Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-05-29

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, May 29
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
613 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 386▲ 41 vs year ago 572 · +7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 103▼ 2 vs year ago 152 · −1.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 12▲ 15 vs year ago 125 · +12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold 5.00-15.00 higher; feeder heifers sold 4.00-12.00 higher; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots this gave groups added value; feeder groups were reported as # 1-2s ; slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher; slaughter bulls sold firmer

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.72/cwt on 188 head.
Average price
$188.72
188 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$860
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.06
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434198.8686296
Medium and Large 1-2548192.931,05843
Medium and Large 3418165.1769149
One grade step is worth $33.69/cwt here — about $172 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 sale188 hd
188.72
—
MS average12 barns · 1,490 hd
201.78
−13.06
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—High1,423110.181,56826
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20096.361,15690
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54491.121,4077thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98871.9371024

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)1,036$1,05538
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$8814thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,018$1,27874
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$63020

Every lot, as filed

55 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—718180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2921
SteersMedium and Large 1—575206.52/cwt200.00–212.501,1876
SteersMedium and Large 1—325236.13/cwt220.00–250.0076710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—362212.50/cwt212.50–212.507693
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475198.15/cwt185.00–210.0094114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1151
SteersMedium and Large 3—525194.65/cwt180.00–208.001,0226
SteersMedium and Large 3—275219.06/cwt200.00–235.006028
SteersMedium and Large 1—275236.34/cwt220.00–250.006506
SteersMedium and Large 1—800191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5281
SteersMedium and Large 1—525225.22/cwt209.00–240.001,18210
SteersMedium and Large 1—625202.99/cwt190.00–215.001,2696
SteersMedium and Large 3—375196.31/cwt175.00–215.007368
SteersMedium and Large 3—325196.51/cwt175.00–215.006398
SteersMedium and Large 3—475194.46/cwt180.00–207.5092410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—632215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—579238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,37818
SteersMedium and Large 1—475227.09/cwt210.00–242.501,07916
SteersMedium and Large 1—425217.63/cwt197.00–236.0092514
SteersMedium and Large 1—375230.98/cwt215.00–245.0086612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—770193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,4906
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275199.98/cwt185.00–212.5055010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425202.16/cwt190.00–213.0085918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575181.73/cwt170.00–192.501,0454
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525161.66/cwt158.00–165.008494
BullsMedium and Large 1—425190.12/cwt165.00–212.5080812
BullsMedium and Large 1—475191.75/cwt182.50–202.0091110
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02576.93/cwt50.00–96.0078920
CowsLean 85-90%—80046.91/cwt40.00–53.003754
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54491.12/cwt86.00–94.001,4077
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,274101.01/cwt94.50–107.001,28757
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07188.33/cwt81.00–94.5094633
Bulls——1,813122.28/cwt117.00–126.002,2178
Bulls——1,250104.80/cwt91.00–114.001,31018
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925881.08/head780.00–950.008814
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925837.84/head600.00–1,000.0083814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,501.74/head1,275.00–1,650.001,50234
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,075855.81/head100.00–1,350.0085612
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9251,188.51/head1,025.00–1,300.001,18928
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925629.73/head380.00–800.0063020
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,182.39/head1,075.00–1,250.001,18224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625176.31/cwt168.00–184.001,1024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—808151.40/cwt141.00–163.001,2233
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378174.05/cwt165.00–180.006587
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475158.15/cwt145.00–170.007516
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625140.39/cwt130.00–150.008774
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325209.79/cwt195.00–222.5068218
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525196.56/cwt184.00–208.001,03212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375208.32/cwt195.00–220.0078112
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275169.06/cwt150.00–185.0046516
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575161.73/cwt150.00–172.509306
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425173.75/cwt160.00–186.007386
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—535188.42/cwt149.00–206.001,00824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—438197.50/cwt197.50–197.508653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—641195.69/cwt194.00–196.001,25413

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.