Mississippi Daily Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Mississippi reported 195 priced lines covering 1,771 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,313 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 522 head. replacement cattle receipts at 462 head. Counted as USDA files them — 91 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,313Last week 1,692Year ago 2,536

Slaughter CattleReceipts 522Last week 514Year ago 726

Replacement CattleReceipts 462Last week 533Year ago 656

Cattle auctions at Forest (1,379), Grenada (166), Hattiesburg (0), Houston (162), Macon (272), Meridian (286), West Point (1,032). Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	129.00	129.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,079	1,000.00–2,050.00	1,600.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	110.00	110.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,085	925.00–1,900.00	1,603.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	670	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	963	1,300.00–2,150.00	1,805.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	890	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,123	1,350.00–2,000.00	1,800.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	856	875.00–2,150.00	1,424.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,625	120.00	120.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	934	1,125.00–1,750.00	1,435.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	146.00	146.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,112	1,150.00–1,800.00	1,643.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,005	975.00–1,475.00	1,254.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	988	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,490.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	715	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,150	2,250.00–2,550.00	2,406.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	753	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,408.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	866	1,950.00–2,900.00	2,486.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	983	1,750.00–2,800.00	2,220.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,269	1,500.00–2,100.00	1,966.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	2,550.00	2,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,300	3,400.00	3,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,000	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,987.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	2,375.00	2,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	770	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	955	1,975.00–2,100.00	2,040.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	2,725.00	2,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	1,200.00	1,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	829	975.00–1,125.00	1,043.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	640	850.00–925.00	889.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	810	114.00–148.00	132.40
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	648	700.00–975.00	845.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	660	700.00	700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	614	650.00–700.00	668.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,375	3,100.00	3,100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	100	575.00	575.00
1	100–150	145	340.00	340.00
1	150–200	180	335.00	335.00
4	200–250	225	335.00–345.00	338.89
15	250–300	274	285.00–345.00	324.70
22	300–350	325	285.00–350.00	319.98
37	350–400	375	265.00–335.00	317.37
30	400–450	420	270.00–328.00	295.87
60	450–500	472	255.00–290.00	270.88
28	500–550	524	241.00–270.00	256.25
25	550–600	566	226.00–263.00	247.85
28	600–650	620	225.00–258.00	238.24
29	650–700	671	220.00–247.00	229.70
3	700–750	713	214.00–242.50	225.61
3	750–800	767	208.00–210.00	209.33
1	850–900	855	197.50	197.50
1	900–950	935	183.00	183.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	157.00	157.00
1	1150–1200	1,195	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	382	275.00–297.50	280.35
3	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
26	450–500	479	270.00–276.00	272.97
57	500–550	541	250.00–267.50	264.12
10	600–650	629	225.00–237.00	230.97
17	650–700	674	227.00	227.00
4	700–750	725	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	253.00–260.00	257.03
3	500–550	520	242.50	242.50
7	550–600	559	235.00–238.00	237.13
5	750–800	760	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	655	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	300.00	300.00
