Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2025-02-03

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 3
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 548▲ 182 vs year ago 242 · +75.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 68▲ 24 vs year ago 48 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 58▼ 1 vs year ago 53 · −1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were steady to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers were mixed this week. Slaughter cows were steady this week and slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 8.00 higher. With warm weather after the rains , a good bit of lighter weight calves show up 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 $307.89/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −97.71 against this barn's trailing median of $405.60.
Average price
$307.89
37 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.34
vs MS average
−34.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502320.001,6063thin
Medium and Large 1544319.001,73524
Medium and Large 2546277.591,51610thin
One grade step is worth $42.41/cwt here — about $90 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 sale37 hd
307.89
—
MS average12 barns · 384 hd
315.23
−7.34
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
−34.49
This barn, trailing median29 sales
405.60
−97.71
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—Average1,585164.892,61314
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,246138.831,72930
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,490135.992,0264thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,004116.291,16818

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)1,114$1,83326
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,197$2,2673thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)953$2,2772thin

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270378.52/cwt360.00–400.001,0226
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273447.94/cwt425.00–475.001,22314
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2319361.48/cwt340.00–380.001,1537
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323420.93/cwt400.00–445.001,36016
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370328.92/cwt310.00–350.001,2178
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376377.61/cwt360.00–400.001,42015
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425316.88/cwt300.00–335.001,3476
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428369.18/cwt350.00–390.001,5808
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470331.76/cwt315.00–350.001,5598
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480285.27/cwt275.00–300.001,3697
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6063
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523324.14/cwt305.00–345.001,69514
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525284.57/cwt270.00–300.001,4946
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573311.81/cwt295.00–330.001,78710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578267.12/cwt255.00–280.001,5444
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613254.57/cwt235.00–265.001,5613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625294.52/cwt280.00–310.001,8414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667269.49/cwt250.00–285.001,7977
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723224.84/cwt220.00–230.001,6266
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added833237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9743
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269361.22/cwt340.00–380.009727
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273306.06/cwt290.00–325.008368
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323348.60/cwt330.00–370.001,1268
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328291.56/cwt275.00–310.009566
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369283.96/cwt265.00–300.001,0487
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370336.55/cwt320.00–355.001,24510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423306.98/cwt295.00–320.001,2998
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428271.99/cwt260.00–285.001,16410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470261.97/cwt250.00–275.001,23112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475294.37/cwt280.00–310.001,39812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added498297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,4822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523281.75/cwt265.00–300.001,47412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523242.92/cwt230.00–257.001,2708
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570237.06/cwt225.00–250.001,3516
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575274.48/cwt260.00–290.001,57814
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618249.71/cwt232.50–265.001,54311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675229.67/cwt215.00–245.001,5504
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5861
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773208.32/cwt205.00–210.001,6103
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6341
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6901
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7202
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,376158.00/cwt156.00–166.002,1748
Bulls——1,863174.07/cwt168.00–179.503,2436
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%953106.09/cwt100.00–110.001,0118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,043132.95/cwt127.00–137.001,38714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045124.45/cwt119.00–129.001,30110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,423143.98/cwt138.00–148.002,04916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490135.99/cwt134.00–138.002,0264
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 1-21,1051,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2432,576.06/head2,400.00–2,750.002,5762
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-29351,539.77/head1,200.00–1,775.001,54012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2682,084.02/head1,800.00–2,300.002,08414
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-2883141.34/cwt114.00–177.501,24810
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29532,277.17/head2,200.00–2,350.002,2772

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.