Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2020-01-13

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 13
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 266▲ 187 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 40▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 26▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Good day, well short sale today, due to all the rain. Feeder calf market seemed to be 3 to 5 higher straight across. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.85/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$159.85
72 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.99
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1428165.5470839
Medium and Large 1-2509157.007995thin
Medium and Large 2398155.6262020
Medium and Large 3450144.426508thin
One grade step is worth $21.12/cwt here — about $58 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 sale72 hd
159.85
—
MS average13 barns · 1,567 hd
155.86
+3.99
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—Average1,37869.759612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35447.9164910
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06439.374197thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2190158.00/cwt158.00–158.003001
Steers—Medium and Large 2215157.00/cwt155.00–161.003383
Steers—Medium and Large 1230185.00/cwt185.00–185.004261
Steers—Medium and Large 3265140.00/cwt140.00–140.003711
Steers—Medium and Large 1270187.00/cwt187.00–187.005051
Steers—Medium and Large 2295173.00/cwt173.00–173.005101
Steers—Medium and Large 1323177.58/cwt171.00–183.005749
Steers—Medium and Large 1363176.46/cwt172.00–180.006416
Steers—Medium and Large 2391164.98/cwt160.00–170.006455
Steers—Medium and Large 1415166.95/cwt160.00–179.0069311
Steers—Medium and Large 2418155.99/cwt155.00–157.006522
Steers—Medium and Large 3428148.44/cwt147.00–150.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468161.00/cwt161.00–161.007533
Steers—Medium and Large 2481151.31/cwt150.00–157.007285
Steers—Medium and Large 3483146.99/cwt146.00–148.007103
Steers—Medium and Large 2505139.00/cwt139.00–139.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 3515138.74/cwt130.00–148.007152
Steers—Medium and Large 1545145.00/cwt145.00–145.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 2567139.00/cwt139.00–139.007882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570151.00/cwt151.00–151.008612
Steers—Medium and Large 1576147.52/cwt141.00–151.008507
Steers—Medium and Large 1610147.00/cwt147.00–147.008971
Steers—Medium and Large 1668133.01/cwt131.00–135.008892
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283136.40/cwt130.00–144.003863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323132.07/cwt130.00–135.004273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340137.00/cwt137.00–137.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375130.55/cwt128.00–134.004904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390134.00/cwt134.00–134.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420133.37/cwt128.00–139.0056013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420128.52/cwt128.00–129.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471129.77/cwt128.00–133.006115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527130.31/cwt129.00–133.006876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562127.11/cwt119.00–131.007148
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577117.70/cwt116.00–119.006793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613124.99/cwt122.00–128.007662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670120.56/cwt118.00–123.008082
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422151.98/cwt148.00–156.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525135.13/cwt127.00–152.007094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590141.00/cwt141.00–141.008321
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,03069.00/cwt69.00–69.007111
Bulls——1,72570.50/cwt70.50–70.501,2161
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02235.54/cwt34.00–36.503633
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09542.25/cwt41.00–44.004634
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35447.91/cwt45.00–52.0064910
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,025760.00/cwt760.00–760.007,7901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,038716.99/cwt690.00–740.007,4422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,203842.58/cwt800.00–880.0010,1362

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.