Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-09-26

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 26
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
575 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 489▼ 347 vs year ago 922 · −37.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 69▲ 21 vs year ago 167 · +12.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
162 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 75▲ 56 vs year ago 106 · +52.8%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold lower 1.00-10.00; feeder heifers sold lower 1.00-11.00 ; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots which gave them added value and reported as #1-2s; slaughter cows sold steady; slaughter bulls sold steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.98/cwt on 154 head.
Average price
$130.98
154 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.19
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540133.8372219thin
Medium and Large 1507132.8867379
Medium and Large 3398127.3350756
One grade step is worth $6.50/cwt here — about $215 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 sale154 hd
130.98
—
MS average13 barns · 1,178 hd
143.17
−12.19
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—High1,59694.961,51522
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41875.061,0648thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06270.8675371
CowsLean 85-90%Average95855.7253474

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)1,039$96046
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$73814
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$1,08654
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$44948

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—790129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0192
HeifersMedium and Large 1—85391.00/cwt91.00–91.007762
SteersMedium and Large 1—625133.64/cwt130.00–137.008354
SteersMedium and Large 1—820116.00/cwt116.00–116.009511
SteersMedium and Large 1—525150.99/cwt140.00–161.007938
SteersMedium and Large 1—475158.31/cwt152.00–164.007528
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275149.27/cwt146.00–152.004104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—671133.00/cwt133.00–133.008925
SteersMedium and Large 3—275144.51/cwt120.00–165.0039710
SteersMedium and Large 3—425150.05/cwt140.00–159.006388
SteersMedium and Large 3—375143.32/cwt130.00–155.005378
SteersMedium and Large 3—325148.82/cwt130.00–165.004848
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—570142.00/cwt142.00–142.008094
SteersMedium and Large 1—275173.27/cwt170.00–176.004766
SteersMedium and Large 1—780112.00/cwt112.00–112.008741
SteersMedium and Large 1—325173.07/cwt165.00–180.005628
SteersMedium and Large 1—710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
SteersMedium and Large 1—425167.99/cwt159.00–176.007148
SteersMedium and Large 3—475143.36/cwt136.00–150.006816
SteersMedium and Large 3—225151.96/cwt127.00–172.003426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004753
SteersMedium and Large 1—375167.46/cwt160.00–174.006286
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—531148.00/cwt148.00–148.0078614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—430172.42/cwt167.00–176.007415
BullsMedium and Large 1—525134.75/cwt118.00–150.007078
BullsMedium and Large 1—625123.51/cwt110.00–136.007726
BullsMedium and Large 1—325147.21/cwt130.00–162.004788
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—457149.00/cwt149.00–149.006815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007493
BullsMedium and Large 1—425141.15/cwt120.00–160.0060010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06270.86/cwt53.00–83.0075371
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02564.10/cwt48.00–75.5065752
CowsLean 85-90%—80026.25/cwt22.00–30.002108
CowsLean 85-90%—80041.44/cwt34.00–48.0033214
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41875.06/cwt71.50–77.501,0648
Bulls——1,793102.36/cwt95.00–107.001,83514
Bulls——1,25082.00/cwt70.00–90.001,0258
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925448.65/head300.00–550.0044948
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925733.78/head490.00–900.0073416
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925737.84/head500.00–900.0073814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,080.11/head850.00–1,225.001,08030
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,075982.79/head880.00–1,050.009836
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—1,0251,010.98/head900.00–1,075.001,01124
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,186.86/head1,075.00–1,260.001,18724
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425123.17/cwt120.00–126.0052312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375126.39/cwt120.00–132.0047410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425134.46/cwt126.00–142.0057116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625114.24/cwt108.00–120.007146
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275135.07/cwt122.00–146.0037120
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525125.23/cwt120.00–130.006578
HeifersMedium and Large 1—77884.06/cwt80.00–88.006542
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820102.00/cwt102.00–102.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525135.76/cwt130.00–141.0071312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475143.94/cwt135.00–152.0068410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325143.98/cwt130.00–156.0046810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—724119.49/cwt117.00–123.008654
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625126.76/cwt120.00–133.0079210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575130.43/cwt120.00–140.007508
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—493132.00/cwt132.00–132.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—394137.97/cwt135.00–141.005446

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.