Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market: feeder calves sold mixed and slaughter cows sold mixed as well.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.89/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 4 of 19 comparable sales and sits −55.00 against this barn's trailing median of $443.89.

Average price

$388.89

13 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,177

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$67.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.65

vs MS average

−33.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	419.00	2,250	5thin
Medium and Large 1	571	381.10	2,178	5thin
Medium and Large 2	578	351.70	2,033	3thin

One grade step is worth $67.30/cwt here — about $217 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

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 sale13 hd

388.89

—

MS average14 barns · 447 hd

380.24

+8.65

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−33.76

This barn, trailing median19 sales

443.89

−55.00

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	1,623	186.01	3,019	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,197	152.94	1,830	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,715	147.92	2,537	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	137.40	1,452	3thin

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)	1,335	$3,710	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,550	$3,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$3,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,185	$3,250	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,160	$1,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1	550–600	575	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	489.89/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,196	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,606	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,250	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	335.00/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,893	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	429.61/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,318	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	354.37/cwt	353.00–359.00	2,410	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	332.50/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,463	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	3,709.74/head	3,500.00–3,900.00	3,710	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	352.53/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	331.05/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,755	3
Bulls	—	—	1,213	178.00/cwt	176.00–180.00	2,159	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	137.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,452	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	147.92/cwt	142.00–153.50	2,537	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	148.44/cwt	147.50–150.00	1,844	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	156.16/cwt	153.50–164.00	1,818	7
Bulls	—	—	1,920	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	351.70/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	438.04/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,862	1
Bulls	—	—	1,798	189.01/cwt	185.50–195.00	3,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	481.67/cwt	475.00–490.25	1,339	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	382.62/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,212	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	297.52/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	282.48/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	413.24/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	464.87/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,201	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	377.47/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	407.28/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	355.00/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,543	6

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 Sep 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 267Last week 238Year ago 309

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 29Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 16Year ago 10

As compared to last weeks market: feeder calves sold mixed and slaughter cows sold mixed as well.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	575	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	610	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	670	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	710	310.00	310.00
2	750–800	773	295.00–300.00	297.52
2	800–850	828	280.00–285.00	282.48
1	950–1000	990	255.00	255.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	320.00–350.00	335.00
1	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	480.00–500.00	489.89
3	250–300	278	475.00–490.25	481.67
3	300–350	310	450.00–485.00	464.87
1	350–400	360	460.00	460.00
3	400–450	425	400.00–425.00	413.24
4	450–500	471	400.00–415.00	407.28
1	500–550	545	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	578	375.00–390.00	382.62
2	600–650	608	375.00–380.00	377.47
1	650–700	670	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	810	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	537	419.00	419.00
7	600–650	606	382.50	382.50
21	650–700	680	353.00–359.00	354.37
11	750–800	792	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	420.00–450.00	438.04
2	350–400	380	420.00–440.00	429.61
3	550–600	578	350.00–355.00	351.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	450.00	450.00
1	250–300	290	445.00	445.00
1	300–350	315	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	365	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	425	375.00–385.00	380.00
4	500–550	519	347.50–360.00	355.00
1	600–650	625	322.50	322.50
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	710	303.00	303.00
1	750–800	780	295.00	295.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	425.00	425.00
1	300–350	320	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	440	320.00–345.00	332.50
2	450–500	465	350.00–355.00	352.53
3	500–550	530	325.00–338.00	331.05
1	550–600	560	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	655	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	392.50	392.50
5	500–550	525	370.00	370.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	3,400.00	3,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	3,550.00	3,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	3,250.00	3,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,335	3,500.00–3,900.00	3,709.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,750.00	1,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	176.00–180.00	178.00
1	—	1,920	193.00	193.00
3	—	1,798	185.50–195.00	189.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,057	135.00–140.00	137.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,715	142.00–153.50	147.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,242	147.50–150.00	148.44
7	—	1,164	153.50–164.00	156.16

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