Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2025-03-31

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 31
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 361▲ 191 vs year ago 137 · +139.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 65▼ 28 vs year ago 70 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 89▲ 12 vs year ago 51 · +23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were 10.00 to 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers were mixed throughout weights this week. Slaughter cows were steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 7.00 lower. A couple sets of really stout black steers come in today with good demand . A couple really nice sets of pairs and breds also come in to be offered even though lots of wind and rain come in the night and into this mourning.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $352.22/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 6 of 29 comparable sales and sits −53.38 against this barn's trailing median of $405.60.
Average price
$352.22
23 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$346
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$74.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.29
vs MS average
−16.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537381.322,04914thin
Medium and Large 2555306.961,7039thin
One grade step is worth $74.36/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale23 hd
352.22
—
MS average10 barns · 161 hd
341.93
+10.29
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
−16.79
This barn, trailing median29 sales
405.60
−53.38
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—Average1,401170.002,38214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,288144.521,86213
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,500136.322,0453thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,002124.071,24312

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)1,109$2,30017
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,321$2,8186
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)965$2,71028

Every lot

43 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 1273472.94/cwt450.00–500.001,29110
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273405.64/cwt385.00–430.001,1076
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323463.26/cwt440.00–490.001,49612
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323398.60/cwt380.00–420.001,2876
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373423.49/cwt400.00–450.001,58012
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375371.94/cwt350.00–390.001,3957
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420359.05/cwt340.00–380.001,50812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423413.93/cwt395.00–435.001,75114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468324.44/cwt310.00–340.001,5184
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470411.76/cwt395.00–430.001,93512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523381.53/cwt360.00–405.001,99510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528320.68/cwt300.00–335.001,6935
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573380.79/cwt360.00–402.502,1824
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588289.81/cwt275.00–305.001,7044
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623289.46/cwt275.00–305.001,8036
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8951
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268408.69/cwt390.00–430.001,0954
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319320.08/cwt300.00–335.001,0215
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323378.60/cwt360.00–400.001,2236
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376315.11/cwt300.00–340.001,1855
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386357.58/cwt350.00–385.001,38017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418331.77/cwt315.00–350.001,3874
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420284.29/cwt270.00–300.001,1946
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470272.23/cwt260.00–285.001,2794
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473313.37/cwt300.00–325.001,4829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523294.50/cwt280.00–310.001,5406
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570289.65/cwt280.00–300.001,6514
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160163.40/cwt159.00–166.001,8956
Bulls——1,582174.95/cwt168.00–178.002,7688
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925115.78/cwt110.00–120.001,0716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078132.36/cwt128.00–136.001,4276
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,095135.60/cwt133.00–138.001,4854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,374148.49/cwt143.00–152.002,0409
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500136.32/cwt136.00–137.002,0453
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3212,817.95/head1,750.00–3,300.002,8186
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-2813144.87/cwt94.00–177.501,17812
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,0192,151.67/head1,700.00–2,400.002,15211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2752,572.75/head2,350.00–2,750.002,5736
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29602,068.75/head1,600.00–2,400.002,06912
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29633,136.26/head2,600.00–3,500.003,13615
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,0454,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001

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.