Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2022-12-05

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 5
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 411▲ 37 vs year ago 463 · +8.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 68▼ 28 vs year ago 63 · −44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 58▼ 5 vs year ago 30 · −16.7%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady as well. Sold a load 49,348 lbs. of heifers red and black hides average weight 676 lbs. @ $ 1.6160 per pound. Nice heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.40/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$177.40
87 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$27.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.46
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512180.009224thin
Medium and Large 2454179.7381652
Medium and Large 1519174.5790529
Medium and Large 3538152.508202thin
One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $102 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 sale87 hd
177.40
—
MS average13 barns · 1,008 hd
170.94
+6.46
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—Average1,80591.001,6432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27068.908757thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00054.5454614

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,073$7682thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,055$7001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$6801thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1245196.00/cwt192.00–200.004802
Steers—Medium and Large 1280194.00/cwt194.00–194.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 2305184.00/cwt184.00–184.005611
Steers—Medium and Large 1322199.21/cwt197.00–200.006414
Steers—Medium and Large 1350196.00/cwt196.00–196.006861
Steers—Medium and Large 2373188.45/cwt179.00–192.007035
Steers—Medium and Large 1423193.79/cwt190.00–200.008206
Steers—Medium and Large 2439184.58/cwt181.00–186.0081039
Steers—Medium and Large 3485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512180.00/cwt180.00–180.009224
Steers—Medium and Large 1515168.00/cwt168.00–168.008651
Steers—Medium and Large 2545158.00/cwt158.00–158.008611
Steers—Medium and Large 2560158.00/cwt158.00–158.008852
Steers—Medium and Large 1585162.00/cwt162.00–162.009481
Steers—Medium and Large 3590145.00/cwt145.00–145.008561
Steers—Medium and Large 1610152.52/cwt150.00–155.009302
Steers—Medium and Large 2625136.00/cwt136.00–136.008502
Steers—Medium and Large 1666155.87/cwt155.00–156.001,0388
Steers—Medium and Large 2708137.51/cwt135.00–140.009742
Steers—Medium and Large 1710150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0651
Steers—Medium and Large 1800150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2001
Steers—Medium and Large 1935139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317151.00/cwt151.00–151.004795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333159.20/cwt156.00–164.005303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371160.68/cwt154.00–169.005967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423159.87/cwt156.00–163.0067628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423152.67/cwt150.00–155.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450159.00/cwt159.00–159.007161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450154.00/cwt154.00–154.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468140.00/cwt138.00–143.0065514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522141.31/cwt140.00–145.007389
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581133.99/cwt132.00–136.007784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613128.46/cwt125.00–132.007872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2695119.00/cwt119.00–119.008271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2778113.50/cwt113.00–114.008832
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428176.71/cwt167.00–180.007565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470171.92/cwt167.00–180.008087
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487157.99/cwt156.00–160.007693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545160.00/cwt160.00–160.008721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570155.59/cwt153.00–158.008872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573139.45/cwt138.00–141.007992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605128.00/cwt128.00–128.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675124.64/cwt120.00–128.008413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2855111.00/cwt111.00–111.009491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,4781
Bulls——1,93094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,8141
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96041.17/cwt40.00–42.503952
Cows—Lean 85-90%98750.90/cwt49.00–54.505026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02762.63/cwt59.00–66.506436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27068.90/cwt67.50–72.508757
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2900680.00/head680.00–680.006801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,055700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,073768.21/head740.00–795.007682

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.