Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-07-19

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 19
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
683 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 484▲ 231 vs year ago 452 · +51.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 121▲ 74 vs year ago 71 · +104.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 92▼ 92 vs year ago 171 · −53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold mixed ; feeder heifers sold mixed; feeder calf groups had 2 rounds of shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower ; slaughter bulls sold lower 1.00-3.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.39/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$153.39
240 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.02
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1439155.79684137
Medium and Large 1-2501151.2975993
Medium and Large 3275139.9838510thin
One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about $299 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 sale240 hd
153.39
—
MS average13 barns · 1,180 hd
148.37
+5.02
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—Average1,76591.791,62021
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17068.1479776
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51065.4798913
CowsLean 85-90%Average99955.4455434

Every lot, as filed

53 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—276179.44/cwt167.50–188.0049513
SteersMedium and Large 1—475144.20/cwt135.00–152.5068518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520126.00/cwt126.00–126.006556
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526121.91/cwt115.00–127.5064117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—594122.87/cwt115.00–124.5073019
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—664137.63/cwt132.00–140.009147
SteersMedium and Large 1—670134.18/cwt130.00–140.008995
SteersMedium and Large 1—325171.17/cwt158.00–182.5055626
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476134.78/cwt125.00–142.5064215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428127.00/cwt122.50–130.005447
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325146.60/cwt138.00–154.004768
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745105.50/cwt102.00–109.007862
BullsMedium and Large 1—577133.83/cwt122.50–142.5077211
BullsMedium and Large 1—525136.90/cwt128.00–145.007196
SteersMedium and Large 1—575139.69/cwt135.00–144.0080312
SteersMedium and Large 1—713126.54/cwt124.00–129.009022
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925818.92/cwt700.00–900.007,5756
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—898895.54/cwt750.00–1,000.008,04214
SteersMedium and Large 1—426157.76/cwt142.50–170.0067219
SteersMedium and Large 1—526143.35/cwt135.00–150.0075415
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27571.47/cwt67.50–75.0091144
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02563.56/cwt58.00–67.5065132
Bulls——1,25084.50/cwt77.00–89.501,0564
Bulls——1,88693.51/cwt86.00–98.001,76417
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02557.50/cwt45.50–66.0058930
CowsLean 85-90%—80039.98/cwt36.00–43.503204
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525112.99/cwt102.00–123.0059310
BullsMedium and Large 1—429145.06/cwt130.00–154.006225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625112.79/cwt105.00–120.0070514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—975797.44/cwt600.00–950.007,77520
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0801,118.40/cwt800.00–1,325.0012,07938
BullsMedium and Large 1—475133.99/cwt124.00–143.0063612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—527150.00/cwt150.00–150.0079114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51065.47/cwt61.00–69.5098913
SteersMedium and Large 3—275139.98/cwt125.00–152.5038510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—391155.54/cwt152.50–157.506085
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—487150.42/cwt147.00–152.0073315
HeifersMedium and Large 3—426113.88/cwt100.00–125.0048519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—685134.00/cwt134.00–134.009188
BullsMedium and Large 1—375149.98/cwt130.00–167.505626
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275125.45/cwt120.00–130.003456
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475126.83/cwt126.00–128.5060212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—619140.97/cwt140.00–142.0087310
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375121.99/cwt110.00–132.5045714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—293147.50/cwt147.50–147.504323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—662115.00/cwt115.00–115.007616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—407156.00/cwt156.00–156.006358
SteersMedium and Large 1—628134.27/cwt126.00–140.008437
SteersMedium and Large 1—375163.85/cwt150.00–176.0061420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—318180.01/cwt179.50–182.0057215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—277143.48/cwt130.00–152.503979
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—628139.62/cwt139.50–140.008778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—573139.96/cwt139.00–144.0080220

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.