Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-03-27

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 27
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
337 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 363▲ 31 vs year ago 306 · +10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 103▼ 22 vs year ago 127 · −17.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 127▼ 46 vs year ago 118 · −39.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold 2.00-10.00 higher; feeder heifers under 500# sold 2.00-15.00 higher and feeder heifers over 500# sold weaker; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots this gave them added value and groups were reported as #1-2s; slaughter cows sold steady; slaughter bulls sold Weaker

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.17/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$167.17
143 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$860
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.90
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492181.5789471
Medium and Large 1-2669157.901,05720
Medium and Large 3485151.0973252
One grade step is worth $30.48/cwt here — about $162 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 sale143 hd
167.17
—
MS average13 barns · 1,252 hd
183.07
−15.90
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—High1,770106.861,89118
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18895.471,13446
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27892.461,1822thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99373.2672742

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,2154thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,042$1,16936
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)975$1,11012
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$55420

Every lot, as filed

54 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—755146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1021
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475150.52/cwt140.00–160.0071510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—860138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1871
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625150.69/cwt132.50–167.509428
SteersMedium and Large 3—275235.89/cwt225.00–245.006496
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—565198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—628150.00/cwt150.00–150.009422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—744145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0795
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275208.62/cwt195.00–220.0057410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—805136.42/cwt124.00–149.001,0982
SteersMedium and Large 1—730171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2481
SteersMedium and Large 1—475214.33/cwt202.50–225.001,01812
SteersMedium and Large 1—275258.17/cwt250.00–265.0071012
SteersMedium and Large 3—625154.15/cwt137.00–170.009634
SteersMedium and Large 3—325218.07/cwt210.00–225.007094
SteersMedium and Large 3—575187.71/cwt182.50–192.501,0794
SteersMedium and Large 1—375239.49/cwt227.50–250.008986
SteersMedium and Large 1—325254.41/cwt245.00–262.508276
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—512213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0916
SteersMedium and Large 1—525209.19/cwt205.00–213.001,0984
SteersMedium and Large 1—625176.50/cwt170.00–182.501,1032
BullsMedium and Large 1—475196.36/cwt184.00–207.509338
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—393230.00/cwt230.00–230.009044
BullsMedium and Large 1—375206.64/cwt180.00–230.007756
BullsMedium and Large 1—625156.50/cwt150.00–162.509784
BullsMedium and Large 1—750126.00/cwt126.00–126.009451
BullsMedium and Large 1—705150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0581
CowsLean 85-90%—80047.44/cwt40.00–54.003806
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02577.56/cwt60.00–90.0079536
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27892.46/cwt88.50–96.001,1822
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27599.09/cwt93.00–104.501,26330
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02588.68/cwt84.00–92.0090916
Bulls——1,918113.68/cwt103.00–119.002,18014
Bulls——1,25083.00/cwt74.00–89.001,0384
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925554.05/head450.00–625.0055420
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925939.19/head740.00–1,075.0093912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,284.09/head1,100.00–1,400.001,28424
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,214.77/head1,000.00–1,350.001,2154
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,410.47/head1,350.00–1,450.001,4104
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925959.46/head900.00–1,000.009598
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—784147.85/cwt145.00–149.001,1597
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—515178.00/cwt178.00–178.009173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—458188.00/cwt188.00–188.008613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325217.29/cwt202.50–230.0070612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575164.12/cwt155.00–172.5094410
BullsMedium and Large 1—525194.39/cwt180.00–207.501,0216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525185.59/cwt178.00–192.509746
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715131.51/cwt110.00–159.009405
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525149.63/cwt130.00–167.507868
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275179.75/cwt167.50–190.004948
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375163.32/cwt150.00–175.006126
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575142.34/cwt134.00–150.0081814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475188.93/cwt170.00–206.0089716
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625123.95/cwt112.00–135.007756

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.