3	200–250	228	300.00–305.00	301.79
3	250–300	270	285.00–305.00	296.67
10	300–350	327	275.00–318.00	291.11
19	350–400	367	240.00–302.00	273.64
17	400–450	436	235.00–295.00	259.00
24	450–500	470	235.00–280.00	257.35
7	500–550	519	232.00–247.00	241.07
3	550–600	553	210.00–237.50	226.88
6	600–650	627	200.00–238.00	226.25
2	650–700	658	223.00	223.00
1	700–750	735	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	810	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	225.00	225.00
2	250–300	255	250.00–265.00	257.35
5	300–350	320	187.50–270.00	224.34
5	350–400	372	235.00–268.00	250.92
3	400–450	420	240.00–253.00	248.30
4	450–500	474	200.00–250.00	227.93
2	500–550	535	224.00–232.50	228.17
2	550–600	565	175.00–222.50	199.17
4	700–750	712	200.00–213.00	209.69
1	750–800	750	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	625	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	225	330.00–420.00	379.94
7	250–300	275	375.00–385.00	379.60
13	300–350	325	347.00–380.00	358.65
21	350–400	371	317.50–370.00	354.93
29	400–450	420	312.50–365.00	338.95
31	450–500	472	285.00–327.00	314.14
43	500–550	521	290.00–317.50	299.33
18	550–600	575	260.00–300.00	283.12
6	600–650	619	254.00–277.50	263.05
3	650–700	673	247.50–265.00	254.14
4	700–750	705	230.00–259.00	243.79
1	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	850	218.00	218.00
1	900–950	915	195.00	195.00
1	1250–1300	1,250	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	228	679.00	679.00
11	300–350	320	482.00	482.00
7	400–450	405	345.00	345.00
24	450–500	463	300.00–335.00	317.87
43	500–550	532	292.50–335.00	303.00
9	600–650	610	260.00–286.00	277.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	476	307.50–326.00	316.99
3	550–600	570	307.00	307.00
5	600–650	613	265.00–291.00	280.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	340.00–370.00	355.69
4	300–350	318	287.50–365.00	316.99
14	350–400	369	300.00–375.00	340.93
4	400–450	423	305.00–333.00	323.89
6	450–500	475	255.00–325.00	290.50
5	500–550	531	265.00–287.00	272.27
6	550–600	577	250.00–278.00	261.34
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	680	254.00	254.00
1	700–750	740	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
4	350–400	364	227.50–358.00	323.89
2	400–450	423	308.00–310.00	309.04
10	450–500	467	305.00–318.00	316.42
2	500–550	540	225.00–240.00	232.43
1	600–650	645	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	678	225.00–235.00	229.91
1	700–750	705	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	50–100	90	625.00	625.00
3	100–150	118	600.00–750.00	664.08
2	150–200	175	400.00	400.00
6	200–250	223	310.00–408.00	366.73
5	250–300	262	370.00–400.00	380.95
10	300–350	327	312.50–370.00	347.02
32	350–400	373	310.00–380.00	345.88
31	400–450	421	295.00–350.00	326.82
30	450–500	472	272.50–330.00	309.37
18	500–550	519	255.00–308.00	290.06
17	550–600	567	240.00–285.00	271.34
14	600–650	623	212.50–260.00	245.04
5	650–700	675	200.00–255.00	226.19
4	700–750	726	220.00–240.00	229.59
5	750–800	775	200.00–230.00	217.29
1	850–900	880	187.50	187.50
1	900–950	935	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	210.00–250.00	231.30
1	300–350	305	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	365	250.00–275.00	262.16
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	635	208.00	208.00
1	650–700	670	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	330.00	330.00
3	200–250	220	275.00–315.00	295.38
5	250–300	278	320.00–360.00	346.67
6	300–350	326	320.00–345.00	330.81
10	350–400	374	300.00–337.00	318.41
6	400–450	426	285.00–314.00	301.13
10	450–500	469	276.00–292.50	284.98
6	500–550	518	240.00–280.00	267.59
7	550–600	574	235.00–255.00	246.65
2	600–650	628	200.00–222.00	211.31
3	650–700	675	216.00–235.00	227.65
1	700–750	725	160.00	160.00
1	800–850	830	150.00	150.00
1	850–900	870	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	120.00–124.00	122.19
4	—	1,409	131.00–146.00	138.98
17	—	1,650	131.00–154.50	145.52
22	—	1,512	126.00–154.50	144.34
3	—	1,928	150.00–156.00	153.48
6	—	1,140	130.00–137.00	133.81
1	—	1,185	113.00	113.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,124	110.00–125.00	119.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,026	110.00–117.00	113.06
2	—	893	89.00–90.00	89.44
25	—	827	70.00–114.00	99.84
75	—	1,004	94.00–127.00	111.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,261	122.00–136.00	127.40
18	—	1,078	112.00–129.00	115.63
98	—	1,150	111.00–129.00	120.97

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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