Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-08-10

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
587 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 590▲ 587 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 87▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 63▲ 82 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 steady to 4 higher; feeder heifers were mixed; slaughter cows lower 1-4; slaughter bulls were lower 1-2

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.70/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$125.70
129 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497127.26632101
Medium and Large 3389120.0846728
One grade step is worth $7.18/cwt here — about $165 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 sale129 hd
125.70
—
MS average13 barns · 1,205 hd
124.22
+1.48
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—High1,67090.381,50912
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11060.5367230
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57059.709378thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92751.3247622

Every lot

41 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275185.45/cwt180.00–190.0051012
Steers—Medium and Large 1325184.41/cwt175.00–192.5059912
Steers—Medium and Large 3325140.76/cwt130.00–150.004574
Steers—Medium and Large 3375143.95/cwt132.50–154.005408
Steers—Medium and Large 1425153.17/cwt150.00–156.0065112
Steers—Medium and Large 1475138.15/cwt135.00–141.0065616
Steers—Medium and Large 1525136.09/cwt134.00–138.0071414
Steers—Medium and Large 1575133.61/cwt131.00–136.0076810
Steers—Medium and Large 1625132.24/cwt126.00–138.0082710
Steers—Medium and Large 1700116.00/cwt116.00–116.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3702116.00/cwt116.00–116.008144
Steers—Medium and Large 1835117.00/cwt117.00–117.009771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325139.03/cwt135.00–142.5045214
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325124.41/cwt115.00–132.5040416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375136.13/cwt134.00–138.0051010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425130.06/cwt129.00–131.0055318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475129.05/cwt128.00–130.0061318
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475114.31/cwt108.00–120.0054312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525129.19/cwt125.00–133.0067812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625123.42/cwt119.00–127.5077120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707108.31/cwt103.00–116.007663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757103.41/cwt90.00–113.007833
Heifers—Medium and Large 181579.04/cwt77.00–81.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 185570.00/cwt70.00–70.005991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3408134.00/cwt134.00–134.005478
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425139.40/cwt127.50–150.0059210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475127.36/cwt120.00–134.0060514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490126.00/cwt126.00–126.006178
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525127.90/cwt119.00–136.0067114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575126.61/cwt124.00–129.0072810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625116.95/cwt105.00–128.007316
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67090.38/cwt84.00–95.001,50912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80039.78/cwt35.00–44.003186
Cows—Boner 80-85%97557.67/cwt54.00–60.5056212
Cows—Lean 85-90%97555.65/cwt45.50–63.5054316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20062.44/cwt60.00–64.5074918
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57059.70/cwt56.50–62.009378
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1825921.36/cwt725.00–1,085.007,60110
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1001,226.14/cwt950.00–1,400.0013,4888
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1883739.73/cwt700.00–775.006,53212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1201,054.24/cwt775.00–1,225.0011,80748

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.