Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-08-09

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
610 head
187 vs last sale 423 23 vs year ago 587 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
34 vs last sale 67 30 vs year ago 71 · +42.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
104 head
58 vs last sale 46 22 vs year ago 82 · +26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold lower 1.00-11.00; feeder heifers sold lower 1.00-12.00; feeder calf groups had shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold weaker ; slaughter bulls sold lower 1.00-4.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.05/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 66.70 against this barn's trailing median of $206.76.
Average price
$140.05
139 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.26
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470140.46660137
Medium and Large 1-2635112.007112thin
One grade step is worth $28.46/cwt here — about −$51 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

17 sales
231213195176median 206.7601/0503/0904/2006/0808/10
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $190.20, median $206.76 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale139 hd
140.05
MS average13 barns · 759 hd
135.80
+4.26
This barn, trailing median17 sales
206.76
−66.70
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
BullsAverage1,52892.421,41210
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54770.111,08511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14167.7477356
CowsLean 85-90%Average98057.9656835

Every lot, as filed

45 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27572.76/cwt68.00–77.0092826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02563.39/cwt59.00–66.5065030
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54770.11/cwt66.00–72.501,08511
CowsLean 85-90%98057.96/cwt50.00–67.5056835
Bulls1,25085.00/cwt82.00–87.001,0634
Bulls1,71397.37/cwt94.00–100.001,6686
BullsMedium and Large 1628123.61/cwt118.00–127.507767
BullsMedium and Large 1475130.52/cwt120.00–140.0062012
BullsMedium and Large 1675121.48/cwt115.00–127.5082012
SteersMedium and Large 1425159.26/cwt150.00–167.5067712
SteersMedium and Large 1325172.69/cwt170.00–175.005618
HeifersMedium and Large 1275151.58/cwt147.50–155.004178
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1870635.34/cwt550.00–700.005,52720
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1758782.92/cwt500.00–900.005,93515
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1800928.13/cwt875.00–975.007,42514
SteersMedium and Large 1715123.51/cwt123.00–124.008832
HeifersMedium and Large 1625117.79/cwt110.00–125.0073610
HeifersMedium and Large 1677119.63/cwt114.00–124.0081011
BullsMedium and Large 1326154.18/cwt130.00–172.0050313
HeifersMedium and Large 1575121.65/cwt118.00–125.0069910
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1844787.24/cwt625.00–900.006,64413
HeifersMedium and Large 1375138.86/cwt133.00–144.0052122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428157.00/cwt157.00–157.006724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517123.76/cwt115.00–133.006404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2753130.00/cwt130.00–130.009797
HeifersMedium and Large 1525128.37/cwt120.00–136.0067412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1761,184.89/cwt825.00–1,375.0013,93423
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19701,262.37/cwt1,150.00–1,350.0012,24524
BullsMedium and Large 1375155.78/cwt135.00–174.0058420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2599144.00/cwt144.00–144.008636
BullsMedium and Large 1424150.19/cwt137.50–162.0063745
BullsMedium and Large 1526126.69/cwt115.00–136.0066615
BullsMedium and Large 1576121.19/cwt110.00–130.0069813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,033776.51/cwt600.00–900.008,02110
HeifersMedium and Large 1325145.19/cwt142.50–147.504726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2669142.00/cwt142.00–142.009505
SteersMedium and Large 1275180.45/cwt175.00–185.0049620
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007112
SteersMedium and Large 1675132.07/cwt130.00–134.008916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2749133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,00014
HeifersMedium and Large 1476132.08/cwt122.50–140.0062923
HeifersMedium and Large 1425135.29/cwt130.00–140.0057522
SteersMedium and Large 1625128.28/cwt127.50–129.008026
SteersMedium and Large 1375167.46/cwt160.00–174.0062816
SteersMedium and Large 1475153.25/cwt143.00–162.5072812

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.