Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2020-07-06

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 6
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 293▲ 193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 37▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 55▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report: Feeder calves were steady. 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 $136.51/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$136.51
62 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.59
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517140.3872633
Medium and Large 3476132.336296thin
Medium and Large 2558132.0473723
One grade step is worth $8.34/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale62 hd
136.51
—
MS average7 barns · 724 hd
139.10
−2.59
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—Average1,64596.221,5837thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24265.0980913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72057.509891thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01352.4053110

Every lot

46 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1215168.00/cwt168.00–168.003611
Steers—Medium and Large 1362150.04/cwt146.00–155.005433
Steers—Medium and Large 3390138.49/cwt138.00–139.005402
Steers—Medium and Large 1423150.35/cwt145.00–157.006365
Steers—Medium and Large 2465140.69/cwt138.00–144.006546
Steers—Medium and Large 1473145.00/cwt145.00–145.006868
Steers—Medium and Large 3493131.34/cwt130.00–134.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 1512143.59/cwt136.00–147.007355
Steers—Medium and Large 2528131.27/cwt130.00–135.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 2571132.20/cwt128.00–136.007559
Steers—Medium and Large 3595123.00/cwt123.00–123.007321
Steers—Medium and Large 1616129.36/cwt126.00–133.007975
Steers—Medium and Large 1658126.24/cwt125.00–129.008314
Steers—Medium and Large 2675120.67/cwt120.00–121.008153
Steers—Medium and Large 1745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 2770116.00/cwt116.00–116.008931
Steers—Medium and Large 1850113.00/cwt113.00–113.009611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384130.25/cwt130.00–133.0050011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1406128.13/cwt126.00–130.005207
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434123.24/cwt121.00–125.005354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478123.83/cwt122.00–126.0059211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485126.00/cwt126.00–126.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2508119.00/cwt118.00–120.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529125.08/cwt123.00–126.0066215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575124.05/cwt122.00–126.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582119.00/cwt118.00–120.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695111.00/cwt111.00–111.007711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443119.00/cwt119.00–119.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483126.04/cwt124.00–129.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530116.24/cwt115.00–118.006164
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553123.49/cwt122.00–125.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638108.65/cwt107.00–110.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38585.50/cwt85.50–85.501,1841
Bulls——1,63996.29/cwt93.50–97.501,5784
Bulls——1,788101.43/cwt99.00–103.001,8142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96649.89/cwt45.50–53.004826
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08456.17/cwt55.00–57.006094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24064.42/cwt60.00–67.0079911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25568.76/cwt68.50–69.008632
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72057.50/cwt57.50–57.509891
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,160933.61/cwt800.00–1,250.0010,8306
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1401,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,6802

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.