Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2022-05-09

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, May 9
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
▼ 248 vs last sale 445▼ 2 vs year ago 199 · −1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 73▲ 18 vs year ago 34 · +52.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 125▲ 45 vs year ago 9 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady as well.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.52/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$136.52
59 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472142.0967133
Medium and Large 2513130.7767022
Medium and Large 3481122.235884thin
One grade step is worth $19.86/cwt here — about $83 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 sale59 hd
136.52
—
MS average13 barns · 1,254 hd
142.03
−5.51
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—Average1,71395.901,6432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08480.628746thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53269.001,0575thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03165.5767616

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 3335152.00/cwt152.00–152.005091
Steers—Medium and Large 2365163.45/cwt160.00–167.005972
Steers—Medium and Large 1423162.19/cwt160.00–165.006864
Steers—Medium and Large 1464164.74/cwt158.00–167.007648
Steers—Medium and Large 2480152.94/cwt150.00–156.007342
Steers—Medium and Large 1523154.10/cwt150.00–159.008069
Steers—Medium and Large 2543142.49/cwt140.00–145.007742
Steers—Medium and Large 1558154.67/cwt150.00–156.008639
Steers—Medium and Large 2600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 1640141.00/cwt141.00–141.009022
Steers—Medium and Large 2655137.00/cwt137.00–137.008971
Steers—Medium and Large 1860140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2041
Steers—Medium and Large 1955121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1563
Steers—Medium and Large 11,130113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,2772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350136.00/cwt136.00–136.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355126.00/cwt126.00–126.004471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410135.99/cwt135.00–137.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412144.21/cwt140.00–145.0059413
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475140.21/cwt140.00–141.006665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487135.92/cwt130.00–137.006629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511141.92/cwt141.00–142.0072513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535130.61/cwt126.00–135.006993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2552131.00/cwt130.00–133.007233
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570118.95/cwt117.00–121.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608134.04/cwt131.00–137.008152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616115.23/cwt114.00–117.007104
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434146.17/cwt145.00–150.006348
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463140.49/cwt140.00–141.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468143.00/cwt142.00–145.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503134.48/cwt130.00–139.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1584127.67/cwt126.00–130.007466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615128.00/cwt128.00–128.007871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
Bulls—Medium and Large 193099.00/cwt99.00–99.009211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,71395.90/cwt92.50–99.001,6432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92750.45/cwt45.00–54.004685
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07773.29/cwt70.00–77.507899
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08368.59/cwt67.50–69.507432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08480.62/cwt78.00–84.008746
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53269.00/cwt64.50–75.001,0575
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2151,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,4032
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2451,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,8082
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2501,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0017,1882
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3551,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,2602
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4401,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0018,7202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2900820.00/cwt820.00–820.007,3801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2960840.00/cwt840.00–840.008,0641
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,050910.00/cwt910.00–910.009,5551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,185890.00/cwt890.00–890.0010,5471

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.