Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2022-02-07

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 7
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 246▲ 90 vs year ago 152 · +59.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 34▲ 4 vs year ago 45 · +8.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 18▼ 81 vs year ago 93 · −87.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 2-5 higher and slaughter cows were 2-3 higher 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 $145.60/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$145.60
95 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$44.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.45
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557148.0082529
Medium and Large 1480147.1370653
Medium and Large 2499136.5068112thin
Medium and Large 3675104.007021thin
One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $123 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 sale95 hd
145.60
—
MS average13 barns · 1,078 hd
140.15
+5.45
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—Average1,22296.491,1794thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23081.0199613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34577.001,0362thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05965.8469719

Every lot

45 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295200.00/cwt200.00–200.005901
Steers—Medium and Large 1318187.46/cwt183.00–193.005963
Steers—Medium and Large 2338178.68/cwt178.00–180.006043
Steers—Medium and Large 3363171.01/cwt170.00–172.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 1365185.68/cwt183.00–188.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 2375177.89/cwt174.00–182.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1409183.71/cwt181.00–188.007514
Steers—Medium and Large 1455182.03/cwt179.00–185.008282
Steers—Medium and Large 1540165.00/cwt165.00–165.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 1565170.75/cwt170.00–171.009654
Steers—Medium and Large 2578163.00/cwt163.00–163.009422
Steers—Medium and Large 1655152.32/cwt151.00–155.009983
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330152.13/cwt146.00–159.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363150.00/cwt148.00–152.005453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420150.64/cwt142.00–152.0063313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427134.96/cwt133.00–138.005763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458148.36/cwt141.00–154.0067920
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476138.78/cwt135.00–141.006614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520143.02/cwt140.00–145.007444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525132.94/cwt130.00–136.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548148.00/cwt148.00–148.008118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560143.50/cwt142.00–145.008042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561148.00/cwt148.00–148.0083021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583137.36/cwt135.00–140.008013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605145.00/cwt145.00–145.008771
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675104.00/cwt104.00–104.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688139.00/cwt139.00–139.009565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710135.00/cwt135.00–135.009591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1795132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415162.00/cwt162.00–162.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500153.00/cwt153.00–153.007651
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635132.00/cwt132.00–132.008381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——99793.82/cwt93.50–94.009353
Bulls——1,895104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,9801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89749.63/cwt46.00–55.004455
Cows—Lean 85-90%99266.49/cwt63.00–69.506605
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18674.49/cwt70.00–77.508839
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19885.57/cwt83.50–88.501,0254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24478.98/cwt78.00–80.509839
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0362
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0051,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0010,5532
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,165750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,7381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1801,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0014,1601

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.