Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2023-01-30

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 30
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 271▼ 263 vs year ago 509 · −51.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 73▼ 22 vs year ago 116 · −19.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 169▼ 2 vs year ago 72 · −2.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers sold 2.00-12.00 higher; feeder heifers sold mixed; feeder calf groups were not weaned however had been given shots and reported as #1-2s; slaughter cows sold 1.00-4.00 higher; slaughter bulls sold 1.00 - 5.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.47/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$151.47
99 head · 386 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$226
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$25.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.40
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2423167.007063thin
Medium and Large 1429160.6368948
Medium and Large 3340141.3448048
One grade step is worth $25.66/cwt here — about $226 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 sale99 hd
151.47
—
MS average13 barns · 901 hd
158.87
−7.40
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—Average1,57098.381,54514
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23177.1995034
CowsLean 85-90%Low86642.8437146

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)1,022$71018
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$6876
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$8064thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$46340

Every lot

37 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 1225206.93/cwt200.00–212.504666
Steers—Medium and Large 3225169.41/cwt150.00–185.003816
Steers—Medium and Large 1275214.98/cwt200.00–227.5059110
Steers—Medium and Large 1325209.41/cwt200.00–217.5068110
Steers—Medium and Large 3325172.10/cwt160.00–182.505596
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2344218.00/cwt218.00–218.007504
Steers—Medium and Large 1375192.99/cwt185.00–200.0072412
Steers—Medium and Large 3375152.31/cwt135.00–167.505718
Steers—Medium and Large 1475177.36/cwt170.00–184.008428
Steers—Medium and Large 1525165.18/cwt150.00–179.008674
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225175.55/cwt170.00–180.003958
Heifers—Medium and Large 3225149.41/cwt130.00–165.003366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275138.62/cwt125.00–150.0038112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325140.76/cwt130.00–150.0045710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375164.65/cwt154.00–174.0061712
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375143.18/cwt135.00–152.5053714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423167.00/cwt167.00–167.007063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475157.76/cwt152.50–162.5074916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525159.71/cwt155.00–164.008388
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525135.38/cwt132.50–138.007116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625132.04/cwt131.00–133.008254
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375160.65/cwt150.00–170.006028
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425154.35/cwt148.00–160.006566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475164.46/cwt150.00–177.507814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625151.60/cwt149.00–154.009488
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25088.40/cwt86.00–90.001,1054
Bulls——1,698102.37/cwt94.00–109.001,73810
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70024.89/cwt19.00–30.0017410
Cows—Lean 85-90%80037.44/cwt30.00–44.0030018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02567.93/cwt65.00–70.006966
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02558.22/cwt43.00–69.0059718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27579.18/cwt71.50–86.001,01028
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1925686.76/head550.00–780.006876
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1983583.90/head500.00–725.0058412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,100961.36/head900.00–1,000.009616
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1925462.97/head350.00–540.0046340
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1925805.95/head800.00–810.008064

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.