Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-05-15

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, May 15
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 374▼ 138 vs year ago 565 · −24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 146▼ 16 vs year ago 111 · −14.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 81▼ 31 vs year ago 89 · −34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

feeder steers sold 1.00-20.00 lower ; feeder heifers sold 2.00-10.00 lower ; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots this gave them added value ; groups were reported as #1-2s ; slaughter cows sold steady; slaughter bulls sold steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.38/cwt on 152 head.
Average price
$183.38
152 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$820
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.53
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414196.6681454
Medium and Large 1-2545194.431,05938
Medium and Large 3415164.4268260
One grade step is worth $32.24/cwt here — about $132 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 sale152 hd
183.38
—
MS average13 barns · 1,195 hd
197.91
−14.53
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—High1,457113.561,65514
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16192.801,07844
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46082.001,1971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97870.1168538

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)1,020$1,08322
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$8978
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)883$1,2432thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$61520

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—525202.09/cwt200.00–204.001,0614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375198.79/cwt186.00–210.0074512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525163.20/cwt142.00–182.508574
SteersMedium and Large 3—275203.17/cwt195.00–210.005594
SteersMedium and Large 3—425209.52/cwt200.00–218.008906
SteersMedium and Large 1—575209.04/cwt208.00–210.001,2024
SteersMedium and Large 1—705175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2341
SteersMedium and Large 1—475217.89/cwt210.00–225.001,0358
SteersMedium and Large 1—325228.44/cwt215.00–240.0074212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—574216.86/cwt211.00–219.501,24516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—630200.88/cwt194.00–208.001,26618
SteersMedium and Large 1—275236.80/cwt227.00–245.0065110
SteersMedium and Large 3—625174.16/cwt170.00–178.001,0892
SteersMedium and Large 3—375198.32/cwt185.00–210.007446
SteersMedium and Large 3—525195.47/cwt185.00–205.001,0264
SteersMedium and Large 3-4Value Added—432207.00/cwt207.00–207.0089414
SteersMedium and Large 3-4Value Added—382210.00/cwt210.00–210.0080210
SteersMedium and Large 3-4Value Added—520170.00/cwt170.00–170.008843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—507219.21/cwt207.00–224.001,1117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—490222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—393210.00/cwt210.00–210.008253
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275199.53/cwt190.00–207.505496
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325197.06/cwt182.00–210.006408
BullsMedium and Large 1—525193.08/cwt180.00–205.001,01410
BullsMedium and Large 1—575186.60/cwt172.00–200.001,0736
BullsMedium and Large 1—475201.83/cwt190.00–212.509596
BullsMedium and Large 1—425207.05/cwt197.00–216.008806
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1971
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27596.44/cwt93.00–99.501,23024
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02588.44/cwt82.00–93.0090720
CowsLean 85-90%—80045.56/cwt36.00–54.003648
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02576.66/cwt55.00–92.0078630
Bulls——1,733122.05/cwt119.50–124.002,1156
Bulls——1,250107.20/cwt97.00–114.001,3408
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925614.86/head490.00–700.0061520
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,203.41/head1,050.00–1,300.001,20312
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925897.30/head600.00–1,100.008978
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925937.84/head700.00–1,100.0093810
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—8831,242.56/head1,100.00–1,375.001,2432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725140.34/cwt130.00–150.001,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625178.56/cwt177.00–180.001,1164
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225183.86/cwt170.00–195.004146
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575147.90/cwt132.00–162.508504
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625141.69/cwt130.00–152.5088612
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275166.79/cwt145.00–185.0045910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475203.84/cwt197.00–210.0096810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225223.02/cwt205.00–237.505026
HeifersMedium and Large 3—324171.67/cwt162.00–180.0055610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425170.58/cwt160.00–180.007258
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375177.99/cwt170.00–185.006676
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—561197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1056
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—425203.07/cwt192.50–211.008637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—622187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,16315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—503198.00/cwt198.00–198.0099610

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.