Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2024-02-26

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 26
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
489 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 589▲ 83 vs year ago 406 · +20.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 128▲ 20 vs year ago 81 · +24.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 164▲ 34 vs year ago 51 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mixed to firm on the heavy steers over 500 pounds. Feeder heifers were mixed this week compared to last week. Slaughter cows were steady this week. Slaughter bulls were steady to 4 higher this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.47/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$254.47
146 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,169
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.64
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458264.541,21282
Medium and Large 1-2528253.481,33924
Medium and Large 2420234.4098540
One grade step is worth $30.14/cwt here — about $228 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 sale146 hd
254.47
—
MS average13 barns · 1,630 hd
258.11
−3.64
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—Low1,521123.651,88126
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,185110.531,31032
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,400104.621,4656thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98894.1093012

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)1,041$1,36920
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,320$2,1923thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$1,87922

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2—468264.68/cwt250.00–278.001,23911
SteersMedium and Large 2—274307.70/cwt290.00–330.008438
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566236.13/cwt225.00–246.001,33611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—823182.48/cwt180.00–185.001,5022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520236.53/cwt225.00–247.001,23011
SteersMedium and Large 1—665243.45/cwt237.00–250.001,6194
SteersMedium and Large 1—420319.29/cwt305.00–335.001,34112
SteersMedium and Large 1—523290.62/cwt275.00–307.001,5206
SteersMedium and Large 1—470300.96/cwt285.00–315.001,4159
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270335.43/cwt320.00–350.009069
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—409300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2279
SteersMedium and Large 2—645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4191
SteersMedium and Large 2—418279.35/cwt265.00–290.001,1685
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—661229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5144
SteersMedium and Large 2—373304.30/cwt290.00–320.001,1354
SteersMedium and Large 2—562246.20/cwt235.00–252.001,3843
SteersMedium and Large 1—273378.35/cwt360.00–400.001,03310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—720231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6632
SteersMedium and Large 1—368354.05/cwt335.00–375.001,30310
SteersMedium and Large 1—320368.75/cwt350.00–390.001,1806
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—434386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,6757
SteersMedium and Large 2—322325.70/cwt300.00–340.001,0496
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420256.90/cwt245.00–270.001,07914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475248.44/cwt240.00–257.501,1806
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368298.81/cwt285.00–314.001,10010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423219.59/cwt210.00–230.009294
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270288.89/cwt275.00–305.007806
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323326.28/cwt310.00–345.001,0548
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,090106.57/cwt100.00–109.001,16212
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08999.97/cwt95.00–105.001,0896
CowsLean 85-90%—88788.24/cwt87.00–93.007836
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,310106.34/cwt102.00–112.001,3935
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,242112.91/cwt110.00–120.001,40220
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,85096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,7761
Bulls——1,245108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,3453
Bulls——1,613134.00/cwt129.00–139.002,1619
Bulls——1,521120.35/cwt118.00–128.001,83114
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—83892.03/cwt70.00–106.0077114
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,043122.73/cwt100.00–140.001,28016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2231,599.59/head1,300.00–1,800.001,60010
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—8581,138.78/head825.00–1,350.001,13910
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0402,217.31/head2,000.00–2,400.002,21712
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—8101,472.22/head1,000.00–1,750.001,47210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3202,191.92/head1,800.00–2,800.002,1923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,630134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—593217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2873
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—728207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5076
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380238.29/cwt235.00–260.0090614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—666175.86/cwt170.00–180.001,1715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666200.54/cwt190.00–208.001,3365
SteersMedium and Large 1—623248.19/cwt240.00–257.001,5466
SteersMedium and Large 1—573272.01/cwt260.00–285.001,5598
HeifersMedium and Large 2—316274.24/cwt260.00–285.008675
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570184.47/cwt170.00–200.001,0514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622218.51/cwt210.00–235.001,3593
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468250.69/cwt240.00–260.001,1739

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.