Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2019-12-09

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 9
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
690 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 660▲ 690 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 164▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 171▲ 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cows lower 1-6;slaughter bulls lower 1-5; feeder steers higher 1-10; feeder heifers higher 1-10; local trade on feeder calves was good

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.04/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$113.04
134 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.55
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523118.1161848
Medium and Large 2414113.6547064
Medium and Large 3400100.2140122
One grade step is worth $17.90/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale134 hd
113.04
—
MS average13 barns · 1,449 hd
112.49
+0.55
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
Bulls—Average1,62569.431,12820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25045.685716thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17745.3053326
CowsLean 85-90%Low94836.1434330

Every lot

42 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273154.71/cwt152.00–157.004224
Steers—Medium and Large 2273146.50/cwt140.00–152.004004
Steers—Medium and Large 3273126.50/cwt120.00–132.003454
Steers—Medium and Large 1323161.28/cwt157.00–165.005216
Steers—Medium and Large 1373156.24/cwt152.00–160.0058312
Steers—Medium and Large 2373147.30/cwt142.00–152.005496
Steers—Medium and Large 1423146.32/cwt140.00–152.0061912
Steers—Medium and Large 2423135.16/cwt132.00–138.005728
Steers—Medium and Large 3423126.32/cwt120.00–132.005344
Steers—Medium and Large 1473146.29/cwt140.00–152.0069216
Steers—Medium and Large 2473132.29/cwt126.00–138.006264
Steers—Medium and Large 1523139.39/cwt130.00–148.0072910
Steers—Medium and Large 1573137.20/cwt132.00–142.007866
Steers—Medium and Large 2573118.64/cwt115.00–122.006806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593123.00/cwt123.00–123.007293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2962108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0394
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3223108.26/cwt100.00–115.002414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273118.79/cwt115.00–122.0032410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273105.41/cwt100.00–110.002884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323117.21/cwt114.00–120.003796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373132.71/cwt129.00–136.0049510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373119.30/cwt114.00–124.0044510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423125.27/cwt120.00–130.005308
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423112.90/cwt105.00–120.0047814
Heifers—Medium and Large 342396.95/cwt88.00–105.004108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473120.24/cwt115.00–125.005698
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473110.71/cwt106.00–115.0052416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523118.34/cwt110.00–126.006196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573104.68/cwt100.00–109.006008
Heifers—Medium and Large 357395.72/cwt90.00–101.005486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673106.72/cwt100.00–113.0071810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723100.16/cwt95.00–105.007246
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25061.20/cwt54.00–66.007656
Bulls——1,78572.96/cwt66.00–78.001,30214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87526.57/cwt20.00–31.502328
Cows—Lean 85-90%97539.62/cwt32.00–45.5038622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10044.18/cwt42.00–46.0048616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25045.68/cwt44.00–47.005716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30047.08/cwt46.00–48.0061210
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1651,235.52/cwt1,050.00–1,375.0014,39418
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,014770.73/cwt450.00–975.007,81568
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,015591.93/cwt550.00–625.006,0088

This sale against other markets

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.