Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 2
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
414 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 569▼ 425 vs year ago 839 · −50.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 110▼ 11 vs year ago 99 · −11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 133▼ 23 vs year ago 169 · −13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold higher 1.00-9.00; feeder heifers sold higher 1.00-11.00; slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher; slaughter bulls sold higher 1.00-5.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.37/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$140.37
86 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.27
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447143.2364172
Medium and Large 3346125.6843514thin
One grade step is worth $17.55/cwt here — about $205 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 sale86 hd
140.37
—
MS average12 barns · 843 hd
132.11
+8.27
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
Bulls—Average1,50275.731,13712
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45351.3674612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11748.7854538
CowsLean 85-90%Average96535.8334630

Every lot, as filed

34 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—750108.00/cwt108.00–108.008101
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—838699.25/cwt575.00–800.005,86014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,118957.38/cwt725.00–1,100.0010,704100
BullsMedium and Large 1—575108.21/cwt103.00–113.006226
BullsMedium and Large 1—625107.12/cwt104.00–110.006706
BullsMedium and Large 1—525113.28/cwt107.00–119.0059512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—76070.57/cwt60.00–81.005362
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—805586.34/cwt400.00–700.004,72018
SteersMedium and Large 1—705103.00/cwt103.00–103.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 1—72873.40/cwt69.00–79.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425124.29/cwt119.00–129.0052810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225143.33/cwt140.00–146.003226
SteersMedium and Large 3—275134.98/cwt120.00–147.5037110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525105.76/cwt100.00–111.0055510
SteersMedium and Large 1—525125.23/cwt120.00–130.0065712
SteersMedium and Large 1—325162.45/cwt156.00–168.0052810
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—760759.87/cwt660.00–825.005,77510
SteersMedium and Large 1—475136.57/cwt130.00–142.5064912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325116.30/cwt112.00–120.003786
SteersMedium and Large 1—625113.20/cwt108.00–118.007086
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375134.07/cwt133.00–135.005036
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475118.54/cwt110.00–128.0056310
HeifersMedium and Large 3—42599.99/cwt91.00–108.0042510
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02541.73/cwt35.00–46.5042810
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02539.66/cwt30.00–46.5040722
Bulls——1,25067.60/cwt55.00–76.008456
HeifersMedium and Large 1—62595.20/cwt90.00–100.005954
SteersMedium and Large 1—425148.58/cwt142.50–154.0063110
Bulls——1,75383.86/cwt77.00–89.001,4706
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45351.36/cwt47.50–54.5074612
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15051.30/cwt46.50–55.0059028
CowsLean 85-90%—80025.31/cwt20.00–30.002028
SteersMedium and Large 1—375158.52/cwt150.00–166.0059420
SteersMedium and Large 3—525102.42/cwt93.00–111.005384

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.