Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-11-15

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
768 head
107 vs last sale 661 49 vs year ago 719 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
45 vs last sale 128 83 vs year ago 90 · +92.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
135 head
18 vs last sale 117 30 vs year ago 105 · +28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold higher 2.00-6.00; feeder heifers sold higher 1.00-5.00; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s ; slaughter cows sold lower 1.00-8.00; slaughter bulls sold lower 1.00-3.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.18/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$128.18
142 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.79
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1428131.25562103
Medium and Large 1-2559124.0069310thin
Medium and Large 3324118.7538529
One grade step is worth $12.49/cwt here — about $177 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 sale142 hd
128.18
MS average13 barns · 1,071 hd
127.40
+0.79
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
BullsAverage1,52478.821,20123
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13656.4064154
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67851.5386513
CowsLean 85-90%Average90936.9733670

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
BullsMedium and Large 1525127.04/cwt115.00–138.006678
BullsMedium and Large 1425136.61/cwt130.00–142.5058116
BullsMedium and Large 1637122.08/cwt118.00–126.0077816
BullsMedium and Large 1575120.73/cwt115.00–126.0069410
BullsMedium and Large 1326134.70/cwt127.50–140.0043913
BullsMedium and Large 1675117.77/cwt110.00–125.007956
SteersMedium and Large 3275140.89/cwt130.00–150.0038710
SteersMedium and Large 1477153.81/cwt148.00–158.007349
HeifersMedium and Large 186887.87/cwt79.00–97.007632
HeifersMedium and Large 3325122.10/cwt110.00–132.503978
SteersMedium and Large 1525152.57/cwt151.00–154.008016
SteersMedium and Large 3475126.64/cwt120.00–134.006026
SteersMedium and Large 1373162.68/cwt152.50–172.5060721
SteersMedium and Large 1425156.99/cwt148.00–165.006678
HeifersMedium and Large 1325143.95/cwt134.00–152.5046820
HeifersMedium and Large 1425133.78/cwt124.00–142.5056912
SteersMedium and Large 3325138.44/cwt125.00–150.0045010
SteersMedium and Large 3425133.78/cwt124.00–142.505696
SteersMedium and Large 3525128.45/cwt124.00–132.506746
HeifersMedium and Large 1773102.05/cwt100.00–104.007892
HeifersMedium and Large 1475123.36/cwt116.00–130.0058616
HeifersMedium and Large 1525117.85/cwt110.00–125.0061920
SteersMedium and Large 1577134.61/cwt130.00–138.007779
SteersMedium and Large 1326165.08/cwt155.00–172.5053813
SteersMedium and Large 1275163.17/cwt155.00–170.0044916
HeifersMedium and Large 1375142.38/cwt128.00–155.0053420
HeifersMedium and Large 1275138.17/cwt130.00–145.0038010
HeifersMedium and Large 3275116.34/cwt100.00–130.0032010
HeifersMedium and Large 3368118.51/cwt110.00–125.0043611
HeifersMedium and Large 183594.00/cwt94.00–94.007851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536125.00/cwt125.00–125.006708
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1925604.05/cwt500.00–675.005,5876
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1925748.65/cwt600.00–850.006,92516
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0251,017.07/cwt900.00–1,100.0010,4258
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,020743.05/cwt600.00–850.007,57974
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1925798.38/cwt400.00–1,070.007,38512
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1925560.81/cwt430.00–650.005,18712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27862.73/cwt57.50–67.0080223
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67851.53/cwt42.00–57.0086513
CowsLean 85-90%1,03049.40/cwt35.00–59.0050933
Bulls1,25067.60/cwt49.00–80.0084512
Bulls1,82291.07/cwt84.50–95.001,65911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03151.71/cwt43.00–57.5053331
CowsLean 85-90%80125.89/cwt15.00–35.0020737

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.