Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-08-07

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 7
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
▲ 219 vs last sale 326▲ 227 vs year ago 318 · +71.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 119▲ 15 vs year ago 65 · +23.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 82▲ 13 vs year ago 70 · +18.6%
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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 mixed; feeder calf groups that were weaned with 2 rounds of shots had added value ; groups were reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold firmer; slaughter bulls sold 1.00-4.00 higher; also 11 loads sold on video

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $245.36/cwt on 175 head.
Average price
$245.36
175 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,132
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$417
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.86
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431263.521,13781
Medium and Large 1-2618236.311,46052
Medium and Large 3325221.5272042
One grade step is worth $42.00/cwt here — about $417 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 sale175 hd
245.36
—
MS average13 barns · 937 hd
251.21
−5.86
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—High1,720121.042,08212
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,231104.931,29234
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,490101.421,5116thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02586.9089128

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)1,056$1,58032
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,29912
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$1,61740
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$5858

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1-2Value Added—850210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7853
SteersMedium and Large 1—325279.20/cwt255.00–300.009078
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575199.91/cwt190.00–209.001,1498
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—845186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—1,025150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5382
SteersMedium and Large 1—275287.43/cwt270.00–302.0079014
SteersMedium and Large 1—425268.22/cwt255.00–280.001,14014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—718236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,69425
SteersMedium and Large 1—525237.62/cwt235.00–240.001,2488
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—540233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2586
SteersMedium and Large 3—275229.95/cwt200.00–255.0063220
SteersMedium and Large 1—375288.69/cwt270.00–310.001,08312
SteersMedium and Large 1—475248.15/cwt235.00–260.001,17914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—441247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,0898
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3562
SteersMedium and Large 3—425201.44/cwt175.00–225.0085610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—467238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1118
SteersMedium and Large 1—675229.07/cwt220.00–237.501,5464
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,050190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9951
SteersMedium and Large 1—575231.17/cwt227.00–235.001,3296
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375246.64/cwt220.00–270.0092514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725180.65/cwt176.00–185.001,3104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875142.50/cwt127.00–158.001,2472
BullsMedium and Large 1—525217.33/cwt210.00–224.001,1414
BullsMedium and Large 1—625203.19/cwt185.00–220.001,2704
BullsMedium and Large 1—375232.64/cwt210.00–252.508724
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,490101.42/cwt95.00–106.001,5116
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02586.90/cwt67.00–101.0089128
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,275106.88/cwt100.00–113.001,36328
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02595.85/cwt90.00–100.009826
Bulls——1,720121.04/cwt110.00–127.502,08212
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925585.14/head380.00–725.005858
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,298.86/head900.00–1,550.001,29912
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—9251,073.65/head925.00–1,175.001,0748
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,748.86/head1,350.00–2,000.001,74924
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,295.35/head1,250.00–1,325.001,2956
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,881.40/head1,700.00–2,000.001,88116
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9251,308.11/head1,100.00–1,450.001,3088
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,636.05/head1,500.00–1,725.001,63610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375194.30/cwt165.00–220.007298
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—482208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0033
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425234.38/cwt200.00–265.0099614
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425195.87/cwt180.00–210.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825161.27/cwt152.00–170.001,3304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—483210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0142
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275190.89/cwt180.00–200.005256
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625195.20/cwt190.00–200.001,2204
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275235.89/cwt225.00–245.0064910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525201.80/cwt195.00–208.001,05910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475217.89/cwt210.00–225.001,03510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325236.89/cwt210.00–260.007708
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—631222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,40133
SteersMedium and Large 3—325224.20/cwt200.00–245.0072912

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.