Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-10-24

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 24
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
▼ 352 vs last sale 699▼ 295 vs year ago 642 · −46.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 158▲ 17 vs year ago 94 · +18.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 31▼ 26 vs year ago 103 · −25.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold 3.00-20.00 higher; feeder heifers sold1.00-13.00 higher; slaughter cows sold Steady; slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 lower

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.76/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$128.76
93 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.46
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490135.1366261
Medium and Large 3434116.6250732
One grade step is worth $18.51/cwt here — about $155 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 sale93 hd
128.76
—
MS average13 barns · 926 hd
133.22
−4.46
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—High1,51888.971,35020
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14663.5972958
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45561.268916thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00954.0254528

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)1,048$80740
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$49914
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$9156
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$35710

Every lot, as filed

36 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—375147.59/cwt138.00–156.005536
BullsMedium and Large 1—475145.78/cwt140.00–151.0069214
BullsMedium and Large 1—525135.61/cwt122.00–148.0071216
BullsMedium and Large 1—625131.43/cwt120.00–142.0082110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425138.46/cwt130.00–146.0058812
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625108.08/cwt106.00–110.006764
SteersMedium and Large 1—425167.58/cwt157.00–177.0071212
SteersMedium and Large 1—325175.44/cwt162.00–187.0057016
SteersMedium and Large 3—425142.69/cwt130.00–154.006068
SteersMedium and Large 3—325135.38/cwt130.00–140.004406
SteersMedium and Large 3—225131.98/cwt122.00–140.002978
SteersMedium and Large 1—475152.73/cwt148.00–157.007256
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475139.36/cwt132.00–146.0066212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—76797.92/cwt92.50–104.007513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—733120.27/cwt118.00–123.008824
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425122.93/cwt115.00–130.005228
SteersMedium and Large 1—575149.38/cwt140.00–158.008594
SteersMedium and Large 1—275168.81/cwt165.00–172.004648
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525100.84/cwt82.00–118.005296
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625127.35/cwt118.00–136.007966
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575129.26/cwt123.00–135.007438
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325145.06/cwt130.00–158.0047110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275115.45/cwt110.00–120.003174
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375124.92/cwt110.00–138.0046810
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925914.86/head790.00–1,000.009156
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925498.65/head350.00–600.0049914
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925629.73/head380.00–800.0063012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,100882.39/head775.00–950.0088228
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925357.30/head280.00–410.0035710
Bulls——1,78592.83/cwt85.00–98.501,65710
Bulls——1,25085.10/cwt80.00–88.501,06410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02560.32/cwt53.00–65.5061830
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27567.09/cwt65.50–68.5085528
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45561.26/cwt55.00–66.008916
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02555.46/cwt42.00–65.0056826
CowsLean 85-90%—80035.31/cwt30.00–40.002822

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.