Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2021-09-20

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 20
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
549 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 687▼ 104 vs year ago 653 · −15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 159▲ 52 vs year ago 95 · +54.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 163▲ 72 vs year ago 119 · +60.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold mixed; feeder heifers sold mixed; feeder calf groups were reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold lower 1.00-5.00; slaughter bulls sold lower 1,00-9,00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.80/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$116.80
145 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.07
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461124.8657691
Medium and Large 3380105.1940049
Medium and Large 1-278884.006625thin
One grade step is worth $40.86/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale145 hd
116.80
—
MS average13 barns · 1,342 hd
125.87
−9.07
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—High1,57583.191,31124
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43562.108916thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11161.9668977
CowsLean 85-90%Low99554.4554239

Every lot

45 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3225146.09/cwt135.00–155.003298
Steers—Medium and Large 1325164.79/cwt150.00–177.5053616
Steers—Medium and Large 1375160.65/cwt150.00–170.0060210
Steers—Medium and Large 1425152.28/cwt138.00–165.0064714
Steers—Medium and Large 1475146.41/cwt138.00–154.006956
Steers—Medium and Large 1525131.43/cwt127.50–135.0069010
Steers—Medium and Large 1575130.89/cwt127.50–134.007538
Steers—Medium and Large 1625128.08/cwt126.00–130.008018
Steers—Medium and Large 1725124.50/cwt120.00–129.009032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3225111.09/cwt100.00–120.002508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275134.53/cwt125.00–142.503706
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275120.45/cwt115.00–125.003314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325137.18/cwt131.00–142.5044612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325123.07/cwt115.00–130.0040012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375133.09/cwt127.50–138.0049910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426127.56/cwt115.00–137.5054317
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426102.76/cwt90.00–112.5043813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475123.02/cwt112.50–132.5058414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525120.82/cwt108.00–132.5063414
Heifers—Medium and Large 352580.93/cwt60.00–100.0042512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578115.11/cwt108.00–120.006657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628109.72/cwt105.00–113.006897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727104.25/cwt100.00–110.007583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-272875.00/cwt75.00–75.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790109.00/cwt109.00–109.008611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-282890.00/cwt90.00–90.007453
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325132.14/cwt123.00–140.0042914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378141.71/cwt120.00–156.005367
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428131.99/cwt120.00–140.005657
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476124.27/cwt114.00–132.5059217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525119.51/cwt108.00–130.006278
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575113.40/cwt100.00–128.006526
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25076.20/cwt60.00–87.009538
Bulls——1,73886.69/cwt83.00–89.501,50716
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79035.16/cwt30.00–42.002785
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02557.29/cwt45.00–66.0058734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02858.52/cwt49.00–65.0060251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27568.71/cwt65.00–72.0087626
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43562.10/cwt58.00–65.508916
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1925678.38/cwt500.00–800.006,27526
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,075906.40/cwt725.00–1,025.009,744100
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,075736.05/cwt600.00–825.007,91310
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1925812.84/cwt685.00–900.007,51926
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0751,131.98/cwt875.00–1,300.0012,1698
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,075946.51/cwt750.00–1,075.0010,17512

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.