Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-12-19

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 19
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 402▲ 393 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 81▲ 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 70▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold mixed ;feeder heifers sold 1.00-15.00 lower; feeder calf groups were weaned with 2 rounds of shots which gave them added value and reported as number 1-2s ; slaughter cows sold steady; slaughter bulls sold firmer

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.06/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$154.06
119 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.16
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417167.4769866
Medium and Large 1-2493164.008099thin
Medium and Large 3434131.9257344
One grade step is worth $35.55/cwt here — about $126 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 sale119 hd
154.06
—
MS average12 barns · 1,241 hd
156.22
−2.16
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—High1,51688.011,33418
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16365.0075640
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41065.009172thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90745.7841542

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)1,034$90732
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$63810
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$1,0458
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$66634

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1—575124.26/cwt118.00–130.007144
BullsMedium and Large 1—625117.35/cwt108.00–126.007334
BullsMedium and Large 1—475161.70/cwt152.50–170.007686
BullsMedium and Large 1—375179.26/cwt175.00–183.0067210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275174.53/cwt165.00–182.504804
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225138.86/cwt125.00–150.003126
SteersMedium and Large 3—575120.73/cwt115.00–126.006944
SteersMedium and Large 1—525170.47/cwt160.00–180.008956
SteersMedium and Large 1—475183.73/cwt174.00–192.508734
SteersMedium and Large 1—730137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1—625154.55/cwt140.00–168.009666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—486182.91/cwt177.00–189.008894
SteersMedium and Large 1—275204.53/cwt195.00–212.505626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—231210.00/cwt210.00–210.004859
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—644150.00/cwt150.00–150.009665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—424206.00/cwt206.00–206.008735
SteersMedium and Large 3—225152.77/cwt150.00–155.003446
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625126.59/cwt117.50–135.007914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425175.43/cwt167.50–182.5074614
SteersMedium and Large 1—575156.52/cwt150.00–162.509006
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—775147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1392
SteersMedium and Large 1—425196.61/cwt190.00–202.508364
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—389207.00/cwt207.00–207.008054
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375144.91/cwt122.00–165.0054312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275148.62/cwt135.00–160.004096
SteersMedium and Large 3—375173.32/cwt160.00–185.006504
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41065.00/cwt65.00–65.009172
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27569.18/cwt66.00–72.0088222
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02559.90/cwt52.00–65.5061418
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02556.12/cwt45.00–64.0057520
CowsLean 85-90%—80036.38/cwt30.00–42.0029122
Bulls——1,84895.53/cwt89.00–100.001,7658
Bulls——1,25082.00/cwt76.00–86.001,02510
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925666.22/head470.00–800.0066634
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925637.84/head400.00–800.0063810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,051.14/head775.00–1,225.001,05120
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925667.57/head400.00–850.0066812
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9251,044.59/head1,000.00–1,075.001,0458
HeifersMedium and Large 1—216188.43/cwt175.00–210.004073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475153.15/cwt140.00–165.0072710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525146.90/cwt138.00–155.007716
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325179.22/cwt172.50–185.005828
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625111.24/cwt105.00–117.0069514
SteersMedium and Large 1—325206.91/cwt197.50–215.0067212
SteersMedium and Large 1—375199.49/cwt187.50–210.007488
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—597134.00/cwt134.00–134.008003
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475130.52/cwt120.00–140.006206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—441179.00/cwt179.00–179.007896
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375178.52/cwt170.00–186.0066916
SteersMedium and Large 3—475166.57/cwt160.00–172.507914
SteersMedium and Large 3—525144.28/cwt138.00–150.007578

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.