Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2024-03-18

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 18
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
▼ 121 vs last sale 331▼ 153 vs year ago 363 · −42.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 59▼ 56 vs year ago 103 · −54.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 82▼ 89 vs year ago 127 · −70.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders steer were mixed this week with a lighter run. Feeder heifers were steady to 10.00 higher this week. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 4.00 higher this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.39/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −110.85 against this barn's trailing median of $366.24.
Average price
$255.39
19 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,366
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$53.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.52
vs MS average
−21.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508268.001,3613thin
Medium and Large 1538255.561,37415thin
Medium and Large 2570215.001,2261thin
One grade step is worth $53.00/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale19 hd
255.39
—
MS average13 barns · 210 hd
255.91
−0.52
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−21.83
This barn, trailing median25 sales
366.24
−110.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
425381337293median 366.2403/0204/2707/1308/3110/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.62, low $306.82, median $366.24 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,598142.242,2738thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,292125.561,62323
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,535115.031,7654thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low94994.6189810

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)1,143$1,8818
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$1,2656
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)977$2,3857

Every lot

53 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268378.69/cwt360.00–400.001,0156
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2269335.92/cwt320.00–350.009047
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320331.41/cwt315.00–350.001,06110
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323388.60/cwt370.00–410.001,2558
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368391.15/cwt370.00–410.001,4399
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381333.23/cwt320.00–355.001,2705
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420324.52/cwt315.00–335.001,3636
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470316.97/cwt305.00–330.001,4904
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4161
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524294.93/cwt285.00–302.001,5455
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568288.30/cwt282.00–295.001,6384
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603274.89/cwt255.00–285.001,6583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,7752
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6201
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8751
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268351.36/cwt335.00–370.009426
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273298.76/cwt285.00–315.008166
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320294.06/cwt280.00–310.009418
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323346.28/cwt330.00–365.001,11810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360320.42/cwt300.00–335.001,1545
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375279.60/cwt270.00–290.001,0494
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417287.53/cwt270.00–302.001,1997
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430230.00/cwt230.00–230.009891
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458229.82/cwt220.00–235.001,0533
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3246
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470262.93/cwt250.00–277.001,2366
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525255.83/cwt245.00–270.001,34311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573254.80/cwt250.00–260.001,4604
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6072
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627249.97/cwt247.00–256.001,5673
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675245.99/cwt245.00–247.001,6602
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6392
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,303133.20/cwt132.00–134.001,7363
Bulls——1,775147.67/cwt142.00–152.002,6215
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75370.04/cwt68.00–73.005273
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018110.87/cwt105.00–116.001,1294
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05397.49/cwt95.00–100.001,0273
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181119.44/cwt113.00–123.001,4119
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,364129.50/cwt125.00–135.001,76614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,598120.37/cwt118.00–125.001,9243
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,390144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,0021
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27001,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0232,478.24/head2,100.00–2,750.002,4786
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28551,265.35/head1,175.00–1,325.001,2656
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1431,880.91/head1,300.00–2,325.001,8818
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-280594.53/cwt72.00–111.007616
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005127.67/cwt110.00–142.001,2838

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.