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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-24-009174
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240325

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000724004
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				840872291
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12100 W 6TH AVE
		CITY:			LAKEWOOD
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80228
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3039878000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12100 W 6TH AVE
		CITY:			LAKEWOOD
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80228

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951117

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MESA MEDICAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19921123
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Attention: Ms. Christie Wong and Ms. Kristin Lochhead</p>

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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2023</p>

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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;">Response Dated March 15, 2024</p>

<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;">File No. 001-11740</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Dear Ms. Wong and Ms. Lochhead:</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">On behalf of Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (the &#8220;<u>Company</u>&#8221;), set forth below is the response of the Company to the comment received by the staff (the &#8220;<u>Staff</u>&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<u>Commission</u>&#8221;) contained in the letter dated March 20, 2024 (the &#8220;<u>Comment Letter</u>&#8221;) regarding the above-referenced Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 was filed via EDGAR on May 30, 2023 (the &#8220;<u>Form 10-K</u>&#8221;). For ease of reference, the text of the Staff&#8217;s comment is reproduced in bold-face type below, followed by the Company&#8217;s response.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><i>We have added footnotes to the table below to more specifically describe the nature of </i>&#8220;<i>Other acquisition related costs</i>&#8221;<i> and </i>&#8220;<i>Other integration-related costs.</i>&#8221;&nbsp;<i>The Staff is advised that </i>&#8220;<i>other acquisition related costs</i>&#8221;<i>&nbsp;consist primarily of costs incurred to assess the efficacy of products sold by the acquired company and travel costs, and </i>&#8220;<i>other integration costs</i>&#8221;<i> consist primarily of costs associated with the negotiation of employment contracts and travel costs.</i>&nbsp;<i> </i></p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;">Legal services provided for contract negotiations</p>
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			<td id=".symb.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">$</td>
			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">208</td>
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			<td id=".symb.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">$</td>
			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">467</td>
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			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">181</td>
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			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">254</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;">Other acquisition related costs (B)</p>
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			<td id=".symb.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">111</td>
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			<td id=".symb.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;">Total acquisition related costs</p>
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			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">500</td>
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			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">835</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;">Professional support for integration of acquiree, including enterprise resource planning tool</p>
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			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">110</td>
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			<td id=".symb.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">280</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;">Other integration-related costs (C)</p>
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			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">104</td>
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			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">104</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;">Professional accounting and valuation consultations for the GKE acquisition</p>
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			<td id=".symb.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td id=".symb.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;">Total integration related costs</p>
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			<td id=".symb.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">270</td>
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			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">440</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Total acquisition and integration related costs</p>
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			<td id=".symb.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">$</td>
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			<td id=".symb.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">$</td>
			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 12%; text-align: right; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">1,275</td>
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			<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i>For example, outside consultant and legal costs for employment contract negotiation, including managing director appointment, and travel.</i></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><i>For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, the aggregate of&nbsp;</i>&#8220;<i>other acquisition related costs</i>&#8221;<i> and </i>&#8220;<i>other integration related costs</i>&#8221;<i> make up 1.8% and 0.7% of&nbsp;&nbsp;</i>&#8220;<i>Adjusted</i>&nbsp;<i>operating income excluding unusual items,</i>&#8221;<i> respectively. </i></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;"><i>In future filings, we will disaggregate acquisition costs from integration costs, including providing explanatory footnotes, if necessary&nbsp;to allow financial statement users to better understand the nature of all significant costs excluded from the non-GAAP financial measure. Our disclosure will indicate that acquisition and integration costs related to acquisitions are not ongoing, but are incurred as a direct result of the consummated acquisition, and that those costs are disclosed to enhance investor understanding of the Company</i>&#8217;<i>s expectations regarding non-GAAP adjusted operating income on an ongoing basis following the completion of the acquisition and related integration activities.</i></p>

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