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Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 16
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 128 vs last sale 326▼ 1 vs year ago 199 · −0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 98▼ 19 vs year ago 73 · −26.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 70▼ 11 vs year ago 44 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market feeder steers sold mixed. Feeder heifers were mixed. Slaughter bulls sold steady and slaughter cows sold lower $2-5 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $277.87/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −88.37 against this barn's trailing median of $366.24.
Average price
$277.87
16 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$765
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$140.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−37.39
vs MS average
−56.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545313.431,7078thin
Medium and Large 2558283.701,5825thin
Medium and Large 3543173.339423thin
One grade step is worth $140.09/cwt here — about $765 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 sale16 hd
277.87
—
MS average14 barns · 375 hd
315.26
−37.39
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−56.24
This barn, trailing median25 sales
366.24
−88.37
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—Average1,484186.692,77013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,259157.861,98814
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,016131.591,3375thin

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)1,210$2,6252thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,240$2,1008
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)965$1,5892thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)855$2,55610

Every lot

68 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235415.00/cwt415.00–415.009751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,2911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411410.45/cwt405.00–415.001,6875
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7795
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515354.95/cwt350.00–365.001,8283
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535343.06/cwt340.00–346.001,8352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8431
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,0661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628286.12/cwt280.00–292.001,7972
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7171
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9931
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2797280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2323
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 31,025161.59/cwt157.00–166.001,6562
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200400.00/cwt400.00–400.008001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255375.00/cwt375.00–375.009561
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275350.00/cwt350.00–350.009632
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1651
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2162
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383354.99/cwt340.00–375.001,3606
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1409353.87/cwt347.00–360.001,4475
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489317.09/cwt305.00–328.001,5516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508315.49/cwt310.00–320.001,6034
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530175.00/cwt175.00–175.009281
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550172.50/cwt165.00–180.009492
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561279.62/cwt262.50–294.001,5694
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581311.36/cwt307.50–314.001,8094
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623309.54/cwt308.00–311.001,9282
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3441
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660303.76/cwt302.50–305.002,0052
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7421
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2706286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0195
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7641
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775262.47/cwt260.00–265.002,0342
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270480.65/cwt445.00–500.001,2983
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324429.73/cwt408.00–455.001,3925
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327377.21/cwt365.00–392.501,2333
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373384.06/cwt370.00–395.001,4336
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5283
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420397.23/cwt390.00–405.001,6682
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426381.80/cwt375.00–385.001,6264
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4961
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6571
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519340.38/cwt335.00–347.501,7676
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578321.13/cwt317.50–324.001,8563
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621302.71/cwt287.50–322.001,8804
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0661
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8531
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1845229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,9351
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1945220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,048165.13/cwt160.00–170.001,7312
Bulls——1,505187.49/cwt183.00–193.002,8229
Bulls——1,825204.66/cwt202.00–207.003,7352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016131.59/cwt124.00–137.001,3375
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179163.63/cwt160.00–166.001,9297
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,309156.93/cwt155.00–159.002,0544
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,380145.62/cwt145.00–147.002,0103
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27451,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27952,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29122,926.33/head2,800.00–3,100.002,9266
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29651,589.25/head1,575.00–1,600.001,5892
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,625.00/head2,350.00–2,900.002,6252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2402,100.38/head1,725.00–2,450.002,1008

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.