Name: Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK FEEDER STEERS WERE HIGHER 1-14 ; FEEDER HEIFERS WERE HIGHER 12-23 ; FEEDER CALF GROUPS WERE WEANED WITH SHOTS AND REPORTED AS 1-2s ; slaughter cows were higher 4-8 ; slaughter bulls were higher 1-5

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.23/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$122.23

132 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

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

$15.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.76

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	423	129.88	549	20
Medium and Large 1-2	525	122.84	644	86
Medium and Large 2	504	114.32	576	26

One grade step is worth $15.56/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale132 hd

122.23

—

MS average12 barns · 749 hd

114.47

+7.76

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	1,491	81.39	1,213	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	61.98	938	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	61.82	734	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	51.68	504	10

Every lot, as filed

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,163	71.69/cwt	62.00–79.00	834	6
Bulls	—	—	1,818	91.08/cwt	85.50–95.00	1,656	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	53.73/cwt	48.00–58.50	591	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	63.06/cwt	59.00–66.50	757	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	61.98/cwt	60.00–63.50	938	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	51.68/cwt	43.50–58.00	504	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	791	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	747	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,461.54/cwt	1,000.00–1,750.00	16,150	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,583.70/cwt	1,300.00–1,750.00	18,213	82
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,238	1,121.21/cwt	875.00–1,250.00	13,881	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	1,191.89/cwt	900.00–1,375.00	13,147	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	165.41/cwt	160.00–170.00	452	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	164.28/cwt	160.00–168.00	531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	151.24/cwt	147.00–155.00	564	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	141.85/cwt	135.00–148.00	600	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	138.35/cwt	137.00–141.00	642	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	120.24/cwt	115.00–125.00	569	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	103.22/cwt	97.00–109.00	643	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	152.05/cwt	147.50–156.00	491	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	134.57/cwt	133.00–136.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	114.17/cwt	110.00–118.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	127.02/cwt	119.00–134.00	410	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	547	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	120.03/cwt	117.50–120.50	669	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	118.01/cwt	104.00–120.25	726	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	135.07/cwt	134.00–136.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	137.18/cwt	134.00–140.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	129.79/cwt	124.00–135.00	549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	121.65/cwt	118.00–125.00	636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	415	8

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 →

Southeast Mississippi Livestock - Hattiesburg, MS

Mon Apr 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 359Last week 93Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 17Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 191Last week 25Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,163	62.00–79.00	71.69
6	—	1,818	85.50–95.00	91.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,100	48.00–58.50	53.73
26	—	1,200	59.00–66.50	63.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,513	60.00–63.50	61.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	975	43.50–58.00	51.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	125.50	125.50
15	—	539	138.50	138.50
3	—	652	120.50	120.50
9	—	464	137.00–141.00	138.35
2	—	430	148.00	148.00
2	—	580	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	273	160.00–170.00	165.41
4	—	323	160.00–168.00	164.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	373	147.00–155.00	151.24
10	—	423	135.00–148.00	141.85
6	—	323	147.50–156.00	152.05
6	—	473	133.00–136.00	134.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	115.00–125.00	120.24
10	—	623	97.00–109.00	103.22
4	—	523	110.00–118.00	114.17
6	—	323	119.00–134.00	127.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	491	125.00	125.00
10	—	436	125.50	125.50
26	—	557	117.50–120.50	120.03
30	—	615	104.00–120.25	118.01
4	—	365	140.00	140.00
8	—	305	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	134.00–136.00	135.07
4	—	373	134.00–140.00	137.18
6	—	423	124.00–135.00	129.79
6	—	523	118.00–125.00	121.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,105	1,000.00–1,750.00	1,461.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	82	—	1,150	1,300.00–1,750.00	1,583.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	—	1,238	875.00–1,250.00	1,121.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,103	900.00–1,375.00	1,191.89

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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Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Southeast Mississippi Livestock - Hattiesburg, MS

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle