Mississippi Daily Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Mississippi reported 178 priced lines covering 1,592 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,611 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 470 head. replacement cattle receipts at 605 head. Counted as USDA files them — 120 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,611Last week 2,717Year ago 2,782

Slaughter CattleReceipts 470Last week 603Year ago 647

Replacement CattleReceipts 605Last week 1,113Year ago 613

Cattle auctions at Forest (1,130), Grenada (158), Hattiesburg (--), Houston (75), Macon (159), Meridian (252), West Point (912). Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,350	3,050.00–3,250.00	3,161.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,131	2,300.00–3,700.00	2,947.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	721	1,800.00–2,350.00	2,009.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,200	2,350.00–2,700.00	2,539.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,011	1,650.00–2,000.00	1,814.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	987	1,800.00–2,350.00	2,073.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	984	1,750.00–3,150.00	2,365.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	838	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,166.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	975	1,750.00–2,200.00	2,007.18
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,625.00	1,625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	1,390.00	1,390.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	870	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,188.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	863	130.00–143.00	136.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	894	1,025.00–1,450.00	1,277.41
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	970	113.00–132.00	123.68
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	605	1,000.00	1,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	125.00	125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,061	1,475.00–1,800.00	1,695.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	1,850.00–2,000.00	1,927.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,138	1,350.00–1,900.00	1,664.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,298	130.00–139.00	135.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,075	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,703.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,139	1,450.00–1,750.00	1,615.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,223	130.00	130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,024	1,200.00–1,850.00	1,529.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,139	1,400.00–2,300.00	1,932.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,109	850.00–2,500.00	1,752.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,175	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,100.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,070	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,127.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,195	1,375.00–2,000.00	1,734.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	120.00	120.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	903	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,284.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	880	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,411.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,118	1,275.00–1,650.00	1,491.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,130	1,675.00–1,825.00	1,739.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,775.00	1,775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	870	1,340.00	1,340.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,390.00	1,390.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	1,140.00	1,140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,152	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,783	160.00–163.00	161.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,298	1,700.00–3,250.00	2,614.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	800	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,075	1,390.00	1,390.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	242	340.00–372.50	354.36
3	250–300	275	340.00–358.00	347.54
12	300–350	323	325.00–363.00	344.81
23	350–400	371	305.00–357.50	343.61
19	400–450	423	310.00–348.00	323.44
26	450–500	472	295.00–322.50	308.89
16	500–550	520	280.00–315.00	296.58
13	550–600	569	275.00–306.00	283.38
9	600–650	623	257.50–286.00	271.04
1	650–700	660	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	785	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	940	192.50	192.50
1	950–1000	950	170.00	170.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	469	318.00	318.00
2	550–600	550	289.00	289.00
15	700–750	703	259.00	259.00
21	800–850	819	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	250.00–355.00	301.31
2	250–300	273	265.00–300.00	282.66
3	300–350	320	285.00–340.00	321.09
12	350–400	367	270.00–348.00	326.43
5	400–450	419	260.00–350.00	304.67
4	450–500	476	275.00–287.50	280.57
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	635	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	722	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	200.00	200.00
2	400–450	428	300.00–320.00	310.06
3	450–500	488	290.00–309.00	297.30
2	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	420	338.00	338.00
6	500–550	510	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	300	332.50	332.50
8	400–450	422	285.00–290.00	287.82
9	650–700	650	239.00	239.00
10	750–800	757	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	188	325.00	325.00
9	200–250	223	275.00–355.00	319.87
21	250–300	273	300.00–345.00	316.53
35	300–350	322	295.00–335.00	315.63
33	350–400	372	265.00–335.00	302.91
38	400–450	422	255.00–302.00	287.27
28	450–500	464	237.50–298.00	278.12
35	500–550	521	225.00–267.00	255.72
27	550–600	570	235.00–265.00	248.09
9	600–650	612	220.00–260.00	241.60
15	650–700	672	220.00–243.00	232.60
14	700–750	724	160.00–220.00	208.84
4	800–850	810	170.00–200.00	192.45
1	850–900	865	145.00	145.00
1	900–950	910	155.00	155.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	302.50	302.50
2	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	435	255.00	255.00
13	450–500	465	235.00–267.50	259.22
7	550–600	562	220.00–252.50	235.95
19	900–950	942	165.00–175.00	168.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	224	215.00–252.00	225.96
6	250–300	269	250.00–300.00	265.54
11	300–350	334	275.00–318.00	289.66
17	350–400	376	225.00–290.00	272.61
19	400–450	424	200.00–277.00	258.53
23	450–500	478	230.00–276.00	257.37
11	500–550	520	200.00–255.00	231.92
8	550–600	574	202.00–247.00	234.68
7	600–650	631	238.00	238.00
11	650–700	678	185.00–239.00	223.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	200.00	200.00
1	250–300	290	232.50	232.50
1	300–350	335	245.00	245.00
6	350–400	373	202.00–257.50	228.34
5	400–450	427	212.50–252.00	236.79
6	450–500	477	154.00–258.00	240.62
1	550–600	590	160.00	160.00
1	600–650	620	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	750	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	163	315.00–330.00	322.62
5	250–300	282	335.00–355.00	348.13
12	300–350	323	325.00–357.50	341.61
18	350–400	372	320.00–365.00	341.04
27	400–450	417	300.00–340.00	321.31
18	450–500	480	270.00–317.50	287.07
19	500–550	521	250.00–313.00	275.79
7	550–600	556	250.00–297.00	270.55
5	600–650	620	235.00–283.00	247.82
1	750–800	750	208.00	208.00
1	800–850	800	182.00	182.00
1	900–950	905	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	250.00–355.00	305.59
7	300–350	325	297.50–340.00	316.63
6	350–400	373	255.00–325.00	295.02
9	400–450	422	270.00–326.00	288.58
7	450–500	471	267.50–306.00	290.19
5	500–550	525	250.00–290.00	272.67
3	550–600	562	235.00–280.00	258.12
3	600–650	625	190.00–255.00	229.55
1	650–700	675	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	785	170.00	170.00
1	800–850	810	150.00	150.00
1	850–900	880	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	200.00	200.00
1	300–350	340	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	440	247.50–288.00	267.52
1	450–500	450	247.50	247.50
2	550–600	570	273.00–275.00	274.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	530	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,138	121.00–132.00	126.95
1	—	1,500	100.00	100.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	891	80.00–119.00	107.42
62	—	1,037	84.00–130.00	119.88
5	—	1,068	106.00–133.00	125.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,105	109.00–147.00	131.70
17	—	1,064	118.00–133.00	125.76
47	—	1,279	135.00–153.00	141.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	143.00	143.00
20	—	1,794	151.00–167.00	158.91
5	—	1,166	125.00–135.00	130.32
1	—	1,255	120.00	120.00
21	—	1,625	132.00–162.50	148.50
7	—	1,804	143.00–160.00	153.74
7	—	1,541	137.00–158.00	147.42

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Mississippi barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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