Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-11-08

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 8
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
661 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 519▼ 57 vs year ago 718 · −7.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 120▲ 50 vs year ago 78 · +64.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 93▲ 14 vs year ago 103 · +13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold mixed; feeder heifers sold higher 1.00-8.00; feeder calf groups were weaned and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold higher 1.00-6.00; slaughter bulls sold steady ;

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.64/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$121.64
159 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$519
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$402
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.87
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2599132.507946thin
Medium and Large 1460126.5958397
Medium and Large 3350111.9139256
One grade step is worth $20.59/cwt here — about $402 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 sale159 hd
121.64
—
MS average13 barns · 1,185 hd
124.52
−2.87
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—High1,64487.581,44024
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,64066.241,0864thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23264.1479037
CowsLean 85-90%Average93139.6036962

Every lot, as filed

47 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—325160.76/cwt150.00–170.0052222
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425130.05/cwt120.00–139.0055310
SteersMedium and Large 1—426154.58/cwt142.50–164.0065915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—72798.05/cwt95.00–100.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—599132.50/cwt132.50–132.507946
SteersMedium and Large 1—475151.68/cwt148.00–155.0072016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—563162.00/cwt162.00–162.009128
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275135.45/cwt130.00–140.0037212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—390162.00/cwt162.00–162.006322
SteersMedium and Large 3—275135.25/cwt120.00–148.0037212
SteersMedium and Large 3—425124.54/cwt110.00–137.505296
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—606138.00/cwt138.00–138.008363
SteersMedium and Large 1—97396.95/cwt90.00–104.009432
SteersMedium and Large 1—525141.85/cwt134.00–149.0074516
SteersMedium and Large 1—918105.96/cwt104.00–108.009732
SteersMedium and Large 1—375155.98/cwt140.00–170.0058520
SteersMedium and Large 1—275164.53/cwt155.00–172.5045220
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—351160.00/cwt160.00–160.005626
BullsMedium and Large 1—425130.21/cwt108.00–150.0055322
BullsMedium and Large 1—625100.27/cwt80.00–119.0062714
BullsMedium and Large 1—325153.23/cwt150.00–156.0049810
BullsMedium and Large 1—275143.15/cwt120.00–162.503944
BullsMedium and Large 1—575113.55/cwt100.00–126.0065322
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02550.17/cwt37.00–59.5051436
CowsLean 85-90%—80024.97/cwt17.00–32.0020026
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64066.24/cwt64.00–68.001,0864
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27567.00/cwt58.00–75.0085430
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05051.86/cwt45.00–55.505457
Bulls——1,79192.48/cwt84.00–98.001,65617
Bulls——1,28675.67/cwt65.00–81.009737
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,025979.88/cwt775.00–1,125.0010,04452
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925663.51/cwt500.00–775.006,13714
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925443.24/cwt360.00–500.004,10036
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,025987.80/cwt900.00–1,050.0010,12512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375113.32/cwt100.00–125.0042516
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—430146.00/cwt146.00–146.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275111.09/cwt110.00–112.0030512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—86084.00/cwt84.00–84.007221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675105.03/cwt90.00–119.007096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326141.24/cwt137.50–144.0046013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575117.26/cwt111.00–123.0067416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476124.02/cwt115.00–131.0059013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628115.45/cwt106.00–122.007257
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225118.32/cwt110.00–125.0026612
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475106.31/cwt100.00–112.0050516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375138.28/cwt128.00–150.0051916
SteersMedium and Large 1—628130.95/cwt128.00–133.008227

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.