.005581thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03340.5841920

Every lot

56 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1195174.00/cwt174.00–174.003391
Steers—Medium and Large 1278166.68/cwt162.00–172.004632
Steers—Medium and Large 1322164.72/cwt160.00–167.005303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332181.00/cwt181.00–181.006012
Steers—Medium and Large 1353162.06/cwt158.00–168.005723
Steers—Medium and Large 2375162.00/cwt162.00–162.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 3375142.41/cwt139.00–146.005342
Steers—Medium and Large 1432159.26/cwt150.00–164.0068812
Steers—Medium and Large 2435146.95/cwt145.00–149.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 2465145.53/cwt141.00–149.006774
Steers—Medium and Large 1483154.03/cwt150.00–160.007447
Steers—Medium and Large 1527141.62/cwt140.00–143.007465
Steers—Medium and Large 1570137.82/cwt135.00–140.007866
Steers—Medium and Large 2585128.00/cwt128.00–128.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 1626128.17/cwt121.00–135.008025
Steers—Medium and Large 1665130.50/cwt130.00–131.008682
Steers—Medium and Large 2765113.00/cwt113.00–113.008641
Steers—Medium and Large 1773125.00/cwt125.00–125.009662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278142.39/cwt140.00–145.003962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333136.46/cwt131.00–139.004547
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384131.12/cwt128.00–137.005047
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395136.00/cwt136.00–136.005371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425130.97/cwt124.00–138.0055710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430126.53/cwt124.00–129.005442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447140.00/cwt140.00–140.006265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472130.07/cwt125.00–138.0061410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476124.33/cwt120.00–131.005925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520126.08/cwt121.00–130.006567
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577118.00/cwt118.00–118.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593125.00/cwt125.00–125.007413
Heifers—Medium and Large 3615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630120.22/cwt117.00–123.007579
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645109.00/cwt109.00–109.007031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685121.00/cwt121.00–121.008291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685113.00/cwt113.00–113.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728117.02/cwt115.00–119.008522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850116.00/cwt116.00–116.009861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523137.49/cwt137.00–138.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530136.00/cwt136.00–136.007211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560131.97/cwt129.00–135.007392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625123.94/cwt120.00–128.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633114.98/cwt114.00–116.007282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 3718107.98/cwt106.00–110.007752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,05364.45/cwt63.00–65.006794
Bulls——1,53477.21/cwt74.00–80.501,1847
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96137.10/cwt32.50–43.5035710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10544.06/cwt41.00–46.5048710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24045.00/cwt45.00–45.005581
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25151.28/cwt48.50–53.0064216
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,355791.96/cwt740.00–860.0010,7313

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.