Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-01-16

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 16
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
528 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 473▲ 303 vs year ago 225 · +134.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 139▲ 20 vs year ago 86 · +23.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 111▲ 69 vs year ago 71 · +97.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold mixed ; feeder heifers sold mixed; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots giving them added value and reported as 1-2s ; slaughter cows sold 1.00-5.00 higher; slaughter bulls sold 1.00-6.00 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.36/cwt on 141 head.
Average price
$180.36
141 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$363
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.95
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521191.971,00012thin
Medium and Large 1470183.0986095
Medium and Large 3378168.6563734
One grade step is worth $23.32/cwt here — about $363 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 sale141 hd
180.36
—
MS average13 barns · 1,933 hd
185.31
−4.95
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—High1,51389.011,34722
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63373.831,20610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18472.0785344
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low87044.2938530

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,018$98064
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$6804thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)972$1,00532
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$43538

Every lot

57 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1225211.64/cwt195.00–225.004766
Steers—Medium and Large 1275208.62/cwt195.00–220.0057410
Steers—Medium and Large 3275185.45/cwt180.00–190.005108
Steers—Medium and Large 1325204.79/cwt190.00–217.5066624
Steers—Medium and Large 1375200.65/cwt190.00–210.0075212
Steers—Medium and Large 3375168.11/cwt150.00–184.0063016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added413200.00/cwt200.00–200.008262
Steers—Medium and Large 1425192.28/cwt178.00–205.0081712
Steers—Medium and Large 3425159.83/cwt140.00–177.506796
Steers—Medium and Large 1475181.15/cwt178.00–184.008606
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488184.00/cwt184.00–184.008983
Steers—Medium and Large 1525162.09/cwt160.00–164.008516
Steers—Medium and Large 3525150.47/cwt140.00–160.007904
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566193.09/cwt176.00–200.001,0937
Steers—Medium and Large 1625143.20/cwt138.00–148.008954
Steers—Medium and Large 1728138.07/cwt134.00–142.001,0052
Steers—Medium and Large 1840132.47/cwt127.00–138.001,1132
Steers—Medium and Large 1850132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1221
Steers—Medium and Large 1933107.48/cwt105.00–110.001,0032
Steers—Medium and Large 11,035109.66/cwt108.00–113.001,1353
Steers—Medium and Large 11,060110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1661
Steers—Medium and Large 11,123112.91/cwt105.00–121.001,2682
Steers—Medium and Large 11,178111.00/cwt110.00–112.001,3082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225185.53/cwt170.00–198.004176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275175.22/cwt172.50–177.504826
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275158.61/cwt142.00–172.5043612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325168.68/cwt162.50–174.0054810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375165.72/cwt158.00–172.5062112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375144.65/cwt130.00–157.505428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425164.73/cwt156.00–172.5070012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425134.54/cwt120.00–147.5057216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475163.15/cwt150.00–175.007756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525165.94/cwt156.00–175.008716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625134.09/cwt125.00–142.5083810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735112.00/cwt112.00–112.008231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840100.00/cwt100.00–100.008401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325182.69/cwt180.00–185.005948
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475159.98/cwt140.00–178.0076016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525143.08/cwt130.00–155.0075112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625124.55/cwt110.00–138.0077810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1745127.00/cwt126.00–128.009462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25082.40/cwt72.50–89.001,03012
Bulls——1,82896.95/cwt94.00–99.001,77210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%65024.04/cwt20.00–27.001564
Cows—Lean 85-90%80037.17/cwt30.00–43.5029714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02562.20/cwt54.00–68.0063816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02559.34/cwt45.00–69.5060812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27577.71/cwt69.50–85.0099128
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63373.83/cwt67.00–78.501,20610
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 19251,008.11/head800.00–1,150.001,00814
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1925890.54/head730.00–1,000.008918
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0751,200.58/head1,125.00–1,250.001,2014
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0751,020.35/head975.00–1,050.001,0206
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1925435.14/head340.00–500.0043538
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1925804.05/head590.00–950.0080430
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1925679.73/head650.00–700.006804
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1001,135.80/head875.00–1,300.001,13634

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.