Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-02-22

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 22
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
294 head
▲ 294 vs last sale 0▲ 40 vs year ago 254 · +15.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 0▲ 19 vs year ago 59 · +32.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 0▼ 67 vs year ago 144 · −46.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago 2/8/21: Feeder steers sold 1.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold firmer. Feeder calf groups were weaned with 2 rounds of shots. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.20/cwt on 137 head.
Average price
$152.20
137 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.06
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487153.06745108
Medium and Large 1-2517148.9777029
One grade step is worth $4.09/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale137 hd
152.20
—
MS average6 barns · 309 hd
152.25
−0.06
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—High1,81389.481,6227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24170.7487844
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52064.419798thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96844.1942819

Every lot, as filed

40 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——1,81389.48/cwt85.00–93.501,6227
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27572.24/cwt63.50–80.0092138
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02561.22/cwt58.00–63.506286
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52064.41/cwt61.00–67.509798
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02547.90/cwt40.00–53.5049114
CowsLean 85-90%—81033.81/cwt25.00–39.002745
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925748.65/cwt600.00–850.006,92514
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—850725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,16310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—75097.00/cwt97.00–97.007281
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723105.45/cwt104.00–107.007622
SteersMedium and Large 1—625127.12/cwt124.00–130.0079512
SteersMedium and Large 1—326178.64/cwt170.00–185.0058213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—508127.00/cwt127.00–127.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—480132.00/cwt132.00–132.006344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425128.58/cwt122.50–134.005468
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275145.22/cwt142.50–147.5039910
SteersMedium and Large 1—660120.54/cwt118.00–130.007965
SteersMedium and Large 1—275179.08/cwt175.00–182.504926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570140.00/cwt140.00–140.007983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—528148.81/cwt142.00–154.0078620
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525119.76/cwt114.00–125.0062912
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—9701,007.47/cwt985.00–1,025.009,7726
SteersMedium and Large 1—476158.14/cwt152.50–162.5075313
SteersMedium and Large 1—375172.99/cwt165.00–180.0064920
SteersMedium and Large 1—525152.28/cwt146.00–158.0079910
SteersMedium and Large 1—575140.32/cwt132.50–147.5080712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625109.68/cwt105.00–114.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325141.00/cwt137.50–144.004586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—435148.00/cwt148.00–148.006443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—470160.00/cwt160.00–160.007523
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1181,159.84/cwt850.00–1,350.0012,96722
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—811926.25/cwt725.00–950.007,51212
SteersMedium and Large 1—750118.00/cwt118.00–118.008851
SteersMedium and Large 1—810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—978755.43/cwt600.00–875.007,38810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475125.13/cwt122.50–127.505946
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375134.39/cwt128.00–140.005048
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575119.21/cwt114.00–124.0068510
SteersMedium and Large 1—727113.00/cwt100.00–133.008227
SteersMedium and Large 1—425159.29/cwt154.00–164.006778

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.