Name: Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market: The higher quality feeder calves sold steady to 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle also sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.70/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −51.47 against this barn's trailing median of $415.17.

Average price

$363.70

7 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$81.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.46

vs MS average

−65.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	399.94	2,160	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	355.00	1,961	2thin
Medium and Large 2	578	318.03	1,838	2thin

One grade step is worth $81.91/cwt here — about $321 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $468.96, low $359.33, median $415.17 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

363.70

—

MS average7 barns · 98 hd

376.16

−12.46

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−65.45

This barn, trailing median26 sales

415.17

−51.47

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,513	188.37	2,849	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,205	155.51	1,874	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	151.20	2,180	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	142.20	1,565	15

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,272	$3,148	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,221	$3,007	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$1,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	935	$2,916	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$2,800	2thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	304.84/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	312.51/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	469.52/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	259.93/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	324.85/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	470.33/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	272.51/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	318.03/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,848.29/head	2,750.00–2,950.00	2,848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	399.86/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,867	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	337.61/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	417.09/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,147	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	476.26/cwt	455.00–490.00	1,572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	435.06/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	417.02/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	359.96/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	297.50/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,785	2
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	755	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	755	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	755	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	785	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	835	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	154.34/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,212	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,094	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	155.51/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,840	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	184.50/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,878	5
Bulls	—	—	1,448	198.13/cwt	192.00–203.00	2,869	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	147.53/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,669	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	138.47/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,555	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,168	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,978	1
Bulls	—	—	1,523	178.54/cwt	178.00–179.00	2,719	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	128.47/cwt	128.00–129.00	1,278	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	920	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	2
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,320	3,269.08/head	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,269	4
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,343	3,272.35/head	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,272	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,253	2,785.11/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,785	3
Bred Cows	Large 2	—	1,260	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	151.73/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	200	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	780	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	965	2,974.74/head	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,975	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	500.23/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,426	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	434.82/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	374.98/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,130	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,379	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,078	3,155.92/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,156	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	354.88/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	394.97/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	404.91/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	460.11/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	861	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	420.36/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,177	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	524.90/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	504.69/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	465.00/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,232	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southeast Mississippi Livestock - Hattiesburg, MS

Mon Dec 1, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 308Last week 353Year ago 434

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 81Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 94Last week 79Year ago 95

As compared to last weeks market: The higher quality feeder calves sold steady to 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle also sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	300.00–310.00	304.84
1	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	390.00–410.00	399.86
2	550–600	573	320.00–330.00	324.85
2	650–700	675	250.00–270.00	259.93
1	700–750	720	215.00	215.00
1	850–900	880	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	568	370.00–380.00	374.98
1	600–650	645	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	710	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	420.00	420.00
2	250–300	280	410.00–430.00	420.36
1	300–350	300	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	360	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	420	420.00–450.00	434.82
1	450–500	455	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	515	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	633	310.00–315.00	312.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	390.00–400.00	394.97
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	528	350.00–360.00	354.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	463	350.00–370.00	359.96
2	500–550	528	330.00–345.00	337.61
2	600–650	600	295.00–300.00	297.50
1	700–750	720	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	490.00–510.00	500.23
2	300–350	320	500.00–510.00	504.69
2	350–400	358	520.00–530.00	524.90
2	400–450	420	460.00–480.00	469.52
2	450–500	465	450.00–470.00	460.11
2	500–550	535	400.00–410.00	404.91
1	550–600	550	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	460.00–470.00	465.00
1	250–300	280	440.00	440.00
3	300–350	330	455.00–490.00	476.26
2	350–400	383	460.00–480.00	470.33
2	400–450	425	430.00–440.00	435.06
1	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	520	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	400.00–430.00	417.09
3	350–400	363	400.00–440.00	417.02
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	475	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	578	300.00–335.00	318.03
2	600–650	633	270.00–275.00	272.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	390.00	390.00
1	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	2,750.00–2,950.00	2,848.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	1,950.00	1,950.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,320	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,269.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,343	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,272.35
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,253	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,785.11
Bred Cows — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	3,150.00	3,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	755	2,700.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	755	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	785	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	920	2,450.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	965	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,974.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,078	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,155.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	150.00–157.00	154.34
1	—	1,415	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,495	145.00	145.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	154.00	154.00
2	—	1,183	155.00–156.00	155.51
1	—	1,260	157.00	157.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,131	146.00–149.00	147.53
6	—	1,123	134.00–143.00	138.47
2	—	995	128.00–129.00	128.47
3	—	1,087	150.00–153.00	151.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,560	180.00–188.00	184.50
4	—	1,448	192.00–203.00	198.13
2	—	1,523	178.00–179.00	178.54

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Southeast Mississippi Livestock - Hattiesburg, MS

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