Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-07-18

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 18
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
574 head
▲ 182 vs last sale 392▼ 109 vs year ago 683 · −16.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 116▼ 72 vs year ago 145 · −49.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 93▲ 16 vs year ago 79 · +20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold firmer ; feeder heifers sold higher 1.00-10.00; feeder calf groups had shots and were reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold lower 1.00-12.00; slaughter bulls sold lower 5.00-10,00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.90/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$133.90
172 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.71
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2572141.6080930
Medium and Large 1457138.5163484
Medium and Large 3425123.2652458
One grade step is worth $18.34/cwt here — about $285 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 sale172 hd
133.90
—
MS average13 barns · 1,189 hd
138.61
−4.71
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—High1,39386.781,20930
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47663.479377thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07063.4567922
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02556.6858114

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,013$88516
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$7234thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)957$80828
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$63844

Every lot, as filed

60 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—375176.66/cwt170.00–182.5066212
SteersMedium and Large 1—325179.03/cwt175.00–182.505828
SteersMedium and Large 1—675143.29/cwt135.00–151.009676
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825114.00/cwt114.00–114.009411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375145.12/cwt135.00–154.0054424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225156.09/cwt145.00–165.0035112
SteersMedium and Large 3—225162.48/cwt150.00–172.503666
SteersMedium and Large 3—375145.44/cwt126.00–162.505454
SteersMedium and Large 3—325151.51/cwt130.00–170.0049210
SteersMedium and Large 1—475154.21/cwt150.00–158.007324
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,055115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2131
SteersMedium and Large 1—275187.03/cwt177.50–195.0051414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—584163.00/cwt163.00–163.0095211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—776138.82/cwt137.00–140.001,07710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—642156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,00210
SteersMedium and Large 3—425142.74/cwt120.00–163.006078
SteersMedium and Large 3—675121.74/cwt115.00–128.008226
SteersMedium and Large 3—275149.06/cwt130.00–165.004106
SteersMedium and Large 1—425168.31/cwt158.00–177.507156
SteersMedium and Large 1—868120.56/cwt116.00–126.001,0464
SteersMedium and Large 1—575151.99/cwt140.00–163.008744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—483154.97/cwt150.00–158.007498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—672151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0153
SteersMedium and Large 1—525153.14/cwt150.00–156.008046
BullsMedium and Large 1—325155.54/cwt130.00–177.5050610
BullsMedium and Large 1—675123.11/cwt120.00–126.008318
BullsMedium and Large 1—475128.93/cwt110.00–146.006128
BullsMedium and Large 1—425137.19/cwt120.00–152.505838
BullsMedium and Large 1—275167.48/cwt152.50–180.004618
BullsMedium and Large 1—525137.04/cwt125.00–148.0071918
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02556.68/cwt52.00–60.0058114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47663.47/cwt58.00–67.009377
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02562.20/cwt54.00–68.0063818
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27569.06/cwt68.00–70.008814
Bulls——1,68095.54/cwt90.00–100.001,60510
Bulls——1,25082.40/cwt65.00–94.001,03020
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925637.84/head400.00–800.0063844
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925663.51/head500.00–775.006648
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,106.82/head800.00–1,300.001,1078
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925722.97/head500.00–875.007234
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,075915.12/head900.00–925.009156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—438154.50/cwt154.50–154.506776
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925778.38/head600.00–900.0077822
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575114.95/cwt104.00–125.0066118
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275130.89/cwt120.00–140.0036014
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475123.36/cwt116.00–130.0058612
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325128.07/cwt120.00–135.0041610
BullsMedium and Large 1—625131.51/cwt118.00–144.0082212
BullsMedium and Large 1—575133.30/cwt126.00–140.0076610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—631137.02/cwt135.00–138.5086519
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475136.57/cwt130.00–142.5064910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425142.69/cwt130.00–154.0060610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375121.59/cwt112.00–130.004564
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—506143.50/cwt143.50–143.507265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675125.85/cwt116.00–135.008498
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525131.80/cwt125.00–138.006928
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765118.00/cwt118.00–118.009031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575125.21/cwt120.00–130.007206
HeifersMedium and Large 1—734110.55/cwt100.00–117.008113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—885110.00/cwt110.00–110.009741

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.