Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-07-13

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
502 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 429▲ 502 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 71▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
203 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 109▲ 203 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 3-10; feeder heifers were higher 1-4; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows were lower 1-4; slaughter bulls were lower 1-6

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.96/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$126.96
120 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.21
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446128.0057194
Medium and Large 1-2494124.6761612thin
Medium and Large 3325121.9139614thin
One grade step is worth $6.09/cwt here — about $175 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 sale120 hd
126.96
—
MS average13 barns · 1,136 hd
121.75
+5.21
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—High1,58184.861,34118
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47559.5787912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11658.1264952
CowsLean 85-90%Low95151.0648642

Every lot, as filed

46 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
SteersMedium and Large 3—325141.45/cwt135.00–147.0046012
SteersMedium and Large 1—675121.07/cwt119.00–123.008178
SteersMedium and Large 1—525135.71/cwt131.00–140.0071210
SteersMedium and Large 1—275174.54/cwt168.00–180.0048014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—460123.00/cwt123.00–123.005662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—501125.00/cwt125.00–125.0062610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225132.77/cwt130.00–135.002994
SteersMedium and Large 1—325170.23/cwt167.00–173.005538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—567130.02/cwt129.00–131.007376
SteersMedium and Large 3—425124.76/cwt120.00–129.005308
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625108.35/cwt99.00–117.0067710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—71591.97/cwt85.00–100.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325120.38/cwt115.00–125.003916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575118.09/cwt116.00–120.0067910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325140.61/cwt139.00–142.0045714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—235150.15/cwt142.50–165.0035317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—81080.00/cwt80.00–80.006481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425128.59/cwt127.00–130.005478
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475129.05/cwt128.00–130.006138
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375133.53/cwt133.00–134.0050110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525122.62/cwt120.00–125.0064410
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425113.35/cwt107.00–119.004824
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27562.71/cwt59.00–66.0080022
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00054.75/cwt49.00–59.0054830
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47559.57/cwt55.50–63.0087912
CowsLean 85-90%—87538.57/cwt30.00–45.0033710
CowsLean 85-90%—97554.96/cwt46.50–61.5053632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—79084.00/cwt84.00–84.006641
SteersMedium and Large 3—225151.09/cwt140.00–160.0034010
SteersMedium and Large 3—625107.79/cwt100.00–115.006748
SteersMedium and Large 1—225178.32/cwt170.00–185.004018
SteersMedium and Large 1—475139.58/cwt138.00–141.006636
SteersMedium and Large 1—718104.02/cwt103.00–105.007472
SteersMedium and Large 1—765110.00/cwt110.00–110.008421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—620124.00/cwt124.00–124.007694
SteersMedium and Large 1—575129.09/cwt127.00–131.0074214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,153926.25/cwt800.00–1,000.0010,68080
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—968873.13/cwt775.00–950.008,45214
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—900891.67/cwt775.00–975.008,02526
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0701,100.70/cwt950.00–1,200.0011,77770
Bulls——1,84588.75/cwt84.00–92.001,63710
Bulls——1,25080.00/cwt74.00–84.001,0008
BullsMedium and Large 1—525118.90/cwt110.00–127.0062412
BullsMedium and Large 1—575115.13/cwt112.00–118.0066210
BullsMedium and Large 1—475123.94/cwt115.00–132.0058910
BullsMedium and Large 1—425124.35/cwt118.00–130.0052810

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.