Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2022-01-31

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 31
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
509 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 499▲ 144 vs year ago 365 · +39.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 126▲ 46 vs year ago 70 · +65.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 104▼ 58 vs year ago 130 · −44.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold higher 5.00-20.00; feeder heifers sold steady; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold higher 1.00-2.00; 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 $137.63/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$137.63
148 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.19
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1439144.9163694
Medium and Large 1-2740130.0096210thin
Medium and Large 3448123.8155544
One grade step is worth $21.10/cwt here — about $81 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
137.63
—
MS average13 barns · 1,177 hd
140.82
−3.19
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—Average1,73396.251,66813
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21474.6790766
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49572.301,0816thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94546.0543537

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1225211.09/cwt200.00–220.0047510
Steers—Medium and Large 3225181.09/cwt170.00–190.004078
Steers—Medium and Large 1275210.89/cwt200.00–220.005808
Steers—Medium and Large 1326203.20/cwt187.50–215.0066215
Steers—Medium and Large 3375153.48/cwt137.50–167.5057612
Steers—Medium and Large 1376192.64/cwt180.00–202.5072417
Steers—Medium and Large 1425180.70/cwt172.50–188.0076814
Steers—Medium and Large 1478182.86/cwt176.00–187.508747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487168.00/cwt168.00–168.008183
Steers—Medium and Large 1525163.00/cwt157.50–168.0085610
Steers—Medium and Large 1625132.60/cwt130.00–135.008292
Steers—Medium and Large 1720127.00/cwt127.00–127.009141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0417
Steers—Medium and Large 1860123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3225138.32/cwt130.00–145.003116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228168.10/cwt152.50–177.503837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1276164.82/cwt147.50–177.5045515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326158.97/cwt144.00–170.0051813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375146.93/cwt140.00–153.0055114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375124.92/cwt110.00–138.0046810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426145.62/cwt140.00–150.0062015
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476123.38/cwt115.00–130.0058715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525135.23/cwt130.00–140.007108
Heifers—Medium and Large 3576116.75/cwt105.00–126.0067213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625124.35/cwt115.00–133.0077710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711134.00/cwt134.00–134.009536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715108.28/cwt100.00–125.007743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783123.99/cwt121.00–127.009714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783112.57/cwt83.00–124.008818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810114.00/cwt114.00–114.009231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375153.36/cwt123.00–180.0057512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475154.59/cwt142.50–168.0073412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525140.93/cwt120.00–160.0074016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1671123.04/cwt115.00–133.008267
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33369.00/cwt63.00–71.009203
Bulls——1,853104.43/cwt95.50–110.501,93510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80030.09/cwt20.00–39.0024114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02562.61/cwt55.00–68.0064216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03355.76/cwt40.00–66.0057623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27578.53/cwt69.00–87.001,00150
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49572.30/cwt65.00–79.001,0816
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1938689.34/cwt500.00–800.006,46613
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0501,133.33/cwt800.00–1,360.0011,90020
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1925843.24/cwt650.00–975.007,8006
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0251,146.34/cwt1,000.00–1,250.0011,75016

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.