Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-04-03

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 3
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
394 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 337▼ 29 vs year ago 423 · −6.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 105▲ 17 vs year ago 115 · +14.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 72▲ 47 vs year ago 100 · +47.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold 1.00-9.00 higher ;feeder heifers sold 1.00-8.00 higher ;feeder calf groups were reported as #1-2s and the groups that were weaned with shots had added value ; slaughter cows sold firmer; slaughter bulls sold 1.00-4.00 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $182.98/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$182.98
117 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$779
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.64
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424191.3681179
Medium and Large 1-2423189.258006thin
Medium and Large 3431161.1269532
One grade step is worth $30.23/cwt here — about $116 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 sale117 hd
182.98
—
MS average12 barns · 1,031 hd
189.62
−6.64
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—Average1,638114.011,86724
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19996.161,15366
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61392.881,4988thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97871.8970338

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)1,042$1,15048
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,1402thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,002$1,27366
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$63624

Every lot, as filed

58 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—525184.27/cwt167.00–200.009678
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375204.65/cwt190.00–217.5076714
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325175.38/cwt170.00–180.005704
SteersMedium and Large 1—375234.49/cwt222.50–245.0087912
SteersMedium and Large 3—325223.44/cwt210.00–235.0072612
SteersMedium and Large 3—425187.93/cwt180.00–195.007998
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525163.93/cwt160.00–167.508618
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375171.25/cwt157.00–187.506428
SteersMedium and Large 1—625186.11/cwt170.00–201.001,1636
SteersMedium and Large 1—425229.11/cwt222.50–235.009744
SteersMedium and Large 1—525216.07/cwt209.00–222.501,1346
SteersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added—533187.00/cwt187.00–187.009972
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625151.95/cwt140.00–163.009504
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—277192.50/cwt192.50–192.505333
SteersMedium and Large 3—525192.73/cwt182.00–202.501,0124
SteersMedium and Large 1—795178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4151
SteersMedium and Large 3—275225.89/cwt215.00–235.006218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—703180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2654
SteersMedium and Large 1—830140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1621
SteersMedium and Large 1—475214.46/cwt200.00–227.501,0198
SteersMedium and Large 1—275252.25/cwt240.00–262.5069410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—437218.00/cwt218.00–218.009535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—578207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1994
BullsMedium and Large 1—375197.31/cwt180.00–212.5074010
BullsMedium and Large 1—800134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0721
BullsMedium and Large 1—475194.46/cwt180.00–207.5092410
BullsMedium and Large 1—525196.17/cwt170.00–220.001,03010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—446216.00/cwt216.00–216.009632
BullsMedium and Large 1—775140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0851
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61392.88/cwt86.00–98.001,4988
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02587.73/cwt81.00–92.5089920
CowsLean 85-90%—80050.63/cwt40.00–60.004058
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02577.56/cwt60.00–90.0079530
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27599.82/cwt94.00–105.001,27346
Bulls——1,250100.00/cwt91.00–106.001,2504
Bulls——1,715116.81/cwt108.00–123.002,00320
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925636.49/head360.00–825.0063624
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925911.49/head800.00–1,075.0091116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,268.75/head1,100.00–1,375.001,26932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,140.23/head1,085.00–1,175.001,1402
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925967.57/head700.00–1,150.0096814
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9251,118.24/head925.00–1,250.001,11818
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,481.40/head1,300.00–1,600.001,48134
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425150.05/cwt140.00–159.006388
BullsMedium and Large 1—625158.86/cwt136.00–180.009934
BullsMedium and Large 1—735160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1761
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475181.98/cwt162.00–200.0086410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325196.30/cwt192.00–200.0063810
BullsMedium and Large 1—425205.58/cwt195.00–215.008746
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575173.55/cwt160.00–186.009984
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760115.00/cwt115.00–115.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425200.34/cwt185.00–214.0085114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225219.41/cwt200.00–235.004946
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275203.17/cwt195.00–210.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475143.15/cwt140.00–146.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715118.00/cwt118.00–118.008441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—800120.00/cwt120.00–120.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—568186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0563

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.