Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, had a good offering of calves today as compared to the last sale feeder calves 5-10 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady. Sold some loads of steers weaned black hided the light load was 71 head of 712 lb. steers @ 3.17. And sold 5 loads of 910 lb. steers 246,510 lbs. total @ $2.7850. Really good steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.33/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −77.56 against this barn's trailing median of $443.89.

Average price

$366.33

24 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$30.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.56

vs MS average

−12.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	384.22	2,017	3thin
Medium and Large 2	517	367.88	1,903	15thin
Medium and Large 3	557	353.50	1,969	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.72/cwt here — about $48 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.61, low $370.48, median $443.89 across 19 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 sale24 hd

366.33

—

MS average11 barns · 364 hd

343.76

+22.56

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−12.25

This barn, trailing median19 sales

443.89

−77.56

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	—	Low	1,727	177.98	3,074	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	149.24	1,880	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	127.43	1,305	7thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,385	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,320	$2,231	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,325	$1,800	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	840	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,465	$3,125	2thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	682	285.66/cwt	283.00–287.00	1,948	3
Bulls	—	—	1,578	172.47/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,722	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	151.93/cwt	146.50–155.50	1,963	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	144.52/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,740	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	135.24/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,365	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	965	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	125.52/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	338.60/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	328.17/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,035	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	396.49/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	458.61/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	339.35/cwt	337.00–348.00	1,778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	329.00/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,086	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	312.44/cwt	306.00–328.00	2,243	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	395.03/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,264	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	313.02/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	490.06/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,289	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,224	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,539	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,257	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	365.85/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,537	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	368.44/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,886	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	384.22/cwt	378.00–390.00	2,017	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	375.07/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	320.95/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	414.90/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	321.54/cwt	318.00–325.00	2,132	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	437.08/cwt	433.00–443.00	1,399	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	391.48/cwt	388.00–395.00	1,695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	378.97/cwt	375.00–381.00	1,793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	350.01/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	393.84/cwt	388.00–400.00	1,477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	677	303.99/cwt	300.00–308.00	2,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	394.97/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,908	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	319.57/cwt	301.00–338.00	2,103	2
Bulls	—	—	2,025	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,827	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,465	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,385	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	2,230.68/head	2,100.00–2,350.00	2,231	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1

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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 604Last week 233Year ago 477

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 35Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 50Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	388.00–400.00	393.84
3	450–500	473	375.00–381.00	378.97
3	500–550	536	357.00	357.00
3	550–600	578	345.00–355.00	350.01
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
5	650–700	677	300.00–308.00	303.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	510.00	510.00
3	250–300	263	485.00–495.00	490.06
3	300–350	330	450.00–470.00	458.61
1	350–400	350	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	405	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	525	378.00–390.00	384.22
18	600–650	634	323.00–330.00	329.00
1	650–700	695	330.00	330.00
4	700–750	718	306.00–328.00	312.44
1	750–800	760	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	656	339.00	339.00
71	700–750	712	317.00	317.00
271	900–950	910	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	320	433.00–443.00	437.08
2	350–400	383	410.00–420.00	414.90
2	400–450	433	388.00–395.00	391.48
2	450–500	483	390.00–400.00	394.97
14	500–550	512	360.00–370.00	368.44
1	550–600	590	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	663	318.00–325.00	321.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	358.00	358.00
3	650–700	682	283.00–287.00	285.66
1	750–800	760	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	490.00	490.00
3	300–350	320	390.00–400.00	395.03
3	400–450	420	360.00–375.00	365.85
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
6	500–550	524	337.00–348.00	339.35
3	550–600	575	335.00–343.00	338.60
3	600–650	620	320.00–340.00	328.17
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	810	255.00	255.00
1	900–950	945	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	370.00–380.00	375.07
1	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	560	315.00–325.00	320.95
1	600–650	625	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	695	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	765	268.00	268.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	390.00–405.00	396.49
1	500–550	540	344.00	344.00
1	550–600	565	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	620	310.00–316.00	313.02
2	650–700	658	301.00–338.00	319.57
1	700–750	710	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	530	338.00	338.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	625	293.00	293.00
1	750–800	790	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	170.00–175.00	172.47
1	—	2,025	189.00	189.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,292	146.50–155.50	151.93
4	—	1,204	143.00–146.00	144.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,009	130.00–139.00	135.24
1	—	965	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,083	124.00–127.00	125.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,465	3,125.00	3,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,385	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,320	2,100.00–2,350.00	2,230.68
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	1,800.00	1,800.00

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

Steers · 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

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