Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2025-07-21

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 21
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
256 head
▼ 436 vs last sale 692▼ 130 vs year ago 386 · −33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 92▼ 40 vs year ago 110 · −36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 61▼ 43 vs year ago 99 · −43.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last week, Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady . One really fancy heifer weighing 625 brought $3.65.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $328.34/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −77.26 against this barn's trailing median of $405.60.
Average price
$328.34
14 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.23
vs MS average
−47.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508351.071,7836thin
Medium and Large 2553313.631,7357thin
Medium and Large 3575295.001,6961thin
One grade step is worth $56.07/cwt here — about $87 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 sale14 hd
328.34
—
MS average13 barns · 292 hd
348.58
−20.23
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−47.40
This barn, trailing median29 sales
405.60
−77.26
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—High1,606188.563,02810
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,129158.041,78523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,543152.602,3554thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low972119.031,1564thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,073$2,6639
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,300$2,5592thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)990$1,8503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,010$2,87616

Every lot

66 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,0561
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3225395.22/cwt390.00–400.008892
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3265385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0201
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273482.80/cwt470.00–500.001,3184
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326470.63/cwt445.00–500.001,5346
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330407.84/cwt400.00–415.001,3462
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381389.95/cwt320.00–420.001,4864
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407380.00/cwt355.00–405.001,5473
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473372.39/cwt365.00–390.001,7614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490329.80/cwt310.00–350.001,6162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508351.07/cwt335.00–372.501,7836
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527315.13/cwt310.00–325.001,6613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573312.50/cwt302.50–327.501,7914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626311.46/cwt305.00–315.001,9505
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652308.34/cwt307.50–310.002,0103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,0381
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721305.60/cwt297.50–320.002,2034
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230414.89/cwt410.00–420.009542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258425.44/cwt410.00–440.001,0982
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317371.74/cwt365.00–375.001,1783
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367332.95/cwt325.00–350.001,2223
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405353.42/cwt335.00–365.001,4313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422319.53/cwt305.00–335.001,3483
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480327.96/cwt320.00–340.001,5745
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5361
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3681
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512331.00/cwt310.00–360.001,6955
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3517289.84/cwt285.00–300.001,4983
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563300.74/cwt295.00–307.501,6933
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628286.70/cwt285.00–290.001,8003
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650290.00/cwt285.00–295.001,8852
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428379.71/cwt365.00–400.001,6258
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470361.24/cwt350.00–380.001,6983
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519328.18/cwt300.00–350.001,7034
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1584304.64/cwt287.50–315.001,7795
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615252.48/cwt250.00–255.001,5532
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618315.09/cwt310.00–320.001,9473
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675265.33/cwt250.00–280.001,7912
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720285.63/cwt280.00–290.002,0574
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1895225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0141
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1977215.17/cwt200.00–235.002,1023
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,015168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,7052
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,090190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0711
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,145190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,1761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,441183.22/cwt178.00–185.002,6405
Bulls——1,771193.90/cwt190.00–197.003,4345
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%957113.71/cwt111.00–116.001,0883
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,022165.04/cwt160.00–177.501,68711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180145.08/cwt144.00–146.001,7123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244153.81/cwt148.50–157.001,9139
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543152.60/cwt147.50–156.002,3554
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27622,498.52/head2,150.00–3,100.002,4993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29901,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2282,745.18/head2,100.00–3,000.002,7456
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,558.75/head2,250.00–2,900.002,5592
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29552,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0182,964.95/head2,300.00–3,200.002,96514

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.