Sale reports / Mississippi / Tylertown Livestock Auction / 2024-08-20

Tylertown Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tylertown, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 20
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2118
Feeder Cattle receipts
753 head
231 vs last sale 522 223 vs year ago 976 · 22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
47 vs last sale 88 152 vs year ago 287 · 53.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
11 vs last sale 63 64 vs year ago 138 · 46.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers were mixed this week throughout all weight groups. Slaughter cows were steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower. Some really stout cow/calf pairs and bred cows offered this week for replacements.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.34/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 152.09 against this barn's trailing median of $379.43.
Average price
$227.34
47 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,225
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.23
vs MS average
17.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539230.691,24430
Medium and Large 1-2547226.001,23512thin
Medium and Large 2518210.421,0905thin
One grade step is worth $20.27/cwt here — about $154 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

23 sales
437397357317median 379.4301/0602/1704/2807/1408/18
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.72, low $330.97, median $379.43 across 23 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 sale47 hd
227.34
MS average13 barns · 383 hd
232.57
−5.23
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
−17.07
This barn, trailing median23 sales
379.43
−152.09
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
BullsHigh1,470164.672,42119
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,277146.641,87260
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,559143.392,2357thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average996123.521,23039

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)1,066$2,04624
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,058$2,23421

Every lot, as filed

63 lots · USDA AMS · Tylertown Stockyard - Tylertown, 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 1-2650–700655223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4614
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800780210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6381
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625228.53/cwt220.00–240.001,4289
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423262.78/cwt250.00–277.001,11212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550545224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,2248
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1806
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,7012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1381,874.18/head1,850.00–1,900.001,8744
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2182,553.08/head1,950.00–3,050.002,55312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2232,953.37/head2,400.00–3,425.002,9538
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350323246.63/cwt235.00–260.007976
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400362325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550503237.75/cwt230.00–243.501,19614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850803212.50/cwt210.50–213.501,7066
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450418228.98/cwt217.00–242.009576
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300270253.89/cwt240.00–270.006868
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-28881,830.14/head1,550.00–2,000.001,8308
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2604
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,07312
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300273293.76/cwt280.00–310.0080212
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400373284.09/cwt270.00–300.001,06010
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2873153.93/cwt107.00–185.001,34420
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-27851,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-29131,539.04/head1,200.00–1,750.001,53912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320148.91/cwt143.00–153.001,96650
CowsBoner 80-85%1,060135.28/cwt130.00–140.001,43410
CowsLean 85-90%1,078133.45/cwt128.00–138.001,43918
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,559143.39/cwt141.00–145.502,2357
Bulls1,650171.27/cwt165.00–174.502,82611
Bulls1,223155.59/cwt153.00–163.001,9038
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500470223.40/cwt210.00–238.001,0506
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350317286.22/cwt270.00–300.009077
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425262.55/cwt250.00–280.001,1169
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500470274.36/cwt260.00–290.001,2896
CowsLean 85-90%897100.46/cwt94.00–104.009017
CowsLean 85-90%940122.27/cwt117.00–127.001,14914
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323283.95/cwt270.00–300.0091716
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950905202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,8281
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373270.03/cwt255.00–287.001,00712
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623213.19/cwt205.00–222.001,3288
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373235.06/cwt225.00–250.008777
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550518210.42/cwt200.00–218.001,0905
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523244.35/cwt230.00–260.001,27814
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470257.93/cwt245.00–272.001,2128
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000975197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,9211
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273346.06/cwt330.00–365.0094510
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950910199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,8111
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373341.44/cwt325.00–360.001,27410
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469324.18/cwt305.00–340.001,5207
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750730215.48/cwt213.00–218.001,5732
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673209.67/cwt200.00–220.001,4118
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670222.16/cwt210.00–233.001,48811
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850805210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6911
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320355.83/cwt335.00–375.001,1399
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300273293.76/cwt280.00–310.0080212
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763230.98/cwt225.00–237.001,7622
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830206.05/cwt202.00–210.001,7102
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566231.19/cwt219.00–242.001,30911
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524230.40/cwt220.00–243.001,20719
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570232.06/cwt220.00–245.001,3238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,4822
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420316.67/cwt300.00–335.001,3306

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.