Sale reports / Mississippi / Meridian Livestock Auction / 2026-06-15

Meridian Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Meridian, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 15
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2112
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 105 vs last sale 258▼ 417 vs year ago 570 · −73.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 19▼ 25 vs year ago 32 · −78.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 41▲ 4 vs year ago 14 · +28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: had a small offering of cattle today, Feeder calves sold steady and slaughter cattle had to few to get a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $441.21/cwt on 26 head, up $8.34 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 27 comparable sales and sits +20.07 against this barn's trailing median of $421.14.
Average price
$441.21
▲ 8.34 vs prior sale
26 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.41
vs MS average
−17.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523455.822,3844thin
Medium and Large 1-2560454.002,54212thin
Medium and Large 2551431.702,3805thin
Medium and Large 3558408.312,2795thin
One grade step is worth $47.51/cwt here — about $105 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 sale26 hd
441.21
—
MS average13 barns · 351 hd
439.79
+1.41
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
−17.84
This barn, trailing median27 sales
421.14
+20.07
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

27 sales
495440385331median 421.1403/0204/2007/0609/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.61, low $344.60, median $421.14 across 27 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low2,010201.004,0401thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,240182.182,2592thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,198174.322,0882thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$3,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,083$2,7752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,102$3,8846
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$3,7004thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335590.30/cwt580.00–600.001,9782
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9671
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383530.07/cwt520.00–540.002,0302
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433497.46/cwt495.00–500.002,1542
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1831
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450472.50/cwt470.00–475.002,1262
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3471453.18/cwt450.00–455.002,1345
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523455.82/cwt450.00–460.002,3844
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523435.17/cwt430.00–440.002,2762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1401
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560454.00/cwt454.00–454.002,54212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3564410.39/cwt395.00–418.002,3154
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570429.39/cwt425.00–435.002,4483
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613380.53/cwt378.00–383.002,3332
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,5167
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2541
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390437.50/cwt435.00–440.001,7062
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473431.63/cwt428.00–435.002,0422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474400.44/cwt395.00–403.001,8983
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488422.51/cwt420.00–425.002,0622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0201
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528378.33/cwt370.00–385.001,9983
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,1451
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2231
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3577362.71/cwt360.00–365.002,0933
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,6731
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,040255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,6521
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,7432
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,215236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,8672
Heifers1300–1350Medium and Large 11,315227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,9851
Heifers1350–1400Medium and Large 11,350228.00/cwt228.00–228.003,0782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0431
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2081
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460462.45/cwt460.00–465.002,1272
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,1061
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512434.95/cwt430.00–440.002,2273
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,2471
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1731
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,010201.00/cwt201.00–201.004,0401
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,198174.32/cwt171.00–177.502,0882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240182.18/cwt179.00–185.002,2592
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0683,726.23/head3,650.00–3,800.003,7264
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1003,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1704,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2504,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29402,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0503,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2252,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501

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.