Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-02-03

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
414 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 305▲ 414 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 81▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 111▲ 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers mixed ; feeder heifers under 450# higher 2-7 , feeder heifers over 450# lower 1-5 ; groups were weaned 60 days with 2 rounds of shots and reported as 1-2 ;slaughter cows firmer ; slaughter bulls higher 3-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.02/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$128.02
114 head · 360 lb average
Value per head Derived
$461
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.78
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1334140.6847044
Medium and Large 2329130.6042918thin
Medium and Large 1-2512122.736288thin
Medium and Large 3371115.2642744
One grade step is worth $25.41/cwt here — about $43 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 sale114 hd
128.02
—
MS average12 barns · 1,167 hd
128.80
−0.78
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
Bulls—High1,76588.341,55914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35058.177854thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23957.3271046
CowsLean 85-90%Average97547.1245920

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls——1,76588.34/cwt80.00–94.501,55914
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10049.86/cwt42.50–56.0054814
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30060.58/cwt56.00–64.5078832
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35058.17/cwt54.00–61.507854
CowsLean 85-90%—97547.12/cwt39.50–53.0045920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—223138.68/cwt134.00–142.503096
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—429145.00/cwt145.00–145.006225
SteersMedium and Large 2—273163.33/cwt152.50–172.504468
SteersMedium and Large 1—373158.60/cwt148.00–168.0059210
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0301,076.21/cwt900.00–1,200.0011,08520
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,025831.71/cwt700.00–925.008,52540
SteersMedium and Large 3—473126.55/cwt120.00–132.505998
SteersMedium and Large 3—273139.89/cwt125.00–152.5038210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—503140.00/cwt140.00–140.007046
SteersMedium and Large 1—323176.69/cwt170.00–182.5057112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—693121.00/cwt121.00–121.008392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—633126.00/cwt126.00–126.007984
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273133.25/cwt130.00–136.003648
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373128.48/cwt120.00–136.0047910
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323114.28/cwt110.00–118.003698
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373110.60/cwt100.00–120.004138
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473113.76/cwt108.00–119.005388
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273115.62/cwt107.50–122.5031610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273144.27/cwt137.50–150.003948
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323145.52/cwt137.50–152.5047010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373137.06/cwt136.00–138.0051110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423137.77/cwt132.50–142.5058310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—512122.73/cwt119.00–125.006288
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423120.63/cwt118.00–123.0051010

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.