Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2025-06-09

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 9
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
326 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 393▲ 64 vs year ago 262 · +24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 103▼ 26 vs year ago 124 · −21.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 71▲ 3 vs year ago 67 · +4.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks Market Feeder steers sold mostly steady to higher. Feeder heifers were steady to higher. Steady on slaughter bulls and slaughter cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $333.05/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −72.55 against this barn's trailing median of $405.60.
Average price
$333.05
24 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,820
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$24.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.27
vs MS average
−47.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570340.001,9384thin
Medium and Large 1546338.671,84814thin
Medium and Large 2532315.291,6776thin
One grade step is worth $24.71/cwt here — about $261 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 sale24 hd
333.05
—
MS average12 barns · 281 hd
342.32
−9.27
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
−47.96
This barn, trailing median29 sales
405.60
−72.55
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—High1,556194.943,0349thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,309159.772,09118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,683142.662,4012thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average813127.241,0343thin

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)1,282$2,7716
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,172$2,3053thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)914$2,86122

Every lot

82 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230430.00/cwt430.00–430.009891
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272452.94/cwt425.00–500.001,2323
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370383.47/cwt375.00–390.001,4193
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372440.15/cwt410.00–465.001,6376
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418418.68/cwt410.00–430.001,7506
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440373.66/cwt365.00–385.001,6444
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8201
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465363.32/cwt362.50–365.001,6893
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478345.74/cwt340.00–350.001,6534
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512341.04/cwt327.00–357.501,7466
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518317.92/cwt310.00–322.001,6474
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560310.04/cwt306.00–314.001,7362
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9384
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571336.90/cwt325.00–350.001,9248
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620313.55/cwt310.00–321.001,9443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8621
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0771
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720282.43/cwt277.50–287.502,0332
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,22027
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,1951
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,2461
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 31,178170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0011
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328369.38/cwt360.00–382.501,2123
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370322.50/cwt320.00–325.001,1932
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372366.61/cwt355.00–380.001,3645
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,4201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425312.56/cwt310.00–315.001,3282
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426347.29/cwt342.00–354.001,4796
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470344.75/cwt342.00–347.501,6202
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485318.87/cwt306.00–326.001,5473
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533335.35/cwt328.00–342.501,7872
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571316.34/cwt312.00–322.001,8068
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7261
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625305.13/cwt302.00–307.501,9073
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675284.78/cwt270.00–300.001,9222
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,8901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205445.00/cwt445.00–445.009121
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260380.00/cwt380.00–380.009881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285449.65/cwt430.00–470.001,2822
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1308437.44/cwt430.00–445.001,3472
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1521
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375425.30/cwt400.00–450.001,5957
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375320.80/cwt300.00–340.001,2032
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378376.85/cwt360.00–385.001,4243
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1407418.30/cwt405.00–440.001,7023
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437364.96/cwt355.00–375.001,5953
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2458357.91/cwt350.00–364.001,6393
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475336.92/cwt330.00–340.001,6004
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531319.03/cwt310.00–324.001,6945
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578308.48/cwt307.00–310.001,7832
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7052
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615294.38/cwt285.00–302.501,8104
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2633265.68/cwt262.00–272.501,6823
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673281.12/cwt277.50–285.001,8922
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8011
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,0201
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1823230.55/cwt225.00–236.001,8972
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,1421
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,050166.50/cwt160.00–173.001,7482
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,487188.62/cwt186.00–193.002,8053
Bulls——1,550176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,7281
Bulls——1,599202.52/cwt195.00–210.003,2385
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%813127.24/cwt120.00–133.001,0343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272146.05/cwt144.00–149.001,8583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,309168.02/cwt164.50–173.002,1999
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,326154.24/cwt150.00–159.002,0456
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,683142.66/cwt137.00–148.002,4012
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-26051,979.44/head1,575.00–2,300.001,9794
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28402,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0243,143.86/head2,950.00–3,450.003,14414
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1722,305.41/head1,950.00–2,475.002,3053
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2822,771.10/head2,600.00–2,900.002,7716
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2795184.68/cwt180.00–188.001,4682

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.