Mississippi Daily Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Mississippi reported 196 priced lines covering 2,389 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,212 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 584 head. replacement cattle receipts at 739 head. Counted as USDA files them — 142 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,212Last week 2,585Year ago 3,068

Slaughter CattleReceipts 584Last week 634Year ago 712

Replacement CattleReceipts 739Last week 765Year ago 942

Cattle auctions at Forest (1,547), Grenada (162), Hattiesburg (434), Houston (274), Macon (170), Meridian (126), West Point (822). Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,062	1,100.00–2,000.00	1,772.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,029	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,519.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,050	1,000.00–2,150.00	1,607.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	134.00	134.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,015	1,475.00–2,300.00	1,890.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	920	1,525.00–1,550.00	1,530.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	123.00	123.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	890	900.00–2,200.00	1,763.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	119.00	119.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	965	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	62	—	1,167	1,450.00–2,100.00	1,643.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,128	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,916.96
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	600	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	800	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	918	1,175.00–1,600.00	1,421.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	980	1,600.00–1,775.00	1,642.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,228	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,925.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,218	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,771.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,050	1,100.00–2,075.00	1,858.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,260	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	630	725.00	725.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,123	1,550.00–2,500.00	2,098.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,075	138.00	138.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,046	87.00–140.00	122.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	900	1,275.00	1,275.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	825	70.00–115.00	97.27
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	86	—	1,094	1,475.00–2,850.00	2,463.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	813	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,123	1,750.00–2,650.00	2,251.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,114	1,600.00–2,250.00	2,036.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	595	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	919	1,500.00–1,875.00	1,709.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	580	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,080	1,125.00–2,650.00	2,268.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,237	1,900.00–3,050.00	2,711.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	881	1,925.00–2,500.00	2,203.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	1,975.00	1,975.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	275	390.00	390.00
9	300–350	348	365.00	365.00
18	350–400	366	350.00–365.00	356.38
23	400–450	431	341.00–350.00	343.36
30	450–500	463	252.50–313.00	290.43
25	500–550	523	280.00–284.50	283.59
35	550–600	591	270.00–279.00	273.89
31	600–650	613	250.00–265.00	261.50
28	650–700	663	235.00–258.00	255.48
43	700–750	723	228.00–249.00	233.82
4	800–850	808	223.50	223.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	350.00	350.00
1	200–250	220	370.00	370.00
36	250–300	275	325.00–390.00	369.19
43	300–350	321	325.00–378.00	360.21
48	350–400	374	300.00–385.00	348.95
34	400–450	419	280.00–345.00	314.67
44	450–500	471	255.00–322.50	299.61
60	500–550	522	247.00–300.00	278.96
40	550–600	571	230.00–288.00	268.46
29	600–650	622	225.00–292.50	262.02
16	650–700	674	210.00–260.00	239.46
5	700–750	714	198.00–255.00	235.01
2	750–800	765	196.00–210.00	203.09
1	800–850	815	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	890	210.00	210.00
2	900–950	923	200.00	200.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	295.00	295.00
12	500–550	515	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	335.00	335.00
2	200–250	220	285.00–345.00	313.64
12	250–300	273	280.00–315.00	296.05
11	300–350	322	285.00–335.00	315.43
13	350–400	374	250.00–329.00	297.99
10	400–450	427	260.00–302.00	283.80
11	450–500	473	225.00–300.00	262.71
10	500–550	518	210.00–270.00	244.49
9	550–600	572	220.00–270.00	250.71
3	600–650	627	197.50–262.50	233.86
2	650–700	693	185.00–230.00	207.58
1	700–750	700	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	317.00	317.00
3	450–500	470	185.00–288.00	251.79
2	500–550	528	200.00–251.00	225.62
1	600–650	625	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	352.50	352.50
3	450–500	471	296.00	296.00
3	500–550	523	305.00	305.00
10	550–600	595	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	221	325.00–350.00	334.35
9	250–300	274	280.00–335.00	306.21
38	300–350	327	275.00–330.00	309.06
35	350–400	370	270.00–335.00	300.50
46	400–450	423	247.00–290.00	276.06
57	450–500	472	236.00–280.00	265.97
35	500–550	523	220.00–272.50	248.62
53	550–600	574	217.00–250.00	237.32
40	600–650	621	200.00–240.00	233.69
5	650–700	664	190.00–237.50	205.71
5	700–750	723	192.00–210.00	199.90
6	750–800	771	190.00–220.00	200.18
1	800–850	835	190.00	190.00
3	850–900	877	150.00–194.00	172.93
1	1000–1050	1,000	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	328	321.00–330.00	323.58
2	400–450	405	282.50	282.50
27	450–500	474	254.00–279.00	259.86
5	500–550	503	240.00	240.00
13	550–600	578	240.00–254.00	250.76
14	600–650	642	219.00	219.00
15	650–700	656	210.00–234.00	230.66
25	700–750	714	205.00	205.00
15	750–800	758	210.00	210.00
14	850–900	855	175.00–179.00	178.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	400	275.00	275.00
41	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
19	650–700	685	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	245.00–247.50	246.53
10	450–500	458	242.50–275.00	264.59
15	550–600	559	255.00–268.00	261.14
5	600–650	647	230.00	230.00
5	650–700	681	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	340.00	340.00
5	200–250	231	300.00–335.00	306.52
10	250–300	274	240.00–300.00	278.56
7	300–350	321	245.00–300.00	276.47
28	350–400	380	230.00–300.00	269.39
19	400–450	422	215.00–287.00	244.63
20	450–500	471	195.00–250.00	229.86
7	500–550	519	180.00–250.00	229.15
3	550–600	580	210.00–232.00	223.89
2	600–650	630	185.00–225.00	204.52
1	650–700	665	172.00	172.00
3	700–750	743	180.00–198.00	191.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	215.00	215.00
1	350–400	395	237.50	237.50
1	400–450	430	266.00	266.00
1	500–550	520	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	185	355.00–405.00	380.68
1	200–250	205	325.00	325.00
2	250–300	270	310.00–390.00	347.04
9	300–350	336	299.00–365.00	331.50
10	350–400	373	265.00–360.00	313.51
14	400–450	418	255.00–325.00	305.07
14	450–500	473	250.00–316.00	279.35
16	500–550	523	247.50–290.00	267.74
8	550–600	568	245.00–272.50	262.31
6	600–650	623	225.00–247.50	233.40
8	650–700	672	195.00–250.00	217.45
12	700–750	718	200.00–230.00	216.55
8	750–800	774	185.00–210.00	203.28
1	800–850	800	163.00	163.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	575	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	295.00	295.00
1	250–300	275	335.00	335.00
6	300–350	331	285.00–314.00	297.09
5	350–400	378	275.00–314.00	294.98
9	400–450	415	215.00–288.00	268.90
6	450–500	472	225.00–280.00	255.85
5	500–550	518	230.00–260.00	245.10
3	550–600	578	240.00–250.00	246.36
1	650–700	675	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	205.00	205.00
1	500–550	535	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	670	212.50–220.00	216.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,149	120.00–126.00	122.68
63	—	1,013	75.00–138.00	116.06
1	—	970	90.00	90.00
22	—	869	75.00–118.00	102.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,099	115.00–135.00	129.47
69	—	1,266	125.00–140.00	132.40
13	—	1,151	119.00–128.50	123.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,121	102.00–134.00	127.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	135.00–139.00	137.10
33	—	1,731	150.00–167.00	158.13
15	—	1,626	135.00–159.00	149.12
25	—	1,605	140.00–159.00	150.49
23	—	1,212	114.00–146.00	135.44

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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