Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-08-31

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 31
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
577 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 535▲ 577 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 74▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 129▲ 75 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 1-9; feeder heifers were lower 1-6; slaughter cows steady; slaughter bulls higher 1-4; feeder calf groups had shots and most were weaned

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.21/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$134.21
73 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.15
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563135.9576547
Medium and Large 1-2558131.0573126
One grade step is worth $4.90/cwt here — about $34 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 sale73 hd
134.21
—
MS average12 barns · 993 hd
137.36
−3.15
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—High1,70590.481,54312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11359.8566624
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45359.298618thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94248.3145524

Every lot

35 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375170.40/cwt168.00–172.506396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410156.00/cwt156.00–156.006403
Steers—Medium and Large 1425160.35/cwt154.00–166.006818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477134.70/cwt129.00–144.006435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574126.73/cwt126.00–127.507278
Steers—Medium and Large 1575127.09/cwt125.00–129.0073114
Steers—Medium and Large 1625126.64/cwt123.00–130.0079212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658124.00/cwt124.00–124.008164
Steers—Medium and Large 1720115.69/cwt112.00–119.008334
Steers—Medium and Large 1775111.49/cwt110.00–113.008642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808118.00/cwt118.00–118.009532
Steers—Medium and Large 1820100.00/cwt100.00–100.008201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275121.26/cwt112.00–129.0033310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375122.46/cwt115.00–129.0045912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418123.00/cwt123.00–123.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2457115.00/cwt115.00–115.005263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513116.93/cwt113.00–120.006007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525122.09/cwt120.00–124.0064114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575120.11/cwt117.50–122.5069112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625114.24/cwt108.00–120.007148
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375158.52/cwt150.00–166.005948
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475127.09/cwt115.00–138.0060412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525120.23/cwt115.00–125.0063118
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575111.47/cwt100.00–122.006418
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,70590.48/cwt86.00–94.001,54312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87539.57/cwt35.00–43.003468
Cows—Lean 85-90%97552.68/cwt44.50–59.0051416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02557.76/cwt56.00–59.0059212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20061.94/cwt59.50–64.0074312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45359.29/cwt56.00–62.008618
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0201,133.33/cwt1,075.00–1,175.0011,56010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1895815.92/cwt725.00–875.007,3028
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1900652.08/cwt550.00–725.005,86916
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,113858.15/cwt750.00–925.009,55132

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.