Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2020-11-09

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 9
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 253▼ 5 vs year ago 298 · −1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 24▲ 18 vs year ago 57 · +31.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 27▼ 31 vs year ago 75 · −41.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 5-12 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.98/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$121.98
81 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.95
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498125.6362556
Medium and Large 2528114.3660424
Medium and Large 3570100.005701thin
One grade step is worth $25.63/cwt here — about $55 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 sale81 hd
121.98
—
MS average13 barns · 1,089 hd
120.03
+1.95
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—Average1,48778.551,1684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20854.0965313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54549.227602thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94839.0337023

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265166.89/cwt164.00–170.004422
Steers—Medium and Large 1305166.00/cwt166.00–166.005061
Steers—Medium and Large 2333153.91/cwt150.00–158.005132
Steers—Medium and Large 3360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
Steers—Medium and Large 2363155.54/cwt153.00–157.005654
Steers—Medium and Large 1395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 1424151.29/cwt147.00–159.006418
Steers—Medium and Large 2425144.00/cwt144.00–144.006121
Steers—Medium and Large 1464149.78/cwt146.00–154.006954
Steers—Medium and Large 2465133.76/cwt130.00–136.006224
Steers—Medium and Large 1520137.00/cwt137.00–137.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 1595128.00/cwt128.00–128.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1612123.03/cwt115.00–134.007537
Steers—Medium and Large 1768108.55/cwt103.00–114.008342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327132.28/cwt130.00–136.004333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363136.77/cwt130.00–144.0049612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416133.41/cwt125.00–139.0055511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425121.25/cwt115.00–125.005153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473123.96/cwt121.00–127.005865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484129.66/cwt128.00–131.006286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519119.17/cwt117.00–123.006185
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519113.53/cwt110.00–116.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562108.99/cwt105.00–115.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570120.99/cwt118.00–125.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625109.80/cwt109.00–110.006865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658103.33/cwt101.00–105.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689114.00/cwt114.00–114.007859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710108.99/cwt107.00–111.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1437138.44/cwt136.00–140.006055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477120.43/cwt119.00–124.005745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513131.58/cwt128.00–140.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517123.67/cwt122.00–125.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2559120.20/cwt116.00–122.006725
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578108.34/cwt105.00–110.006263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32076.52/cwt76.00–77.001,0102
Bulls——1,65380.58/cwt79.00–82.501,3322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87129.72/cwt25.00–34.502596
Cows—Lean 85-90%94337.75/cwt35.00–40.003567
Cows—Lean 85-90%99745.52/cwt40.50–49.5045410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20854.09/cwt50.50–55.5065313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54549.22/cwt47.00–51.507602
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,110840.00/cwt840.00–840.009,3241
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,131787.75/cwt650.00–900.008,9095
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,258721.84/cwt675.00–770.009,0812
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,365984.36/cwt960.00–1,030.0013,4376

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.