Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: feeder steers were steady to a little higher on the good calves and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cattle sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.33/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 4 of 19 comparable sales and sits −51.57 against this barn's trailing median of $443.89.

Average price

$392.33

15 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

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

$5.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.16

vs MS average

−36.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	397.46	2,039	2thin
Medium and Large 2	529	391.54	2,072	13thin

One grade step is worth $5.92/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale15 hd

392.33

—

MS average7 barns · 98 hd

376.16

+16.16

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−36.82

This barn, trailing median19 sales

443.89

−51.57

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	1,758	174.07	3,060	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,430	153.66	2,197	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	150.00	2,190	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	134.30	1,434	9thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$1,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	667	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,201	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	416.26/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,586	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	447.56/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	395.62/cwt	390.00–399.00	2,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	397.55/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	320.98/cwt	318.00–325.00	2,167	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	351.39/cwt	348.00–355.00	2,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	392.40/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	353.64/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,161	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	320.66/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,972	3
Bulls	—	—	1,578	167.96/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,650	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	146.22/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,667	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	120.02/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,236	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	131.88/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,292	2
Bulls	—	—	2,033	178.95/cwt	178.00–180.00	3,638	2
Bulls	—	—	1,663	175.31/cwt	174.00–177.00	2,915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	363.88/cwt	358.00–370.00	1,874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	397.46/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,039	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	329.83/cwt	323.00–340.00	1,880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	364.97/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	403.70/cwt	400.00–408.00	1,905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	426.63/cwt	418.00–435.00	1,822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	347.55/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	426.55/cwt	425.00–428.00	1,612	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	153.66/cwt	149.50–158.00	2,197	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	422.50/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	367.51/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,234	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	455.02/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,629	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	855	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	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 Dec 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 212Last week 200Year ago 281

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 40Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 26Year ago 63

As compared to the last market: feeder steers were steady to a little higher on the good calves and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cattle sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	445.00	445.00
5	400–450	427	418.00–435.00	426.63
8	500–550	506	390.00–399.00	395.62
5	550–600	566	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	610	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	425.00–428.00	426.55
1	400–450	420	415.00	415.00
3	450–500	472	400.00–408.00	403.70
1	600–650	610	328.00	328.00
5	650–700	667	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	460.00	460.00
3	350–400	358	450.00–460.00	455.02
2	400–450	420	445.00–450.00	447.56
2	500–550	513	395.00–400.00	397.46
2	600–650	608	365.00–370.00	367.51
1	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	611	350.00–358.00	353.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	443	360.00–370.00	364.97
1	450–500	495	348.00	348.00
1	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
6	550–600	570	323.00–340.00	329.83
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	340	425.00	425.00
4	350–400	381	415.00–420.00	416.26
1	400–450	430	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	515	358.00–370.00	363.88
3	600–650	615	320.00–321.00	320.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	430.00	430.00
3	400–450	408	431.00	431.00
3	500–550	503	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	395.00–400.00	397.55
6	450–500	485	383.00	383.00
6	550–600	573	335.00–350.00	347.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	420.00–425.00	422.50
1	500–550	520	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	390.00–395.00	392.40
2	550–600	573	348.00–355.00	351.39
3	650–700	675	318.00–325.00	320.98
1	700–750	740	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	373.00	373.00
1	600–650	605	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	165.00–170.00	167.96
2	—	2,033	178.00–180.00	178.95
2	—	1,663	174.00–177.00	175.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,140	144.00–149.00	146.22
3	—	1,030	115.00–125.00	120.02
2	—	980	128.00–136.00	131.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,430	149.50–158.00	153.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	150.00	150.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	1,975.00	1,975.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle