Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-05-08

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, May 8
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
374 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 379▼ 52 vs year ago 426 · −12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 130▲ 86 vs year ago 60 · +143.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 76▲ 21 vs year ago 60 · +35.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold steady; feeder heifers sold 4.00-12.00 higher ; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots this gave them added value and groups were reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower ; slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher;

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.65/cwt on 137 head.
Average price
$189.65
137 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$599
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 3-4
$65.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.47
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2565207.001,1703thin
Medium and Large 1401203.9781892
Medium and Large 3369161.9959732
Medium and Large 3-4404141.2057110thin
One grade step is worth $65.80/cwt here — about $599 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 sale137 hd
189.65
—
MS average13 barns · 1,315 hd
198.11
−8.47
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—Average1,652109.171,80412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14491.921,05288
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43589.821,28910
CowsLean 85-90%Low98370.2369032

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$1,15630
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$9592thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,14914
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$49928

Every lot, as filed

49 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—425185.87/cwt170.00–200.007906
BullsMedium and Large 1—770140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0782
BullsMedium and Large 1—625163.38/cwt140.00–185.001,0216
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525154.39/cwt140.00–167.508118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325198.44/cwt185.00–210.0064512
HeifersMedium and Large 3-4Value Added—447140.00/cwt140.00–140.006266
SteersMedium and Large 1—675185.54/cwt170.00–200.001,2522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—626204.74/cwt204.00–206.001,2828
SteersMedium and Large 3-4Value Added—581150.00/cwt150.00–150.008728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—590214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2632
SteersMedium and Large 1—375242.99/cwt235.00–250.0091116
SteersMedium and Large 3—275211.34/cwt195.00–225.0058114
SteersMedium and Large 1—275233.17/cwt225.00–240.006414
SteersMedium and Large 3—325208.44/cwt195.00–220.006776
SteersMedium and Large 1—720176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2671
SteersMedium and Large 3—675140.36/cwt130.00–150.009474
SteersMedium and Large 3—425203.22/cwt190.00–215.008646
HeifersMedium 1-2Value Added—565207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1703
HeifersMedium and Large 3-4Value Added—340143.00/cwt143.00–143.004864
SteersMedium and Large 1—475233.15/cwt220.00–245.001,1074
SteersMedium and Large 1—525221.65/cwt207.00–235.001,1646
SteersMedium and Large 1—325227.21/cwt210.00–242.0073810
SteersMedium and Large 1—425235.87/cwt220.00–250.001,00214
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325185.38/cwt180.00–190.006024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475201.30/cwt185.00–216.0095614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575202.82/cwt195.00–210.001,1664
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375203.64/cwt185.00–220.0076420
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275161.79/cwt140.00–180.004456
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425209.54/cwt195.00–222.5089112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525207.50/cwt202.00–212.501,08914
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475143.84/cwt137.00–150.006836
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225171.64/cwt155.00–185.003868
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225217.18/cwt195.00–235.004896
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275195.89/cwt182.00–207.5053910
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,155.23/head1,125.00–1,175.001,1556
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925938.51/head775.00–1,050.0093910
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925498.65/head350.00–600.0049928
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9251,039.19/head950.00–1,100.001,0396
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0601,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9451,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,264.77/head1,050.00–1,400.001,26520
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925959.46/head900.00–1,000.009592
Bulls——1,25086.00/cwt80.00–90.001,0754
Bulls——1,853120.76/cwt116.00–124.002,2388
CowsLean 85-90%—80046.38/cwt40.00–52.003716
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02575.73/cwt57.00–89.0077626
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02587.37/cwt78.00–94.0089646
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27596.91/cwt94.00–99.501,23642
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43589.82/cwt85.50–93.501,28910

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.