Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, May 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
375 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 440▲ 375 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 86▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 185▲ 91 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 lower 1-8 ; feeder heifers were lower 2-8 ; slaughter cows firmer ; slaughter bulls firmer

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.67/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$128.67
69 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$405
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$31.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.19
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3293140.1741110thin
Medium and Large 2429137.5558936
Medium and Large 2-3541111.296027thin
Medium and Large 1748109.1081616thin
One grade step is worth $31.07/cwt here — about −$405 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 sale69 hd
128.67
—
MS average13 barns · 1,042 hd
128.48
+0.19
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—Average1,64089.291,46418
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21360.1372948
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39058.6881614
CowsLean 85-90%Low89743.2638818

Every lot

32 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2273153.25/cwt150.00–156.004186
Steers—Medium and Large 3273141.95/cwt136.00–147.003886
Steers—Medium and Large 3323137.49/cwt130.00–144.004444
Steers—Medium and Large 2373145.30/cwt140.00–150.0054210
Steers—Medium and Large 2423135.27/cwt130.00–140.005726
Steers—Medium and Large 2473135.24/cwt130.00–140.006408
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3522113.00/cwt113.00–113.005903
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006114
Steers—Medium and Large 2623114.29/cwt106.00–122.007126
Steers—Medium and Large 1723110.76/cwt102.00–119.0080112
Steers—Medium and Large 1823104.11/cwt100.00–108.008574
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273125.41/cwt120.00–130.003426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323129.09/cwt120.00–137.0041710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423118.43/cwt110.00–126.005018
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423108.21/cwt104.00–112.004586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473115.62/cwt113.00–118.005478
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523115.69/cwt111.00–120.006058
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3548109.00/cwt109.00–109.005973
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573111.72/cwt106.00–117.0064010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623100.63/cwt97.00–104.006278
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423130.63/cwt128.00–133.005538
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523115.04/cwt102.00–127.006026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623102.14/cwt98.00–106.006366
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25080.40/cwt72.00–86.001,0056
Bulls——1,83593.74/cwt88.00–97.701,72012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80029.38/cwt23.00–35.002358
Cows—Lean 85-90%97554.36/cwt49.00–58.5053010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02553.80/cwt50.00–56.5055112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27562.24/cwt58.00–66.0079436
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39058.68/cwt53.00–63.5081614
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0601,269.34/cwt850.00–1,550.0013,45528
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1301,018.36/cwt800.00–1,150.0011,50750

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.