Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-04-26

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 26
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 510▼ 205 vs year ago 611 · −33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 67▲ 28 vs year ago 86 · +32.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 120▼ 5 vs year ago 127 · −3.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold lower 5.00-18.00; feeder heifers sold lower 1.00-15.00; slaughter cows sold firmer; slaughter bulls sold lower 1.00-4.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.32/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$118.32
133 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.09
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493120.53594108
Medium and Large 3420108.7845725
One grade step is worth $11.75/cwt here — about $137 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 sale133 hd
118.32
—
MS average13 barns · 1,061 hd
122.41
−4.09
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—High1,70583.151,41722
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18468.4081055
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47058.818654thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02556.5458018

Every lot, as filed

46 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—83385.59/cwt76.00–95.007132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325134.45/cwt128.00–140.004376
SteersMedium and Large 1—220161.80/cwt155.00–170.003565
SteersMedium and Large 1—620128.09/cwt126.00–131.007945
HeifersMedium and Large 1—77098.52/cwt96.00–101.007592
BullsMedium and Large 1—475125.91/cwt112.50–138.0059814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275139.53/cwt130.00–147.503846
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925733.65/cwt585.00–835.006,78612
BullsMedium and Large 1—521123.97/cwt119.00–130.006467
BullsMedium and Large 1—575126.04/cwt119.00–132.507258
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476125.22/cwt118.00–131.0059617
BullsMedium and Large 1—325139.22/cwt132.50–145.004526
SteersMedium and Large 1—275160.22/cwt157.50–162.504416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—925954.05/cwt900.00–1,000.008,8256
SteersMedium and Large 1—473134.92/cwt130.00–140.0063815
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—935843.18/cwt685.00–975.007,88416
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—870714.22/cwt700.00–725.006,2146
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02556.54/cwt46.00–64.0058018
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47058.81/cwt52.00–65.008654
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25070.94/cwt66.00–75.5088738
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03562.72/cwt57.50–66.0064917
Bulls——1,87591.20/cwt87.00–94.001,71012
Bulls——1,50073.50/cwt60.00–87.001,10310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426126.15/cwt118.00–132.5053715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526118.57/cwt113.00–123.0062415
SteersMedium and Large 1—575131.41/cwt127.50–135.007566
SteersMedium and Large 1—378140.43/cwt135.00–144.005317
SteersMedium and Large 1—522135.64/cwt134.00–137.507089
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622112.35/cwt104.00–126.0069920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—85092.00/cwt92.00–92.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375124.26/cwt120.00–128.0046616
SteersMedium and Large 1—726117.77/cwt110.00–124.0085513
SteersMedium and Large 1—425139.29/cwt134.00–144.0059214
SteersMedium and Large 1—679123.09/cwt120.00–125.008365
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62594.35/cwt85.00–103.005906
BullsMedium and Large 1—425129.52/cwt120.00–138.0055018
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0451,257.06/cwt1,085.00–1,375.0013,13618
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—958758.50/cwt600.00–885.007,26614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578110.92/cwt105.00–115.006417
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700102.00/cwt102.00–102.007141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,075966.28/cwt800.00–1,075.0010,38820
BullsMedium and Large 1—675114.15/cwt110.00–118.007718
BullsMedium and Large 1—377137.64/cwt130.00–143.005199
BullsMedium and Large 1—625107.99/cwt95.00–120.0067510
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325115.80/cwt108.00–122.503768
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377111.55/cwt100.00–120.0042111

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.