Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-12-07

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 7
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,063 head
728 vs last sale 335 373 vs year ago 690 · +54.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
70 vs last sale 81 68 vs year ago 83 · +81.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
190 head
111 vs last sale 79 37 vs year ago 153 · +24.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold higher 2.00-15.00; feeder heifers sold higher 1.00-10.00; feeder calf groups were weaned with 2 rounds of shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold higher 1.00-2.00 ;slaughter bulls sold steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.85/cwt on 218 head.
Average price
$153.85
218 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.52
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402161.56649140
Medium and Large 3321147.1647328
Medium and Large 1-2560136.0276250
One grade step is worth $25.54/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale218 hd
153.85
MS average13 barns · 1,465 hd
148.33
+5.52
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
BullsHigh1,59575.511,20542
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17150.8059553
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55548.9876210
CowsLean 85-90%Low95037.8536036

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1475151.70/cwt142.50–160.0072112
HeifersMedium and Large 175090.00/cwt86.00–94.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 1625104.08/cwt102.00–106.006516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2509149.06/cwt148.00–152.0075915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370174.00/cwt174.00–174.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 1525109.33/cwt107.50–111.0057410
HeifersMedium and Large 1375141.33/cwt136.00–146.0053014
SteersMedium and Large 1625122.08/cwt120.00–124.007634
SteersMedium and Large 1225183.86/cwt170.00–195.0041410
HeifersMedium and Large 1425134.73/cwt126.00–142.5057318
HeifersMedium and Large 1325143.53/cwt136.00–150.0046618
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1968802.33/cwt550.00–1,000.007,76710
SteersMedium and Large 1375169.33/cwt164.00–174.0063524
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1875696.43/cwt525.00–825.006,09448
HeifersMedium and Large 1575111.30/cwt110.00–112.506404
SteersMedium and Large 1780107.04/cwt104.00–109.008353
SteersMedium and Large 1720108.36/cwt106.00–112.007805
HeifersMedium and Large 171689.01/cwt84.00–99.006377
SteersMedium and Large 1425164.76/cwt160.00–169.0070020
CowsLean 85-90%82526.36/cwt22.00–30.002176
CowsLean 85-90%97540.15/cwt30.00–48.0039130
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55548.98/cwt46.50–51.0076210
CowsBoner 80-85%85047.00/cwt47.00–47.0040013
Bulls1,76882.26/cwt76.50–86.501,45428
Bulls1,25062.00/cwt50.00–70.0077514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0881,104.60/cwt800.00–1,300.0012,01890
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27552.03/cwt47.00–56.5066340
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575136.00/cwt136.00–136.0078211
SteersMedium and Large 3325154.22/cwt147.50–160.0050110
HeifersMedium and Large 1275147.62/cwt140.00–154.0040622
HeifersMedium and Large 185585.00/cwt85.00–85.007271
SteersMedium and Large 3275138.62/cwt125.00–150.0038110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1081,292.72/cwt1,000.00–1,475.0014,32328
SteersMedium and Large 1325173.15/cwt167.50–178.0056318
HeifersMedium and Large 3225132.77/cwt130.00–135.002996
HeifersMedium and Large 180082.00/cwt82.00–82.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1225157.77/cwt155.00–160.003556
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621123.18/cwt121.00–126.5076510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563131.86/cwt129.00–134.0074219
SteersMedium and Large 1525144.64/cwt136.00–152.507598
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008164
SteersMedium and Large 3375149.00/cwt145.00–152.505598
HeifersMedium and Large 3325122.30/cwt118.00–126.003976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-279398.00/cwt98.00–98.007775
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473119.00/cwt119.00–119.005635
SteersMedium and Large 1575136.03/cwt123.00–148.007828
SteersMedium and Large 1275174.54/cwt168.00–180.0048028
HeifersMedium and Large 3425113.05/cwt107.50–118.004806
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521115.00/cwt115.00–115.005997
HeifersMedium and Large 1475118.73/cwt114.00–123.0056414

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.