Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cattle were steady as well. Sold a load of 676 lb. steers 80 head total @ $3.3040

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.49/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −99.40 against this barn's trailing median of $443.89.

Average price

$344.49

30 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$44.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.61

vs MS average

−34.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	378.17	1,959	4thin
Medium and Large 2	548	343.57	1,881	15thin
Medium and Large 3	577	333.49	1,924	11thin

One grade step is worth $44.68/cwt here — about $35 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale30 hd

344.49

—

MS average6 barns · 245 hd

346.10

−1.61

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−34.64

This barn, trailing median19 sales

443.89

−99.40

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	1,363	183.30	2,498	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,284	159.41	2,046	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	151.45	2,363	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,050	138.96	1,459	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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$1,780	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	980	$2,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	341.34/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,894	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	274.48/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	272.51/cwt	271.00–280.00	2,077	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,238	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,187	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	298.43/cwt	293.00–304.00	1,829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	462.55/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	434.84/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	295.11/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	378.17/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,959	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	322.17/cwt	321.00–327.00	2,123	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	390.42/cwt	383.00–395.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,375	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	980	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	362.57/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,697	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	123.09/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,192	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,661	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	146.89/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,548	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	151.45/cwt	147.50–155.00	2,363	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	164.25/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,116	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	156.51/cwt	154.50–160.00	2,005	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,930	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	2,235.00/head	2,235.00–2,235.00	2,235	1
Bulls	—	—	1,363	183.30/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,498	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	351.51/cwt	350.00–353.00	1,698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	280.08/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	840	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	333.49/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,924	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	389.91/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	334.70/cwt	332.00–338.00	1,593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	362.91/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	319.24/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,858	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	352.51/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	323.33/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,064	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	326.67/cwt	325.00–331.00	2,048	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	312.86/cwt	308.00–318.00	1,965	2

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 Jul 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 254Year ago 278

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 34Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 54Year ago 16

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cattle were steady as well. Sold a load of 676 lb. steers 80 head total @ $3.3040

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	385.00–395.00	389.91
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	585	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	740	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	465	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	613	293.00–304.00	298.43
1	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	710	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	350.00–353.00	351.51
1	550–600	595	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	633	275.00–285.00	280.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	430	405.00	405.00
3	450–500	478	383.00–395.00	390.42
3	500–550	518	340.00–360.00	352.51
12	550–600	555	341.00–345.00	341.34
2	600–650	628	308.00–318.00	312.86
6	650–700	670	308.00	308.00
1	700–750	710	285.00	285.00
6	750–800	762	271.00–280.00	272.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	378	455.00–470.00	462.55
2	450–500	460	420.00–450.00	434.84
4	500–550	518	365.00–385.00	378.17
9	600–650	627	325.00–331.00	326.67
6	650–700	659	321.00–327.00	322.17
1	700–750	710	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	650–700	676	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	400.00–410.00	405.00
5	450–500	460	355.00–365.00	362.91
11	550–600	577	325.00–339.00	333.49
1	800–850	840	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	539	320.00–325.00	323.33
11	550–600	582	318.00–322.00	319.24
2	700–750	718	270.00–279.00	274.48
1	850–900	860	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	440	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	468	360.00–365.00	362.57
1	500–550	525	338.00	338.00
1	600–650	610	299.00	299.00
2	650–700	675	290.00–300.00	295.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	358.00	358.00
4	450–500	476	332.00–338.00	334.70
1	500–550	535	306.00	306.00
1	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	655	278.00	278.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,375	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,235.00	2,235.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	2,050.00	2,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	120.00–126.00	123.09
1	—	1,195	139.00	139.00
4	—	1,054	142.00–150.00	146.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	147.50–155.00	151.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,288	162.00–167.00	164.25
5	—	1,281	154.50–160.00	156.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	180.00–186.00	183.30

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle