Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-11-30

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 30
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
335 head
▼ 384 vs last sale 719▼ 325 vs year ago 660 · −49.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 90▼ 83 vs year ago 164 · −50.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 105▼ 92 vs year ago 171 · −53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to 11-16-20 feeder steers sold lower 1.00-10.00; feeder heifers sold mixed; feeder calf groups were weaned with 1 round of shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold lower 1.00-2.00; slaughter bulls sold lower 1.00-3.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.91/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$119.91
125 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$214
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.36
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3315121.2338220
Medium and Large 1475120.7057376
Medium and Large 1-2510116.9359629
One grade step is worth $4.29/cwt here — about −$214 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 sale125 hd
119.91
—
MS average6 barns · 628 hd
122.26
−2.36
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—High1,59276.711,22118
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47549.207266thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11546.3451740
CowsLean 85-90%Average95236.7235026

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls——1,76380.97/cwt73.50–86.501,42812
Bulls——1,25068.20/cwt55.00–77.008536
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02542.73/cwt36.00–47.5043822
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22550.76/cwt48.00–53.0062218
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47549.20/cwt45.00–53.007266
CowsLean 85-90%—97540.15/cwt30.00–48.0039120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—637118.00/cwt118.00–118.007523
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425130.96/cwt118.00–142.5055714
SteersMedium and Large 1—275164.09/cwt163.00–165.004516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—477119.77/cwt112.00–125.0057113
SteersMedium and Large 1—325171.53/cwt167.50–175.0055712
SteersMedium and Large 1—575124.78/cwt118.00–131.007176
SteersMedium and Large 1—625118.60/cwt116.00–121.0074110
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—1,065900.12/cwt825.00–950.009,58618
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—900690.00/cwt550.00–790.006,21018
SteersMedium and Large 3—325148.60/cwt140.00–156.004834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533106.00/cwt106.00–106.005655
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—478155.00/cwt155.00–155.007418
SteersMedium and Large 1—475149.84/cwt143.00–156.007128
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325136.72/cwt130.00–142.504448
SteersMedium and Large 1—229173.04/cwt150.00–185.0039610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—71892.94/cwt87.00–104.006674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—534130.00/cwt130.00–130.006944
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425112.23/cwt108.00–116.004776
SteersMedium and Large 1—375169.46/cwt162.00–176.006358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—367148.00/cwt148.00–148.005433
CowsLean 85-90%—87525.29/cwt19.00–30.002216
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,200943.75/cwt750.00–1,050.0011,32534
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625103.12/cwt100.00–106.0064510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—691114.00/cwt114.00–114.007885
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—435161.00/cwt161.00–161.007004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—611106.00/cwt106.00–106.006486
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375139.72/cwt128.00–150.0052412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525107.85/cwt100.00–115.0056612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475116.99/cwt107.00–126.0055616
SteersMedium and Large 3—225145.55/cwt140.00–150.003274
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325120.76/cwt110.00–130.003926
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225128.32/cwt120.00–135.002898

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.