Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-08-10

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
587 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 590▲ 587 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 87▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 63▲ 82 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 steady to 4 higher; feeder heifers were mixed; slaughter cows lower 1-4; slaughter bulls were lower 1-2

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.70/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$125.70
129 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497127.26632101
Medium and Large 3389120.0846728
One grade step is worth $7.18/cwt here — about $165 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 sale129 hd
125.70
—
MS average13 barns · 1,205 hd
124.22
+1.48
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—High1,67090.381,50912
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11060.5367230
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57059.709378thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92751.3247622

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1—475138.15/cwt135.00–141.0065616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375136.13/cwt134.00–138.0051010
BullsMedium and Large 1—625116.95/cwt105.00–128.007316
BullsMedium and Large 1—425139.40/cwt127.50–150.0059210
BullsMedium and Large 1—575126.61/cwt124.00–129.0072810
BullsMedium and Large 1—475127.36/cwt120.00–134.0060514
BullsMedium and Large 1—525127.90/cwt119.00–136.0067114
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—408134.00/cwt134.00–134.005478
SteersMedium and Large 1—625132.24/cwt126.00–138.0082710
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,226.14/cwt950.00–1,400.0013,4888
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—825921.36/cwt725.00–1,085.007,60110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—883739.73/cwt700.00–775.006,53212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1201,054.24/cwt775.00–1,225.0011,80748
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—702116.00/cwt116.00–116.008144
SteersMedium and Large 1—275185.45/cwt180.00–190.0051012
SteersMedium and Large 3—325140.76/cwt130.00–150.004574
SteersMedium and Large 1—700116.00/cwt116.00–116.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1—835117.00/cwt117.00–117.009771
SteersMedium and Large 1—575133.61/cwt131.00–136.0076810
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325124.41/cwt115.00–132.5040416
SteersMedium and Large 3—375143.95/cwt132.50–154.005408
SteersMedium and Large 1—325184.41/cwt175.00–192.5059912
SteersMedium and Large 1—425153.17/cwt150.00–156.0065112
SteersMedium and Large 1—525136.09/cwt134.00–138.0071414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525129.19/cwt125.00–133.0067812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325139.03/cwt135.00–142.5045214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425130.06/cwt129.00–131.0055318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475129.05/cwt128.00–130.0061318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625123.42/cwt119.00–127.5077120
CowsLean 85-90%—97555.65/cwt45.50–63.5054316
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475114.31/cwt108.00–120.0054312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—85570.00/cwt70.00–70.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—81579.04/cwt77.00–81.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—707108.31/cwt103.00–116.007663
HeifersMedium and Large 1—757103.41/cwt90.00–113.007833
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—490126.00/cwt126.00–126.006178
Bulls——1,67090.38/cwt84.00–95.001,50912
CowsBoner 80-85%—97557.67/cwt54.00–60.5056212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20062.44/cwt60.00–64.5074918
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57059.70/cwt56.50–62.009378
CowsLean 85-90%—80039.78/cwt35.00–44.003186

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.