Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-10-03

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 3
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
554 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 575▲ 107 vs year ago 447 · +23.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 188▲ 21 vs year ago 119 · +17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
157 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 162▲ 59 vs year ago 98 · +60.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 400# sold steady; steers over 400# sold lower 1.00-10.00; feeder heifers under 450# sold mixed; heifers over 450# sold lower 1.00-12.00; slaughter cows sold lower 1.00-3.00; slaughter bulls sold lower 1.00-6.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.36/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$126.36
147 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.67
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470131.77619101
Medium and Large 3442114.4750646
One grade step is worth $17.31/cwt here — about $113 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 sale147 hd
126.36
—
MS average13 barns · 1,453 hd
139.03
−12.67
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—High1,53593.081,42912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08370.0075860
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43069.1798910
CowsLean 85-90%Low93850.9347862

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)1,033$97278
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$57810
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,03930
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$46938

Every lot, as filed

53 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 3—525125.23/cwt120.00–130.006574
SteersMedium and Large 1—525135.23/cwt130.00–140.007108
SteersMedium and Large 1—575131.41/cwt127.50–135.007568
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375141.99/cwt130.00–152.5053214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275144.16/cwt130.00–156.003966
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425134.81/cwt120.00–148.0057312
SteersMedium and Large 1—625126.50/cwt120.00–132.507918
SteersMedium and Large 3—275138.15/cwt115.00–157.5038012
SteersMedium and Large 3—425139.26/cwt130.00–147.505926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625125.53/cwt118.00–132.5078510
SteersMedium and Large 1—733116.64/cwt110.00–120.008553
SteersMedium and Large 3—78094.00/cwt94.00–94.007331
SteersMedium and Large 1—375163.15/cwt152.50–172.5061210
SteersMedium and Large 3—325136.51/cwt115.00–155.004444
SteersMedium and Large 1—475157.36/cwt150.00–164.007478
SteersMedium and Large 1—755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
SteersMedium and Large 1—275171.12/cwt157.50–182.504718
SteersMedium and Large 1—325169.60/cwt157.50–180.0055112
SteersMedium and Large 1—425156.76/cwt147.50–165.006668
SteersMedium and Large 3—625115.76/cwt109.00–122.007244
BullsMedium and Large 1—575110.43/cwt100.00–120.0063514
BullsMedium and Large 1—625110.64/cwt107.00–114.0069212
BullsMedium and Large 1—425143.80/cwt120.00–165.0061112
BullsMedium and Large 1—475141.03/cwt120.00–160.0067016
BullsMedium and Large 1—525117.13/cwt103.00–130.0061514
BullsMedium and Large 1—375156.29/cwt147.50–164.005868
CowsLean 85-90%—80039.97/cwt32.00–47.0032014
Bulls——1,678102.42/cwt98.00–106.001,7198
CowsLean 85-90%—80026.25/cwt22.00–30.0021010
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02561.46/cwt48.00–71.0063038
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43069.17/cwt64.50–73.0098910
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27578.82/cwt73.00–84.001,00514
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02567.32/cwt60.00–72.5069046
Bulls——1,25074.40/cwt60.00–84.009304
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925468.92/head350.00–550.0046938
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925578.38/head400.00–700.0057810
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925681.89/head450.00–840.0068230
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,152.84/head800.00–1,375.001,15348
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,075940.12/head925.00–950.0094012
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925939.73/head800.00–1,035.0094010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,311.63/head1,100.00–1,450.001,3128
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720100.83/cwt86.00–115.007265
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475113.84/cwt107.00–120.0054110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575126.78/cwt120.00–133.0072910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—75590.00/cwt90.00–90.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—94580.00/cwt80.00–80.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325142.10/cwt130.00–152.5046216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525128.37/cwt120.00–136.0067412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475130.52/cwt120.00–140.0062014
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525108.90/cwt100.00–117.005728
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625107.79/cwt100.00–115.006746
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225125.55/cwt120.00–130.002824
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375117.05/cwt100.00–132.0043918

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.