Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-10-31

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 31
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
425 head
78 vs last sale 347 94 vs year ago 519 · 18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
156 head
45 vs last sale 111 36 vs year ago 120 · +30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
93 head
16 vs last sale 77 0 vs year ago 93 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers under 450# sold 5.00-20.00 higher; feeder steers over 450# sold steady; feeder heifers sold 1.00-12.00 higher; group of feeder heifers were weaned had shots and reported as #1-2s; slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher; slaughter bulls sold steady;

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.77/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$138.77
136 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$390
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$26.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.08
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564152.008577thin
Medium and Large 1431144.5962385
Medium and Large 3373125.4446844
One grade step is worth $26.56/cwt here — about $390 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 sale136 hd
138.77
MS average13 barns · 1,233 hd
139.85
−1.08
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
BullsHigh1,50988.121,33020
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14665.5875158
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45865.349538thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low93146.5243372

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$76744
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$5856
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$83910
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$39528

Every lot, as filed

47 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
BullsMedium and Large 1675112.44/cwt100.00–124.007594
BullsMedium and Large 1625125.82/cwt104.00–146.007866
BullsMedium and Large 1416147.35/cwt138.00–164.006139
BullsMedium and Large 1575133.55/cwt120.00–146.007686
HeifersMedium and Large 1525136.37/cwt128.00–144.007166
HeifersMedium and Large 1625131.83/cwt123.00–140.008246
SteersMedium and Large 1525153.66/cwt150.00–157.008074
SteersMedium and Large 1575145.21/cwt140.00–150.008354
SteersMedium and Large 1715136.66/cwt134.00–138.009773
SteersMedium and Large 3525130.19/cwt126.00–134.006836
SteersMedium and Large 3475141.36/cwt134.00–148.006716
SteersMedium and Large 1425181.15/cwt160.00–200.0077010
HeifersMedium and Large 1575134.73/cwt129.00–140.007756
SteersMedium and Large 3325159.14/cwt150.00–167.005174
SteersMedium and Large 3675124.29/cwt116.00–132.008394
SteersMedium and Large 1845133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1241
SteersMedium and Large 1275191.34/cwt175.00–205.0052614
SteersMedium and Large 1325188.44/cwt175.00–200.0061216
HeifersMedium and Large 3225131.09/cwt120.00–140.002958
SteersMedium and Large 3375155.57/cwt130.00–178.005838
SteersMedium and Large 1625146.60/cwt144.00–149.009164
SteersMedium and Large 3275149.06/cwt130.00–165.004108
HeifersMedium and Large 1275151.98/cwt140.00–162.0041810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27568.91/cwt66.00–71.5087928
CowsLean 85-90%80027.66/cwt25.00–30.0022110
CowsLean 85-90%80035.31/cwt30.00–40.0028220
CowsLean 85-90%1,02556.34/cwt42.00–66.5057742
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45865.34/cwt61.50–68.509538
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02562.48/cwt57.50–66.0064030
Bulls1,76894.04/cwt88.00–98.501,66310
Bulls1,25082.20/cwt72.00–89.001,02810
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1925395.14/head300.00–460.0039528
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1925585.14/head490.00–650.005856
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,100892.05/head800.00–950.0089222
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1925642.70/head500.00–740.0064322
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1925839.19/head750.00–900.0083910
HeifersMedium and Large 1713117.78/cwt108.00–127.008404
HeifersMedium and Large 3375129.59/cwt120.00–138.0048610
HeifersMedium and Large 3275129.26/cwt120.00–137.003558
HeifersMedium and Large 1375149.72/cwt138.00–160.0056116
HeifersMedium and Large 3675113.11/cwt110.00–116.007634
HeifersMedium and Large 3425120.58/cwt110.00–130.0051214
SteersMedium and Large 1375191.82/cwt182.50–200.0071910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564152.00/cwt152.00–152.008577
HeifersMedium and Large 1750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1425146.69/cwt134.00–158.0062322
HeifersMedium and Large 1325152.76/cwt142.00–162.0049614

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.