Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-05-04

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, May 4
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
440 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 611▲ 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 86▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 127▲ 185 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 1-13 ; feeder heifers under 450# higher 2-8 ;over 450# steady ; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s ; slaughter cows firmer ;slaughter bulls higher 2-8

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.48/cwt on 161 head.
Average price
$122.48
161 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$39.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.02
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537133.2171560
Medium and Large 2480132.2763544
Medium and Large 1-2785105.8083047
Medium and Large 2-375793.4070710thin
One grade step is worth $39.81/cwt here — about $8 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 sale161 hd
122.48
—
MS average12 barns · 1,469 hd
126.50
−4.02
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—High1,69090.451,52914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57861.2896714
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23359.5373442
CowsLean 85-90%Average97550.1848912

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323165.21/cwt162.00–168.005346
Steers—Medium and Large 2323153.21/cwt150.00–156.004956
Steers—Medium and Large 1373154.12/cwt152.00–156.005758
Steers—Medium and Large 2423138.63/cwt136.00–141.0058610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427142.00/cwt142.00–142.006065
Steers—Medium and Large 1430142.72/cwt141.00–146.006146
Steers—Medium and Large 1473142.62/cwt140.00–145.006754
Steers—Medium and Large 2473134.19/cwt130.00–138.006358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006897
Steers—Medium and Large 1523134.13/cwt131.00–137.0070110
Steers—Medium and Large 2523126.22/cwt121.00–131.006606
Steers—Medium and Large 1573126.56/cwt125.00–128.007254
Steers—Medium and Large 2573120.24/cwt114.00–126.0068914
Steers—Medium and Large 1623123.14/cwt119.00–127.0076710
Steers—Medium and Large 2-366798.50/cwt98.50–98.506574
Steers—Medium and Large 1673117.55/cwt116.00–119.007914
Steers—Medium and Large 1773101.57/cwt99.00–104.007854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808103.75/cwt103.75–103.7583813
Steers—Medium and Large 2-381790.00/cwt90.00–90.007356
Steers—Medium and Large 182396.57/cwt94.00–99.007954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-294089.50/cwt89.50–89.5084122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323138.74/cwt135.00–142.004484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323128.02/cwt120.00–135.004146
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373122.77/cwt118.00–127.004586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423129.27/cwt124.00–134.005478
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423118.74/cwt114.00–123.005028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473115.76/cwt110.00–121.0054816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523113.78/cwt107.00–120.0059514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573109.60/cwt107.00–112.006288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607102.00/cwt102.00–102.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623101.22/cwt95.00–107.006314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275380.00/cwt80.00–80.006022
Heifers—Medium and Large 176382.01/cwt80.00–84.006262
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69090.45/cwt83.50–96.001,52914
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97550.18/cwt42.00–56.5048912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15055.11/cwt52.00–57.5063414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27561.74/cwt57.50–65.5078728
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57861.28/cwt56.00–65.5096714
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1825916.82/cwt640.00–1,075.007,56452
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1131,039.04/cwt900.00–1,125.0011,56518
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2151,498.87/cwt1,125.00–1,700.0018,21150
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,213960.10/cwt775.00–1,060.0011,64634

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.