Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-03-30

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 30
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 137▲ 249 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 23▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 38▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers were higher 1-5 ; feeder heifers were higher 1-4 ; feeder groups were weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s ; slaughter cows were lower 1-8 ; slaughter bulls were lower 1-4

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.97/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$121.97
84 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$172
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.43
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2437125.1454644
Medium and Large 3340120.7041012thin
Medium and Large 1-2611117.5271828
One grade step is worth $7.63/cwt here — about −$172 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 sale84 hd
121.97
—
MS average12 barns · 638 hd
123.40
−1.43
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—High1,66088.021,4618thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21860.2973538
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53555.5485314
CowsLean 85-90%Average97553.4052114

Every lot

34 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2223158.26/cwt150.00–165.003534
Steers—Medium and Large 2273149.59/cwt145.00–155.004086
Steers—Medium and Large 3273139.04/cwt132.00–145.003804
Steers—Medium and Large 1323154.01/cwt150.00–157.504974
Steers—Medium and Large 1473153.14/cwt150.00–156.007244
Steers—Medium and Large 2573129.04/cwt128.00–130.007394
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686113.82/cwt112.00–117.007818
Steers—Medium and Large 1723106.52/cwt106.00–107.007704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2869103.00/cwt103.00–103.008958
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273135.87/cwt131.00–140.003718
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273125.41/cwt120.00–130.003428
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323131.35/cwt126.00–136.004248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403145.00/cwt145.00–145.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423130.79/cwt125.00–136.005534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473124.74/cwt124.50–125.005904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473123.05/cwt122.00–124.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473111.29/cwt105.00–117.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523120.69/cwt116.00–125.0063112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547125.00/cwt125.00–125.006845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565121.51/cwt117.00–125.006877
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573113.12/cwt110.00–116.006488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611120.00/cwt120.00–120.007332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708102.00/cwt102.00–102.007223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-287696.00/cwt96.00–96.008415
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473134.19/cwt130.00–138.006356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523124.30/cwt117.00–131.006506
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573114.20/cwt109.00–119.006544
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,66088.02/cwt85.00–90.501,4618
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97553.40/cwt45.50–59.5052114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10054.18/cwt52.00–56.005968
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25061.92/cwt57.50–66.0077430
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53555.54/cwt53.00–57.5085314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1993703.88/cwt560.00–800.006,9906
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,130834.40/cwt700.00–925.009,42922

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.