Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2019-11-18

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 18
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
10 vs last sale 635 625 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
3 vs last sale 99 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
258 head
72 vs last sale 186 258 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cows were higher 1-2; slaughter bulls higher 1-6; feeder steers under 450# higher 4-10 ; feeder steers over 450# steady with weaned groups 536#@123.00, 690#@118.00; Feeder heifers higher 1-9 with weaned groups 417#@125.00, 424#@122.00 , 522#@ 116.00, 697#@113.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.02/cwt on 110 head.
Average price
$117.02
110 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$519
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.09
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2273125.873444thin
Medium and Large 1486118.9157885
Medium and Large 3303107.6932621
One grade step is worth $18.18/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale110 hd
117.02
MS average13 barns · 1,562 hd
113.93
+3.09
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,46369.831,02228
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63850.4282614
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21448.3758728
CowsLean 85-90%Low95033.0331432

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Southeast Mississippi Livestock - Hattiesburg, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2573105.72/cwt100.00–111.006068
HeifersMedium and Large 1773107.60/cwt104.00–111.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 1459116.08/cwt115.00–120.005335
HeifersMedium and Large 1358124.39/cwt122.00–135.004456
HeifersMedium and Large 1623114.22/cwt108.00–120.007126
HeifersMedium and Large 1323134.37/cwt132.50–136.004348
HeifersMedium and Large 1673111.07/cwt109.00–113.007488
HeifersMedium and Large 1523113.13/cwt110.00–116.0059218
HeifersMedium and Large 1423122.16/cwt119.00–125.0051730
HeifersMedium and Large 2273125.87/cwt121.00–130.003444
HeifersMedium and Large 341588.93/cwt85.00–96.003693
HeifersMedium and Large 3273109.71/cwt107.00–112.003004
HeifersMedium and Large 3373105.30/cwt100.00–110.003936
HeifersMedium and Large 3223115.51/cwt110.00–120.002588
SteersMedium and Large 1473136.43/cwt132.50–140.006456
SteersMedium and Large 1280160.27/cwt152.50–172.504499
SteersMedium and Large 1373155.30/cwt150.00–160.0057910
SteersMedium and Large 1323159.19/cwt152.50–165.0051412
SteersMedium and Large 2250145.00/cwt145.00–145.003633
SteersMedium and Large 2523113.22/cwt108.00–118.005924
SteersMedium and Large 2373148.24/cwt144.00–152.005536
SteersMedium and Large 2323150.35/cwt145.00–155.004868
SteersMedium and Large 2423134.21/cwt130.00–138.0056810
SteersMedium and Large 2473128.14/cwt125.00–131.0060612
SteersMedium and Large 3223125.51/cwt120.00–130.002806
SteersMedium and Large 3273128.12/cwt120.00–135.003506
SteersMedium and Large 3423129.37/cwt122.00–136.005476
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,050863.69/cwt700.00–975.009,06914
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,103.41/cwt950.00–1,200.0012,13818
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1762685.34/cwt525.00–800.005,2226
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,150932.61/cwt650.00–1,150.0010,72550
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1850691.18/cwt400.00–850.005,87524
Bulls1,25054.00/cwt50.00–60.0067510
Bulls1,58278.63/cwt67.00–84.001,24418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10043.95/cwt41.00–47.5048312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30051.69/cwt48.00–56.0067216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63850.42/cwt47.00–55.0082614
CowsLean 85-90%87525.57/cwt20.00–33.0022416
CowsLean 85-90%1,02540.48/cwt35.50–47.5041516

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.