Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-10-30

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 30
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
182 vs last sale 510 97 vs year ago 425 · 22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
118 vs last sale 265 9 vs year ago 156 · 5.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
93 head
11 vs last sale 104 0 vs year ago 93 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, Feeder steers were 1.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers were 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder calf groups were reported as 1-2s and were vaccinated with two rounds of shots. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.,00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.73/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$192.73
88 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$321
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$62.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.33
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2446213.6095410thin
Medium and Large 1471202.9195545
Medium and Large 2459179.3482325
Medium and Large 3418151.256328thin
One grade step is worth $62.35/cwt here — about $321 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 sale88 hd
192.73
MS average12 barns · 761 hd
199.07
−6.33
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
BullsHigh1,421110.651,57217
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17988.051,03852
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57883.751,32210
CowsLean 85-90%Average87972.7964068

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)1,051$1,39636
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$86714
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)955$1,2068
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)441$7754thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)673$52132

Every lot, as filed

64 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02579.68/cwt75.00–83.0081712
Bulls1,515116.01/cwt110.00–120.001,75810
Stock CowsSmall 1-2673520.82/head400.00–650.0052132
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy441775.00/head775.00–775.007754
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2925958.11/head750.00–1,100.0095810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,055.11/head825.00–1,200.001,0556
BullsMedium and Large 1625181.69/cwt170.00–192.501,1362
BullsMedium and Large 1425226.52/cwt217.00–235.009636
BullsMedium and Large 1525187.62/cwt185.00–190.009856
BullsMedium and Large 1325181.72/cwt175.00–187.5059112
BullsMedium and Large 1475211.83/cwt200.00–222.501,00610
HeifersMedium and Large 1425223.22/cwt210.00–235.009494
SteersMedium and Large 3385175.00/cwt175.00–175.006742
SteersMedium and Large 2475208.66/cwt200.00–217.509916
SteersMedium and Large 2262216.17/cwt200.00–230.005668
SteersMedium and Large 1375240.65/cwt230.00–250.009026
SteersMedium and Large 1575208.03/cwt195.00–220.001,1964
HeifersMedium and Large 1275215.89/cwt205.00–225.005946
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0565
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469217.99/cwt189.00–245.001,02217
SteersMedium and Large 1275245.45/cwt240.00–250.006756
SteersMedium and Large 1710185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3141
SteersMedium and Large 1475227.89/cwt220.00–235.001,0824
HeifersMedium and Large 2578161.79/cwt157.50–170.009354
SteersMedium and Large 3255195.00/cwt195.00–195.004971
SteersMedium and Large 2385225.00/cwt225.00–225.008662
SteersMedium and Large 2325225.00/cwt225.00–225.007312
SteersMedium and Large 2430227.24/cwt220.00–235.009776
HeifersMedium and Large 1575185.08/cwt177.00–192.501,0644
HeifersMedium and Large 2532161.71/cwt160.00–165.008603
HeifersMedium and Large 1780146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1391
SteersMedium and Large 1325252.69/cwt250.00–255.008214
SteersMedium and Large 1425243.97/cwt240.00–247.501,0374
SteersMedium and Large 1805170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3691
HeifersMedium and Large 1325243.82/cwt225.00–260.007926
HeifersMedium and Large 2334199.23/cwt175.00–217.006655
HeifersMedium and Large 1525187.85/cwt180.00–195.009866
HeifersMedium and Large 1715132.00/cwt132.00–132.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 1625170.31/cwt162.00–178.001,0646
HeifersMedium and Large 1845147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2461
HeifersMedium and Large 3475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 1475196.83/cwt185.00–207.509356
HeifersMedium and Large 2858125.24/cwt122.50–128.001,0752
HeifersMedium and Large 2258193.29/cwt190.00–200.004993
HeifersMedium and Large 2390210.00/cwt210.00–210.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2461210.00/cwt210.00–210.009688
HeifersMedium and Large 3545130.00/cwt130.00–130.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 1375245.98/cwt230.00–260.009224
HeifersMedium and Large 2427183.28/cwt180.00–185.007833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388228.00/cwt228.00–228.008852
HeifersMedium and Large 2475172.45/cwt170.00–175.008192
HeifersMedium and Large 3335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 3370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005923
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0751,374.30/head1,335.00–1,400.001,3742
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-29151,150.14/head1,075.00–1,200.001,1506
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2925725.68/head580.00–825.007268
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,564.77/head1,350.00–1,700.001,56526
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02585.76/cwt84.00–87.008798
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57883.75/cwt78.00–88.001,32210
CowsLean 85-90%1,02584.02/cwt77.00–89.0086124
Bulls1,286103.00/cwt95.00–107.001,3257
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27591.76/cwt87.00–96.001,17032
CowsLean 85-90%80072.25/cwt68.00–76.0057828
CowsLean 85-90%80056.91/cwt50.00–63.0045516

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.