Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2020-02-03

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 3
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 250▲ 164 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 16▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 14▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market, Feeder calves steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cattle bulls and cows were steady . Sold groups of weaned calves heifers 573 lbs. @ $ 1.2850, 505 lbs @ $ 1.3050, 629 lbs @ $ 1.25 Black and Red hides. Steers average wt 637 lbs @ $ 1.35.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.15/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$127.15
69 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.65
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413131.7954413thin
Medium and Large 1-2571127.8373029
Medium and Large 2448125.5656318thin
Medium and Large 3399121.464849thin
One grade step is worth $10.33/cwt here — about $60 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 sale69 hd
127.15
—
MS average12 barns · 1,167 hd
128.80
−1.65
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—High1,48082.501,2213thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16955.906534thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96335.663447thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2205170.00/cwt170.00–170.003491
Steers—Medium and Large 1230180.00/cwt180.00–180.004141
Steers—Medium and Large 1260180.00/cwt180.00–180.004681
Steers—Medium and Large 3295164.00/cwt164.00–164.004841
Steers—Medium and Large 2329167.24/cwt162.00–172.005504
Steers—Medium and Large 1340176.00/cwt176.00–176.005981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374170.00/cwt170.00–170.006367
Steers—Medium and Large 2375164.92/cwt161.00–167.006183
Steers—Medium and Large 3388153.35/cwt150.00–155.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 2410140.00/cwt140.00–140.005741
Steers—Medium and Large 1430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006881
Steers—Medium and Large 1453158.44/cwt147.00–170.007182
Steers—Medium and Large 2475147.00/cwt147.00–147.006981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006968
Steers—Medium and Large 1525138.85/cwt135.00–143.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 2545138.00/cwt138.00–138.007521
Steers—Medium and Large 2585136.02/cwt135.00–137.007962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594133.00/cwt133.00–133.0079010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624132.92/cwt130.00–135.008297
Steers—Medium and Large 2725113.00/cwt113.00–113.008191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285129.00/cwt120.00–138.003682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325128.00/cwt128.00–128.004161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332133.97/cwt132.00–135.004453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370128.00/cwt128.00–128.004742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378134.38/cwt132.00–138.005086
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388120.02/cwt115.00–123.004663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425126.70/cwt125.00–132.005386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433133.54/cwt131.00–136.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474125.57/cwt124.00–128.005955
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508130.00/cwt130.00–130.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521122.01/cwt119.00–125.006364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540124.00/cwt124.00–124.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565112.52/cwt110.00–115.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573128.00/cwt128.00–128.0073319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629125.00/cwt125.00–125.007865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700114.00/cwt114.00–114.007981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515136.00/cwt136.00–136.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623107.51/cwt105.00–110.006702
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37570.50/cwt70.50–70.509691
Bulls——1,46582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,2091
Bulls——1,60094.50/cwt94.50–94.501,5121
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95028.50/cwt28.50–28.502712
Cows—Lean 85-90%96044.00/cwt44.00–44.004221
Cows—Lean 85-90%97137.16/cwt34.00–39.503614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16955.90/cwt52.50–58.506534
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2875750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,5631

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.