Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-03-23

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 23
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
56 vs last sale 193 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
55 vs last sale 78 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
43 vs last sale 81 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers were higher 7-25; feeder heifers higher 11-20; groups were weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s; sold 3 loads on video that will be picked up on the farm , with 2% shrink and 10$ up slide ; load #1 (60 head steers) 840#@110 ; load #2 (70 head steers) 740# @ 120.25 ; load #3 is split load (45 steers ) wt 650# @ 129.50 - with enough heifers wt 630# to finish load at 10$ back ;slaughter cows higher 3-8 ;slaughter bulls Steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.81/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$132.81
55 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$386
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.27
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2273154.504226thin
Medium and Large 1373142.265314thin
Medium and Large 1-2626129.0880845
One grade step is worth $25.42/cwt here — about −$386 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 sale55 hd
132.81
MS average10 barns · 232 hd
132.54
+0.27
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
BullsHigh1,55391.331,4182thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51369.241,0482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18666.1978514
CowsLean 85-90%Average97554.685334thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bulls1,55391.33/cwt88.00–94.501,4182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10057.86/cwt56.50–59.006362
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20067.58/cwt60.00–74.0081112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51369.24/cwt68.00–70.501,0482
CowsLean 85-90%97554.68/cwt46.50–61.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 1323141.35/cwt136.00–146.004574
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1945705.03/cwt650.00–750.006,66310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850760.00/cwt760.00–760.006,4606
SteersMedium and Large 1323151.35/cwt146.00–156.004892
SteersMedium and Large 1423133.16/cwt130.00–136.005632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589137.00/cwt137.00–137.008077
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633127.62/cwt115.00–129.2580838
SteersMedium and Large 2273154.50/cwt148.00–160.004226
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2701,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,7006
HeifersMedium and Large 1373135.18/cwt132.00–138.005044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685103.00/cwt103.00–103.007064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2634115.50/cwt115.50–115.507325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558124.00/cwt124.00–124.0069211
HeifersMedium and Large 2323129.81/cwt125.00–134.004192
HeifersMedium and Large 2373125.29/cwt122.00–129.004676

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.