Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-01-25

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 25
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 515▲ 35 vs year ago 305 · +11.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 83▼ 41 vs year ago 81 · −50.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
175 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 123▲ 64 vs year ago 111 · +57.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold lower 1.00-7.00 ;feeder heifers sold mixed; slaughter cows sold higher 1.00-6.00; slaughter bulls sold higher 1.00-5.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.57/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$124.57
79 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.68
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414126.3152373
Medium and Large 3475103.364916thin
One grade step is worth $22.95/cwt here — about $32 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 sale79 hd
124.57
—
MS average12 barns · 768 hd
119.88
+4.68
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—High1,53481.101,24410
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20455.9067328
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02550.685196thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3225149.41/cwt130.00–165.003366
Steers—Medium and Large 1235175.62/cwt165.00–185.004132
Steers—Medium and Large 1325162.18/cwt156.00–167.505276
Steers—Medium and Large 1375157.46/cwt150.00–164.005904
Steers—Medium and Large 1425152.00/cwt147.50–156.0064614
Steers—Medium and Large 1475141.15/cwt138.00–144.006704
Steers—Medium and Large 1525137.05/cwt136.00–138.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1760106.00/cwt100.00–112.008062
Steers—Medium and Large 1810112.00/cwt112.00–112.009071
Steers—Medium and Large 185591.00/cwt91.00–91.007781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225158.86/cwt145.00–170.0035710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275145.89/cwt135.00–155.004016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325137.53/cwt130.00–144.004476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375125.33/cwt120.00–130.004708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425118.58/cwt108.00–128.0050414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475113.94/cwt110.00–117.5054112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475103.36/cwt96.00–110.004916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525112.80/cwt106.00–119.0059210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625112.27/cwt105.00–119.007026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715100.00/cwt100.00–100.007151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425131.75/cwt118.00–144.0056010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475124.73/cwt120.00–129.005926
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25070.40/cwt59.00–78.008804
Bulls——1,72388.23/cwt84.00–91.501,5206
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02550.72/cwt47.50–53.005208
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02550.68/cwt46.00–54.005196
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27557.97/cwt54.00–61.5073920
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1793788.49/cwt700.00–850.006,25314
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1933776.88/cwt600.00–925.007,24818
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1788513.49/cwt400.00–675.004,04624
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1873532.02/cwt475.00–575.004,64510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,105792.31/cwt620.00–900.008,75590

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.