Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2020-12-14

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 14
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
708 head
▼ 355 vs last sale 1,063▲ 76 vs year ago 632 · +12.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 151▲ 63 vs year ago 49 · +128.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 190▼ 14 vs year ago 134 · −10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold lower 2.00-10.00; feeder heifers sold lower 2.00-8.00; feeder calf groups were weaned and had 2 rounds of shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold lower 1.00-2.00; slaughter bulls sold lower 1.00-2.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.52/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$152.52
148 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.05
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1393154.40608128
Medium and Large 3370140.5052020
One grade step is worth $13.90/cwt here — about $88 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 sale148 hd
152.52
—
MS average13 barns · 1,780 hd
143.47
+9.05
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24049.3361260
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61347.647688thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97539.5938612

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1225170.52/cwt152.50–185.0038414
Steers—Medium and Large 1275159.80/cwt150.00–168.0043918
Steers—Medium and Large 3275145.45/cwt140.00–150.004006
Steers—Medium and Large 1325167.45/cwt157.50–176.0054420
Steers—Medium and Large 1375163.46/cwt156.00–170.0061322
Steers—Medium and Large 3375143.15/cwt132.50–152.505374
Steers—Medium and Large 1425157.52/cwt148.00–166.0066918
Steers—Medium and Large 3425136.46/cwt128.00–144.0058010
Steers—Medium and Large 1475147.05/cwt141.00–152.506988
Steers—Medium and Large 1525134.08/cwt121.00–146.0070410
Steers—Medium and Large 1566125.70/cwt119.00–138.0071115
Steers—Medium and Large 1710109.00/cwt109.00–109.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 177597.00/cwt97.00–97.007521
Steers—Medium and Large 1840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225151.09/cwt140.00–160.0034022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275138.71/cwt130.00–146.0038116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325139.68/cwt130.00–148.0045416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375128.63/cwt122.50–134.0048212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375107.99/cwt100.00–115.004056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425127.75/cwt114.00–140.0054330
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425111.59/cwt110.00–113.004744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475120.91/cwt107.50–133.0057416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525109.94/cwt100.00–119.0057712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730100.00/cwt100.00–100.007301
Heifers—Medium and Large 176574.00/cwt74.00–74.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 182575.02/cwt73.00–77.006192
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97539.59/cwt30.00–47.0038612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10045.00/cwt42.00–47.5049512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27550.41/cwt47.50–53.0064348
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61347.64/cwt46.50–48.507688
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1840552.23/cwt400.00–675.004,63926
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1923597.15/cwt500.00–650.005,51210
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,115839.24/cwt700.00–925.009,35868

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.