Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2024-10-14

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 14
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 350▲ 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 77▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 53▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 pounds were mixed this week. Feeder steers over 500 pounds were steady. Feeder heifers were steady to firm this week. Slaughter cows were steady also this week. Slaughter bulls were 6.00 to 8.00 lower this week. A couple nice sets of bred cows were offered this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $237.33/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −168.27 against this barn's trailing median of $405.60.
Average price
$237.33
38 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.35
vs MS average
−62.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550246.581,35525
Medium and Large 2543219.541,19113thin
One grade step is worth $27.04/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale38 hd
237.33
—
MS average12 barns · 305 hd
257.69
−20.35
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−62.00
This barn, trailing median29 sales
405.60
−168.27
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

29 sales
483426370313median 405.6003/0204/2707/0609/0710/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $468.96, low $327.18, median $405.60 across 29 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—Average1,621137.252,22511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,302116.371,51525
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,518114.491,7385thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08699.511,08013

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)1,164$1,65228
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)775$1,3751thin

Every lot

48 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 2266306.92/cwt290.00–320.008165
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273378.35/cwt360.00–400.001,0336
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323271.63/cwt260.00–285.0087710
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326311.84/cwt300.00–330.001,0177
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370266.55/cwt250.00–285.0098610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373314.70/cwt300.00–330.001,1744
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420287.86/cwt275.00–302.001,2096
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470269.36/cwt255.00–285.001,26612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473236.90/cwt225.00–250.001,1216
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520258.77/cwt242.00–274.001,34611
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523226.96/cwt215.00–240.001,1878
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573237.01/cwt225.00–250.001,35814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574207.67/cwt200.00–220.001,1925
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623225.49/cwt212.00–240.001,40510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670216.73/cwt208.00–226.001,4526
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714219.71/cwt205.00–230.001,5695
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270283.89/cwt270.00–300.007674
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273247.14/cwt232.00–265.006754
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320239.06/cwt225.00–255.007656
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323281.63/cwt270.00–295.0091012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370227.95/cwt215.00–242.008436
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380267.53/cwt250.00–280.001,0175
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420265.33/cwt252.00–280.001,1148
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428221.99/cwt210.00–235.009508
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468200.38/cwt190.00–208.009385
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1473
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470241.70/cwt230.00–252.001,1369
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523231.96/cwt220.00–245.001,21312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528199.67/cwt190.00–210.001,0546
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement5551,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569217.46/cwt202.00–230.001,2377
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623209.72/cwt200.00–220.001,3074
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668204.25/cwt195.00–214.001,3646
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4801
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4591
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,3271
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,393127.83/cwt125.00–133.001,7816
Bulls——1,895148.56/cwt142.00–152.002,8155
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00787.81/cwt82.00–92.008845
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135106.82/cwt100.00–112.001,2128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233111.31/cwt108.00–114.001,37212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,366121.05/cwt116.00–126.001,65413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518114.49/cwt111.00–118.001,7385
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,0131,319.44/head1,000.00–1,575.001,31914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3151,984.22/head1,650.00–2,250.001,98414
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,010130.42/cwt100.00–151.001,31718
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27751,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751

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.