Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-09-25

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 25
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 583▲ 50 vs year ago 575 · +8.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
221 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 260▲ 33 vs year ago 188 · +17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 177▲ 13 vs year ago 162 · +8.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold weaker; feeder heifers sold weaker; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots this gave them added value and group was reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold 5.00-8.00 lower; slaughter bulls sold steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.24/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$199.24
155 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$334
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.09
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470210.4499099
Medium and Large 1-2794192.001,5244thin
Medium and Large 3367178.4665552
One grade step is worth $31.98/cwt here — about $334 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 sale155 hd
199.24
—
MS average13 barns · 1,762 hd
219.33
−20.09
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—High1,567121.261,90024
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41795.681,3567thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09093.241,01787
CowsLean 85-90%Low96086.2282898

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)1,043$1,24249
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,027$1,13424
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)972$1,38438
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)922$68463

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 1—525219.36/cwt200.00–237.001,15210
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475172.89/cwt165.00–180.008216
SteersMedium and Large 3—475201.60/cwt185.00–220.0095810
SteersMedium and Large 3—275219.06/cwt200.00–235.0060210
SteersMedium and Large 3—326220.68/cwt195.00–240.0071915
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325170.76/cwt160.00–180.005556
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625195.25/cwt182.00–207.501,2206
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375222.37/cwt200.00–242.0083410
SteersMedium and Large 1—275252.72/cwt250.00–255.006956
SteersMedium and Large 1—725197.69/cwt192.00–203.001,4336
SteersMedium and Large 1—475243.04/cwt227.00–257.501,15412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275194.26/cwt185.00–202.0053412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275221.79/cwt200.00–240.0061014
SteersMedium and Large 3—376226.52/cwt190.00–255.0085217
SteersMedium and Large 1—425243.80/cwt220.00–265.001,03612
SteersMedium and Large 1—525236.78/cwt225.00–247.501,24312
SteersMedium and Large 1—325248.07/cwt240.00–255.008066
SteersMedium and Large 3—427211.48/cwt200.00–220.0090311
SteersMedium and Large 1—375260.65/cwt250.00–270.0097710
SteersMedium and Large 1—575227.30/cwt220.00–234.001,3078
BullsMedium and Large 1—425202.93/cwt195.00–210.008628
BullsMedium and Large 1—525221.42/cwt212.00–230.001,16210
BullsMedium and Large 1—475213.15/cwt200.00–225.001,01222
BullsMedium and Large 1—675183.81/cwt175.00–192.001,2414
BullsMedium and Large 1—625203.76/cwt197.00–210.001,2746
BullsMedium and Large 1—575213.86/cwt205.00–222.001,2306
CowsLean 85-90%—79874.57/cwt72.00–77.0059529
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02891.11/cwt84.00–96.0093769
Bulls——1,725125.39/cwt122.00–128.002,16316
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41795.68/cwt92.00–98.001,3567
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,275100.18/cwt97.00–103.001,27722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02890.89/cwt82.00–97.0093465
Bulls——1,250113.00/cwt104.00–119.001,4138
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,440.70/head1,350.00–1,500.001,4414
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1—922684.34/head520.00–800.0068463
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—935973.58/head600.00–1,200.0097417
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1—925878.38/head700.00–1,000.0087810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,316.93/head1,185.00–1,400.001,31714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,384.09/head1,200.00–1,500.001,38432
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9251,463.51/head1,300.00–1,575.001,46416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0751,631.40/head1,450.00–1,750.001,6318
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1—9251,037.84/head800.00–1,200.001,03810
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375170.65/cwt160.00–180.0064018
BullsMedium and Large 1—375198.64/cwt180.00–215.007458
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476212.30/cwt200.00–222.001,01115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425214.28/cwt200.00–227.0091112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325221.51/cwt200.00–240.0072012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725184.75/cwt177.00–192.001,3396
HeifersMedium and Large 1—813164.22/cwt150.00–178.001,3356
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—794192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5244
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575203.99/cwt192.00–215.001,1738
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425181.52/cwt172.00–190.0077110

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.