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Meridian Livestock Auction

Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 18

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112

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Feeder Cattle receipts

367 head

▲ 94 vs last sale 273▲ 46 vs year ago 321 · +14.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 53▲ 9 vs year ago 19 · +47.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

34 head

▼ 73 vs last sale 107▼ 47 vs year ago 81 · −58.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market: Feeder calves sold 10-15 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady. Sold a load of heifers 95% black hided 637 lb. average @ $3.4050. This calf market is a ball of fire.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $361.83/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 11 of 20 comparable sales and sits −4.97 against this barn's trailing median of $366.81.

Average price

$361.83

14 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$81

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.38

vs MS average

+2.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	364.70	1,937	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	510	363.00	1,851	7thin
Medium and Large 2	568	355.30	2,018	3thin

One grade step is worth $9.39/cwt here — about −$81 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

361.83

—

MS average14 barns · 474 hd

340.46

+21.38

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+2.03

This barn, trailing median20 sales

366.81

−4.97

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $437.52, low $313.85, median $366.81 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,517	184.30	2,796	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,075	166.00	1,785	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	162.46	2,385	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,098	153.36	1,684	9thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$3,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$3,150	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,270	$3,025	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,178	$2,077	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,245	$3,425	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$2,850	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$2,800	2thin

Every lot

74 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	245	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,299	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	285	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,496	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	592.72/cwt	585.00–598.00	1,695	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	559.92/cwt	555.00–565.00	1,792	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,749	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,006	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	514.66/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,920	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	497.47/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,065	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	470.12/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,998	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	402.30/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,911	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	397.29/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,082	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	383.59/cwt	383.00–388.00	2,068	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,209	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	377.27/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,181	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,153	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	373.94/cwt	363.00–395.00	2,303	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	618	335.06/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,071	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	350.03/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,198	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,178	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,314	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,330	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	335.91/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,476	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,662	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	447.42/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,476	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	422.56/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,428	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	393.33/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,467	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	394.56/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,677	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	359.50/cwt	357.00–362.00	1,672	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	373.74/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,757	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,851	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	366.26/cwt	364.00–370.00	1,923	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	355.30/cwt	353.00–358.00	2,018	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	352.98/cwt	348.00–358.00	2,234	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,172	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,167	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	314.94/cwt	306.00–324.00	2,409	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,387	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	298.50/cwt	298.00–299.00	2,328	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,302	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,459	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	434.83/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,883	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,928	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,972	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,901	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,891	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,170	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	331.98/cwt	328.00–337.00	2,105	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,346	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	294.01/cwt	293.00–295.00	2,308	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	292.02/cwt	289.00–295.00	2,526	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,618	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,643	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	182.93/cwt	182.00–184.00	2,735	2
Bulls	—	—	1,543	187.31/cwt	186.00–189.00	2,890	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	928	139.80/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,297	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,785	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	162.16/cwt	159.50–165.00	1,834	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,288	156.10/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,011	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	162.46/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,385	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,150	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,178	2,077.07/head	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,077	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,270	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,285	3,425.00/head	3,425.00–3,425.00	3,425	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,235	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	3,425.00/head	3,425.00–3,425.00	3,425	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,250	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,285	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

Mon Aug 18, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 367Last week 273Year ago 321

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 53Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 107Year ago 81

As compared to last weeks market: Feeder calves sold 10-15 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady. Sold a load of heifers 95% black hided 637 lb. average @ $3.4050. This calf market is a ball of fire.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	635	343.00	343.00
15	700–750	737	330.00–338.00	335.91
5	800–850	832	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	585.00–598.00	592.72
1	300–350	340	590.00	590.00
2	400–450	415	495.00–500.00	497.47
7	500–550	524	390.00–405.00	397.29
1	550–600	555	398.00	398.00
5	600–650	616	363.00–395.00	373.94
5	700–750	728	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	860	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	555.00–565.00	559.92
2	400–450	425	465.00–475.00	470.12
8	500–550	539	383.00–388.00	383.59
3	550–600	578	375.00–380.00	377.27
3	600–650	628	345.00–355.00	350.03
2	650–700	665	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	530.00	530.00
1	250–300	285	525.00	525.00
1	300–350	330	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	373	505.00–525.00	514.66
4	450–500	475	380.00–430.00	402.30
1	550–600	585	368.00	368.00
2	600–650	618	330.00–340.00	335.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	510	363.00	363.00
76	600–650	637	341.00	341.00
12	750–800	780	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	445.00–450.00	447.42
4	400–450	425	390.00–400.00	394.56
3	500–550	525	364.00–370.00	366.26
1	550–600	550	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	633	348.00–358.00	352.98
1	700–750	720	301.00	301.00
2	750–800	765	306.00–324.00	314.94
1	800–850	805	286.00	286.00
1	850–900	875	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	380.00–405.00	393.33
2	450–500	465	357.00–362.00	359.50
1	650–700	655	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	420.00–425.00	422.56
1	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	470	370.00–378.00	373.74
3	550–600	568	353.00–358.00	355.30
2	750–800	780	298.00–299.00	298.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	425.00–445.00	434.83
1	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	510	378.00	378.00
1	600–650	620	350.00	350.00
2	750–800	785	293.00–295.00	294.01
2	850–900	865	289.00–295.00	292.02
1	900–950	945	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	585	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	610	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	660	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	343.00	343.00
4	600–650	634	328.00–337.00	331.98
1	650–700	690	340.00	340.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,178	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,077.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	3,025.00	3,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	3,425.00	3,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	3,150.00	3,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	2,800.00	2,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,235	2,675.00	2,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	3,425.00	3,425.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,285	3,025.00	3,025.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	928	135.00–144.00	139.80
2	—	1,288	155.00–157.00	156.10
4	—	1,131	159.50–165.00	162.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	160.00–165.00	162.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	182.00–184.00	182.93
1	—	1,485	178.00	178.00
3	—	1,543	186.00–189.00	187.31

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.