Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-04-04

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 4
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
423 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 306▲ 111 vs year ago 312 · +35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 127▲ 51 vs year ago 64 · +79.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 118▲ 27 vs year ago 73 · +37.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold higher 1.00-10.00; feeder heifers sold higher 2.00-12.00; slaughter cows sold lower 1.00-2.00; slaughter bulls sold firmer;

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.23/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$139.23
142 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.97
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446143.26639100
Medium and Large 3401129.6352042
One grade step is worth $13.63/cwt here — about $119 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
139.23
—
MS average13 barns · 1,266 hd
143.20
−3.97
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—High1,473110.841,63312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17582.0596460
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51480.151,21311
CowsLean 85-90%Low99661.0160832

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—835110.00/cwt110.00–110.009191
BullsMedium and Large 1—425162.48/cwt140.00–182.5069110
BullsMedium and Large 1—325175.35/cwt152.50–195.0057012
BullsMedium and Large 1—525138.23/cwt127.50–148.0072610
BullsMedium and Large 1—475149.25/cwt134.00–163.0070912
BullsMedium and Large 1—625125.53/cwt118.00–132.507854
SteersMedium and Large 3—525144.71/cwt140.00–149.007604
SteersMedium and Large 1—525157.85/cwt150.00–165.008296
SteersMedium and Large 3—225155.75/cwt138.00–170.003506
SteersMedium and Large 1—628142.26/cwt127.50–152.508937
SteersMedium and Large 1—475166.18/cwt157.50–174.0078916
SteersMedium and Large 3—325156.64/cwt144.00–167.505098
SteersMedium and Large 3—475151.44/cwt147.50–155.007194
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325139.41/cwt130.00–147.504538
SteersMedium and Large 1—425172.81/cwt158.00–186.0073416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525135.90/cwt132.50–139.0071310
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375131.99/cwt120.00–142.504958
SteersMedium and Large 1—375181.99/cwt170.00–192.5068220
SteersMedium and Large 1—275183.62/cwt170.00–195.005056
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225138.32/cwt130.00–145.003118
SteersMedium and Large 1—325190.76/cwt180.00–200.006208
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720104.36/cwt100.00–113.007513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578125.49/cwt117.50–131.007257
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02573.61/cwt66.00–79.0075524
CowsLean 85-90%—81040.07/cwt30.00–46.003255
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03164.89/cwt48.00–76.0066927
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51480.15/cwt74.50–84.001,21311
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27587.68/cwt80.00–94.501,11836
Bulls——1,473110.84/cwt94.00–119.501,63312
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925659.46/cwt600.00–700.006,10022
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925737.84/cwt500.00–900.006,8256
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925643.24/cwt450.00–775.005,95012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,100849.09/cwt800.00–880.009,3408
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925935.14/cwt730.00–1,075.008,65024
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,110.47/cwt1,050.00–1,150.0011,93814
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925735.68/cwt700.00–760.006,8054
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,075880.23/cwt850.00–900.009,4624
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525120.82/cwt108.00–132.5063410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225156.09/cwt145.00–165.0035110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425146.61/cwt140.00–152.5062318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625125.55/cwt117.50–133.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375151.82/cwt142.50–160.0056918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475144.21/cwt140.00–148.006858
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325159.41/cwt150.00–167.5051814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—772114.35/cwt113.00–116.008833
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625109.09/cwt100.00–117.506824
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425130.58/cwt120.00–140.005554

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.