Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-08-22

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 22
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
408 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 257▼ 177 vs year ago 585 · −30.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 47▲ 13 vs year ago 73 · +17.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 65▲ 23 vs year ago 58 · +39.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold higher 3.00-5.00; feeder heifers sold higher 6.00-11.00; feeder calf groups that were weaned with shots sold with added value; groups were reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold higher 5.00-8.00; slaughter bulls sold higher 1.00-4.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.86/cwt on 160 head.
Average price
$148.86
160 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$381
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.82
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593156.6392828
Medium and Large 1495149.31739114
Medium and Large 3408133.8854718thin
One grade step is worth $22.75/cwt here — about $381 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 sale160 hd
148.86
—
MS average12 barns · 1,229 hd
152.68
−3.82
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—High1,489106.861,59111
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25987.391,10159
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,65484.331,3959thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95964.6362011

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)1,030$95320
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$89310
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)975$1,00630
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$68010

Every lot, as filed

54 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—790108.00/cwt108.00–108.008531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—670155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,03913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—582154.10/cwt147.00–159.008975
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325165.76/cwt155.00–175.0053912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625143.27/cwt136.00–150.0089516
SteersMedium and Large 3—325183.99/cwt177.00–190.005986
SteersMedium and Large 3—625136.76/cwt130.00–143.0085510
SteersMedium and Large 3—275161.79/cwt140.00–180.004456
SteersMedium and Large 1—525163.23/cwt158.00–168.0085710
SteersMedium and Large 1—425192.46/cwt184.00–200.008184
SteersMedium and Large 1—805138.04/cwt132.00–144.001,1112
SteersMedium and Large 1—475177.36/cwt170.00–184.0084210
SteersMedium and Large 1—275200.89/cwt190.00–210.005528
SteersMedium and Large 1—375196.66/cwt190.00–202.5073712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—550164.00/cwt164.00–164.009026
SteersMedium and Large 1—768141.98/cwt141.00–143.001,0902
SteersMedium and Large 3—475155.26/cwt150.00–160.007376
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—619166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,0317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—669155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0375
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—728164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,19420
SteersMedium and Large 1—718143.41/cwt140.00–147.001,0302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—545156.00/cwt156.00–156.008502
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575140.95/cwt130.00–151.0081018
BullsMedium and Large 1—575126.60/cwt112.00–140.007284
BullsMedium and Large 1—625135.20/cwt130.00–140.008456
BullsMedium and Large 1—375173.54/cwt152.50–192.006516
BullsMedium and Large 1—425171.92/cwt155.00–187.007316
CowsLean 85-90%—78340.43/cwt35.00–50.003173
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02573.71/cwt62.00–82.007568
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65484.33/cwt77.50–88.501,3959
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27588.35/cwt82.00–94.001,12656
CowsBoner 80-85%—96769.55/cwt65.00–76.006733
Bulls——1,489106.86/cwt97.00–113.501,59111
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925679.73/head650.00–700.0068010
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925893.24/head700.00–1,025.0089310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,030.11/head800.00–1,175.001,03012
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925838.51/head675.00–950.008398
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925917.57/head650.00–1,100.0091816
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,240.70/head1,150.00–1,300.001,2416
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925984.46/head925.00–1,025.009844
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,030.23/head1,000.00–1,050.001,0304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475150.62/cwt143.00–157.5071520
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275173.62/cwt160.00–185.0047710
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375137.99/cwt130.00–145.005176
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575123.83/cwt120.00–128.007124
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425135.29/cwt130.00–140.005754
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275136.34/cwt120.00–150.003754
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375166.66/cwt160.00–172.506256
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425156.46/cwt148.00–164.006656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—485161.00/cwt161.00–161.007818
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525142.85/cwt135.00–150.0075020
HeifersMedium and Large 1—738123.98/cwt120.00–130.009153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—81589.50/cwt89.00–90.007292
SteersMedium and Large 1—625154.51/cwt147.50–161.0096612

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.