Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market we did not have many tagged calves but had several groups of no tag calves mostly weaned and they were higher. Slaughter cattle and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.29/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −94.29 against this barn's trailing median of $398.57.

Average price

$304.29

34 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$379

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$42.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.59

vs MS average

−17.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	315.00	1,758	12thin
Medium and Large 1	549	310.35	1,705	14thin
Medium and Large 2	583	278.27	1,622	7thin
Medium and Large 3	505	273.00	1,379	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.00/cwt here — about $379 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $437.52, low $354.26, median $398.57 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

304.29

—

MS average11 barns · 260 hd

295.69

+8.59

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−17.45

This barn, trailing median16 sales

398.57

−94.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,657	162.53	2,693	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,261	149.21	1,882	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,305	136.08	1,776	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	130.00	1,274	1thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$2,200	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	985	$2,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$2,900	2thin

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	245.02/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,828	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	278.27/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	398.25/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,004	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,742	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	381.00/cwt	377.00–385.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	365.25/cwt	363.00–368.00	1,845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	404.90/cwt	393.00–423.00	1,709	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	270.32/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,696	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	136.08/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,776	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,274	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	143.10/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,517	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	153.29/cwt	151.00–156.00	2,138	3
Bulls	—	—	1,545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,318	1
Bulls	—	—	1,713	168.80/cwt	165.00–173.00	2,892	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	985	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,395	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	347.43/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	277.08/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,257	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	307.97/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,905	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,758	12

How this sale compares

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 Mar 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 226Last week 188Year ago 340

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 36Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 22Year ago 13

Good day, as compared to the last market we did not have many tagged calves but had several groups of no tag calves mostly weaned and they were higher. Slaughter cattle and bulls were steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	333.00	333.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	795	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	525	323.00	323.00
2	600–650	625	265.00–276.00	270.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	320.00	320.00
7	550–600	583	278.00–280.00	278.27
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	718	240.00–250.00	245.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	558	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	601	275.00	275.00
53	650–700	678	281.00	281.00
13	700–750	703	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	365	358.00	358.00
2	400–450	423	345.00–350.00	347.43
4	450–500	454	342.00	342.00
3	500–550	510	300.00–315.00	307.97
11	550–600	560	311.00	311.00
5	600–650	628	270.00–282.00	277.08
1	700–750	705	263.00	263.00
1	750–800	750	266.00	266.00
1	800–850	845	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	381	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	505	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	547	335.00	335.00
8	700–750	708	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	425	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	510	324.00	324.00
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	390.00–405.00	398.25
2	400–450	415	377.00–385.00	381.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	422	393.00–423.00	404.90
4	500–550	505	363.00–368.00	365.25
1	600–650	610	318.00	318.00
1	650–700	660	309.00	309.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	135.00–137.00	136.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	140.00–146.00	143.10
3	—	1,395	151.00–156.00	153.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,713	165.00–173.00	168.80

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	880	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,395	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	2,900.00	2,900.00

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.

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Meridian Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle