Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-08-28

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 28
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
810 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 704▲ 325 vs year ago 485 · +67.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 236▲ 98 vs year ago 115 · +85.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 129▲ 52 vs year ago 83 · +62.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold Steady to 10.00 higher; feeder heifers under 400# sold 1.00-10.00 lower; heifers over 400# sold 1.00-10.00 higher; had more local trade on light calves; slaughter cows sold firmer; slaughter bulls sold steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $201.97/cwt on 162 head.
Average price
$201.97
162 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$825
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$368
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.97
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454211.33960106
Medium and Large 3321184.2459256
One grade step is worth $27.09/cwt here — about $368 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 sale162 hd
201.97
—
MS average13 barns · 1,038 hd
213.94
−11.97
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—High1,458119.041,73619
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13998.161,118110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37596.541,3274thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99282.3981782

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)1,067$1,40732
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)982$1,04011
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$1,9664thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)983$1,33252
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$69734

Every lot, as filed

52 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 3—375155.98/cwt140.00–170.005856
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575201.94/cwt185.00–217.501,16114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4821
SteersMedium and Large 3—375217.29/cwt180.00–250.008156
SteersMedium and Large 1—375283.32/cwt270.00–295.001,06212
SteersMedium and Large 1—575230.21/cwt225.00–235.001,32410
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275189.06/cwt170.00–205.0052010
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425187.84/cwt177.00–197.5079814
SteersMedium and Large 1—325263.44/cwt250.00–275.0085614
SteersMedium and Large 3—475197.67/cwt184.00–210.0093914
SteersMedium and Large 3—275204.06/cwt185.00–220.0056114
SteersMedium and Large 1—675197.62/cwt180.00–214.001,3348
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375212.31/cwt195.00–227.5079612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475217.09/cwt200.00–232.501,03112
SteersMedium and Large 3—325216.51/cwt195.00–235.0070410
SteersMedium and Large 1—475237.09/cwt220.00–252.501,12612
SteersMedium and Large 3—225232.18/cwt210.00–250.0052210
SteersMedium and Large 1—625218.24/cwt212.00–224.001,3646
SteersMedium and Large 1—275267.72/cwt265.00–270.007364
SteersMedium and Large 1—425275.87/cwt260.00–290.001,17220
HeifersMedium and Large 1—910180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225221.64/cwt205.00–235.004996
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325218.82/cwt200.00–235.007116
BullsMedium and Large 1—625198.76/cwt192.00–205.001,2424
BullsMedium and Large 1—425225.03/cwt197.00–250.0095614
BullsMedium and Large 1—510204.74/cwt200.00–222.001,0445
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37596.54/cwt95.00–98.001,3274
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02591.90/cwt84.00–97.5094260
CowsLean 85-90%—80062.03/cwt53.00–70.0049612
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02585.88/cwt73.00–95.0088070
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,275105.68/cwt98.00–112.501,34750
Bulls——1,549121.91/cwt114.00–128.501,88815
Bulls——1,118108.29/cwt100.00–115.001,2114
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,260.47/head1,200.00–1,300.001,26012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,966.28/head1,800.00–2,075.001,9664
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—925697.30/head400.00–900.0069734
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925893.78/head760.00–985.008946
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—9251,010.81/head880.00–1,100.001,0116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0501,215.71/head1,100.00–1,325.001,2165
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,498.86/head1,100.00–1,750.001,49926
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,852.21/head1,435.00–2,125.001,8528
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9251,331.76/head1,085.00–1,500.001,33224
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—925918.92/head800.00–1,000.009198
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225186.64/cwt170.00–200.0042014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3461
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616191.76/cwt190.00–195.001,1813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325187.37/cwt175.00–198.0060912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675202.44/cwt197.00–207.501,3662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275223.62/cwt210.00–235.006158
SteersMedium and Large 1—525237.42/cwt228.00–246.001,24612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425215.87/cwt200.00–230.0091722
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525205.47/cwt195.00–215.001,07918

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.