Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-08-03

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 3
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
590 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 515▲ 590 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 62▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 68▲ 63 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 3-7; feeder heifers mixed; feeder calf groups were mostly weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows were steady; slaughter bulls were higher 1-3

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.42/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$139.42
159 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$222
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.33
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2431146.2863132
Medium and Large 1526146.2376858
Medium and Large 1-2653130.5185369
One grade step is worth $15.77/cwt here — about −$222 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 sale159 hd
139.42
—
MS average13 barns · 1,308 hd
140.75
−1.33
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—High1,59091.551,45622
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14462.3271340
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47361.9291212
CowsLean 85-90%Average97556.0354614

Every lot, as filed

45 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 2—625121.08/cwt119.00–123.007578
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—728127.00/cwt127.00–127.009253
SteersMedium and Large 1—425157.93/cwt150.00–165.0067114
SteersMedium and Large 1—625128.90/cwt125.00–132.5080612
SteersMedium and Large 1—525138.62/cwt136.00–141.0072812
SteersMedium and Large 2—525132.09/cwt130.00–134.006938
SteersMedium and Large 2—225172.77/cwt170.00–175.003896
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—9451,062.30/cwt975.00–1,125.0010,0396
SteersMedium and Large 1—325185.57/cwt177.50–192.5060310
SteersMedium and Large 1—765117.63/cwt111.00–124.009006
SteersMedium and Large 1—723124.58/cwt122.00–127.009014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—498136.33/cwt135.00–139.006796
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—574132.59/cwt132.00–133.007615
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—705592.06/cwt410.00–750.004,17414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,103934.35/cwt750.00–1,050.0010,30626
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,030817.54/cwt650.00–925.008,42112
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20064.15/cwt59.00–68.5077030
Bulls——1,59091.55/cwt81.50–97.501,45622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—438135.00/cwt135.00–135.005916
BullsMedium and Large 1—525124.64/cwt116.00–132.5065428
BullsMedium and Large 1—425135.29/cwt130.00–140.0057516
BullsMedium and Large 1—625123.12/cwt120.00–126.0077010
SteersMedium and Large 2—325161.91/cwt152.50–170.0052610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—540138.00/cwt138.00–138.007457
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—617132.16/cwt131.50–133.008157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—768122.75/cwt117.00–125.5094315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—670131.20/cwt129.00–133.5087926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—548125.00/cwt125.00–125.006854
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—668105.44/cwt105.00–106.007047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—580121.04/cwt119.00–124.0070216
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006005
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275146.81/cwt140.00–152.504048
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—488123.00/cwt123.00–123.006002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—78397.00/cwt97.00–97.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—444123.00/cwt123.00–123.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325133.38/cwt128.00–138.004338
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425125.17/cwt122.00–128.0053212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533115.31/cwt106.00–124.0061515
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47361.92/cwt59.00–64.5091212
CowsLean 85-90%—97556.03/cwt47.00–63.0054614
CowsBoner 80-85%—97556.82/cwt54.00–59.0055410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225165.55/cwt160.00–170.003724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325148.84/cwt147.50–150.004844
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575123.91/cwt120.00–127.5071210

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.