Name: Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market: Feeder steers sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cattle also sold steady to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold well. There was 243 heifers that sold at the Replacement Heifer Sale (8/22/2026), and they averaged $5,100.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.11/cwt on 20 head, up $13.78 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −38.51 against this barn's trailing median of $411.62.

Average price

$373.11

▲ 13.78 vs prior sale

20 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$65.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.48

vs MS average

+2.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	402.00	2,050	9thin
Medium and Large 1	509	365.05	1,858	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	336.49	1,884	6thin

One grade step is worth $65.51/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $468.96, low $327.18, median $411.62 across 28 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 sale20 hd

373.11

—

MS average11 barns · 224 hd

361.63

+11.48

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+2.11

This barn, trailing median28 sales

411.62

−38.51

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	1,583	190.08	3,009	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	157.00	1,864	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,108	146.84	1,626	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,389	145.98	2,028	4thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,210	$3,225	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,018	$3,177	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,249	$3,096	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,105	$2,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	858	$2,625	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,318	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$3,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,185	$2,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,007	$2,650	6
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,165	$3,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	455.68/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	399.91/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,712	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	356.86/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,897	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	412.05/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	491.62/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	274.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	317.47/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	415.88/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,767	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	320.55/cwt	318.00–323.00	2,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	285.36/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	319.51/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	365.05/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,858	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	312.85/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	297.08/cwt	280.00–313.00	1,833	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	3,044.44/head	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,044	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	2,810.08/head	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,810	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,281	3,399.02/head	3,250.00–3,650.00	3,399	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,093	3,543.48/head	3,500.00–3,600.00	3,543	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,911	1
Bulls	—	—	1,608	174.65/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,808	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	142.00/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,562	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	147.02/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,676	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,081	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,815	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,216	2,793.47/head	2,650.00–3,050.00	2,793	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bulls	—	—	1,558	205.51/cwt	198.00–210.00	3,202	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,599	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	140.96/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	373.59/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,105	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	334.97/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	374.77/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	458.20/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	338.19/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	381.71/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	320.14/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,642	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	419.92/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	317.10/cwt	308.00–323.00	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	418.63/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,046	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	317.59/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	336.67/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	314.88/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	328.46/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,079	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	365.04/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,050	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	348.33/cwt	325.00–394.00	1,961	12

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 Aug 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 434Last week 381Year ago 592

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 42Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 58Year ago 58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	330	440.00–470.00	455.68
1	350–400	360	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	420	400.00–425.00	412.05
1	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
4	600–650	616	315.00–325.00	319.51
1	650–700	655	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	720	300.00–325.00	312.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
12	550–600	563	325.00–394.00	348.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	450.00	450.00
1	250–300	255	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
4	350–400	384	405.00–435.00	419.92
3	400–450	420	365.00–385.00	373.59
1	450–500	485	355.00	355.00
6	500–550	513	300.00–335.00	320.14
4	550–600	563	308.00–323.00	317.10
3	600–650	632	283.00–288.00	285.36
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	700	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	790	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	870	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	370.00–380.00	374.77
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	438	330.00–340.00	334.97
1	450–500	465	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	385.00–410.00	399.91
3	500–550	510	340.00–370.00	356.86
1	550–600	565	343.00	343.00
6	600–650	617	280.00–313.00	297.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	405	431.00	431.00
10	450–500	489	388.00	388.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	360.00–370.00	365.04
3	450–500	483	330.00–345.00	336.67
2	500–550	533	310.00–320.00	314.88
4	550–600	571	300.00–330.00	317.59
1	600–650	610	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	685	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	718	270.00–280.00	274.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	550.00	550.00
1	250–300	250	500.00	500.00
3	300–350	325	485.00–500.00	491.62
5	400–450	425	405.00–430.00	415.88
1	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	509	350.00–385.00	365.05
3	600–650	633	320.00–335.00	328.46
2	650–700	663	318.00–323.00	320.55
1	700–750	740	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	760	315.00–320.00	317.47
1	800–850	820	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	345	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	400	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	485	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	450.00–470.00	458.20
1	300–350	340	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	380	400.00–435.00	418.63
5	400–450	427	360.00–395.00	381.71
1	500–550	525	328.00	328.00
5	550–600	567	320.00–348.00	338.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	510	402.00	402.00
12	600–650	600	341.00	341.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	4,000.00	4,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,185	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,025	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	3,000.00	3,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,125	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,044.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,070	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	943	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,810.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,216	2,650.00–3,050.00	2,793.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	3,050.00	3,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,281	3,250.00–3,650.00	3,399.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,093	3,500.00–3,600.00	3,543.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	2,450.00	2,450.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	3,500.00	3,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	164.00	164.00
1	—	1,210	150.00	150.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	140.00–144.00	142.00
3	—	1,140	146.00–148.00	147.02
1	—	1,025	156.00	156.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	150.00–152.00	151.00
2	—	1,400	140.00–142.00	140.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,608	170.00–185.00	174.65
3	—	1,558	198.00–210.00	205.51

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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