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Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, May 19
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
614 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 510▲ 263 vs year ago 351 · +74.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 150▲ 15 vs year ago 120 · +12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 183▲ 33 vs year ago 61 · +54.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to $6.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.50/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −50.74 against this barn's trailing median of $366.24.
Average price
$315.50
17 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$570
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$110.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.87
vs MS average
−18.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3548387.472,1234thin
Medium and Large 1534307.531,6437thin
Medium and Large 2561276.811,5536thin
One grade step is worth $110.66/cwt here — about $570 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 sale17 hd
315.50
—
MS average13 barns · 319 hd
314.63
+0.87
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−18.76
This barn, trailing median25 sales
366.24
−50.74
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—Average1,508184.362,77911
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,134148.591,68530
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,455143.002,0812thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average933123.121,14910

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)1,302$2,5915
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,233$2,5362thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,098$2,1034thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)872$1,3593thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$3,3002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,180$3,23126
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)885$2,4002thin

Every lot

112 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1234494.76/cwt490.00–500.001,1584
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2236404.34/cwt260.00–460.009544
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4301
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2272449.69/cwt420.00–470.001,2233
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317465.50/cwt435.00–530.001,4763
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370371.00/cwt350.00–385.001,3736
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374414.56/cwt350.00–440.001,5505
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419394.27/cwt360.00–420.001,6524
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426352.07/cwt340.00–360.001,5005
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474374.60/cwt370.00–377.501,7764
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507335.80/cwt325.00–357.501,7033
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520290.29/cwt280.00–300.001,5102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528293.56/cwt275.00–310.001,5503
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580344.92/cwt342.00–348.002,0012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588305.04/cwt295.00–315.001,7942
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628289.92/cwt275.00–305.001,8213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683292.55/cwt287.50–295.001,9983
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1281
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785275.25/cwt268.00–282.502,1612
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,1681
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218449.50/cwt430.00–470.009806
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2218378.62/cwt290.00–420.008254
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3228380.77/cwt370.00–390.008682
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270452.90/cwt430.00–500.001,2233
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278404.86/cwt400.00–410.001,1262
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3280340.00/cwt340.00–340.009521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320386.06/cwt370.00–390.001,2355
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322423.42/cwt400.00–470.001,3635
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3377343.95/cwt330.00–350.001,2975
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383425.73/cwt412.00–440.001,6312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390367.53/cwt365.00–370.001,4332
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421341.04/cwt330.00–350.001,4365
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430314.88/cwt302.00–327.501,3543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3459276.32/cwt255.00–290.001,2684
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469338.10/cwt330.00–347.501,5865
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470310.12/cwt300.00–317.501,4585
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508312.29/cwt305.00–316.001,5863
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525271.21/cwt267.50–275.001,4242
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533389.27/cwt235.00–545.002,0752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554303.96/cwt295.00–310.001,6844
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563385.67/cwt240.00–525.002,1712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579279.61/cwt265.00–287.501,6194
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615239.25/cwt232.50–245.001,4713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621268.86/cwt265.00–275.001,6706
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622295.67/cwt290.00–300.001,8396
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8901
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675267.54/cwt265.00–270.001,8062
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3690245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6911
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706278.85/cwt260.00–310.001,9694
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716249.31/cwt240.00–255.001,7854
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768264.98/cwt260.00–270.002,0353
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,9801
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885233.65/cwt225.00–242.502,0682
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1930235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1861
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2200475.00/cwt475.00–475.009501
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223409.04/cwt400.00–425.009124
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3225360.00/cwt360.00–360.008101
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1228506.57/cwt490.00–520.001,1553
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2992
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2278455.61/cwt425.00–480.001,2676
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2041
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323469.53/cwt450.00–490.001,5172
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325428.95/cwt400.00–465.001,3945
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370333.48/cwt320.00–360.001,2344
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2387407.98/cwt400.00–420.001,5795
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418340.21/cwt325.00–350.001,4224
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424370.88/cwt360.00–385.001,5737
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2681
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472355.70/cwt325.00–450.001,6798
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475363.00/cwt360.00–366.001,7242
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478276.57/cwt265.00–285.001,3223
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527324.64/cwt316.00–335.001,7117
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527310.06/cwt300.00–315.001,6343
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568303.28/cwt300.00–315.001,7236
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580271.39/cwt250.00–290.001,5744
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610253.73/cwt245.00–270.001,5483
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616292.70/cwt280.00–316.001,8035
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3618214.57/cwt200.00–230.001,3262
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8671
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665321.66/cwt255.00–440.002,1393
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1708260.01/cwt255.00–265.001,8415
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8321
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8101
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1845240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0281
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865246.26/cwt245.00–247.502,1302
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1928232.49/cwt230.00–235.002,1582
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,312179.06/cwt175.00–182.502,3493
Bulls——1,335170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,2701
Bulls——1,616188.68/cwt186.00–191.003,0497
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%933126.28/cwt122.50–130.001,1787
Cows—Lean 85-90%933115.74/cwt114.00–117.501,0803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,007169.90/cwt165.00–175.001,7113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,102137.21/cwt135.00–140.001,5128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168150.02/cwt145.00–155.001,75219
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,2561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28721,359.08/head950.00–1,500.001,3593
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0982,103.47/head1,650.00–2,600.002,1034
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2332,535.90/head2,400.00–2,650.002,5362
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3022,591.09/head1,950.00–2,800.002,5915
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0432,963.66/head2,700.00–3,450.002,96414
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3403,543.03/head3,200.00–3,900.003,54312

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.