Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-04-26

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 26
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 510▼ 205 vs year ago 611 · −33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 67▲ 28 vs year ago 86 · +32.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 120▼ 5 vs year ago 127 · −3.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold lower 5.00-18.00; feeder heifers sold lower 1.00-15.00; slaughter cows sold firmer; slaughter bulls sold lower 1.00-4.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.32/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$118.32
133 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493120.53594108
Medium and Large 3420108.7845725
One grade step is worth $11.75/cwt here — about $137 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 sale133 hd
118.32
—
MS average13 barns · 1,061 hd
122.41
−4.09
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—High1,70583.151,41722
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18468.4081055
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47058.818654thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02556.5458018

Every lot

46 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 1220161.80/cwt155.00–170.003565
Steers—Medium and Large 1275160.22/cwt157.50–162.504416
Steers—Medium and Large 1378140.43/cwt135.00–144.005317
Steers—Medium and Large 1425139.29/cwt134.00–144.0059214
Steers—Medium and Large 1473134.92/cwt130.00–140.0063815
Steers—Medium and Large 1522135.64/cwt134.00–137.507089
Steers—Medium and Large 1575131.41/cwt127.50–135.007566
Steers—Medium and Large 1620128.09/cwt126.00–131.007945
Steers—Medium and Large 1679123.09/cwt120.00–125.008365
Steers—Medium and Large 1726117.77/cwt110.00–124.0085513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275139.53/cwt130.00–147.503846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325134.45/cwt128.00–140.004376
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325115.80/cwt108.00–122.503768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375124.26/cwt120.00–128.0046616
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377111.55/cwt100.00–120.0042111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426126.15/cwt118.00–132.5053715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476125.22/cwt118.00–131.0059617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526118.57/cwt113.00–123.0062415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578110.92/cwt105.00–115.006417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622112.35/cwt104.00–126.0069920
Heifers—Medium and Large 362594.35/cwt85.00–103.005906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700102.00/cwt102.00–102.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 177098.52/cwt96.00–101.007592
Heifers—Medium and Large 183385.59/cwt76.00–95.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 185092.00/cwt92.00–92.007821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325139.22/cwt132.50–145.004526
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377137.64/cwt130.00–143.005199
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425129.52/cwt120.00–138.0055018
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475125.91/cwt112.50–138.0059814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521123.97/cwt119.00–130.006467
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575126.04/cwt119.00–132.507258
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625107.99/cwt95.00–120.0067510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675114.15/cwt110.00–118.007718
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50073.50/cwt60.00–87.001,10310
Bulls——1,87591.20/cwt87.00–94.001,71012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02556.54/cwt46.00–64.0058018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03562.72/cwt57.50–66.0064917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25070.94/cwt66.00–75.5088738
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47058.81/cwt52.00–65.008654
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1925733.65/cwt585.00–835.006,78612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1958758.50/cwt600.00–885.007,26614
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,075966.28/cwt800.00–1,075.0010,38820
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1870714.22/cwt700.00–725.006,2146
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1925954.05/cwt900.00–1,000.008,8256
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1935843.18/cwt685.00–975.007,88416
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0451,257.06/cwt1,085.00–1,375.0013,13618

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.