Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2025-08-25

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 25
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
592 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 490▲ 324 vs year ago 268 · +120.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 130▼ 38 vs year ago 104 · −36.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 125▼ 5 vs year ago 63 · −7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last week : Feeder steers Sold Steady to $ 15.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold mixed to $15 higher. Slaughter Cattle sold steady to $10.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold steady. Some really nice open cows 1100-1192 pounds @ $192- $215 .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $363.61/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 7 of 29 comparable sales and sits −41.99 against this barn's trailing median of $405.60.
Average price
$363.61
21 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,987
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.86
vs MS average
−45.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554370.972,05412thin
Medium and Large 2541358.471,9417thin
Medium and Large 3520337.431,7552thin
One grade step is worth $33.54/cwt here — about $299 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale21 hd
363.61
—
MS average13 barns · 433 hd
380.47
−16.86
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
−45.69
This barn, trailing median29 sales
405.60
−41.99
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—High1,766198.293,5028thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,275163.462,08416
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,578148.242,3396thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low990133.081,31710

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,345$3,1484thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,186$2,7258
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)895$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,023$3,1748
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)962$2,2508

Every lot

96 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1219535.97/cwt525.00–550.001,1744
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2260500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3002
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,5931
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316562.53/cwt530.00–600.001,7784
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318478.85/cwt460.00–490.001,5235
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323303.35/cwt290.00–320.009803
Steers350–400Large 2350485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6981
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355517.86/cwt500.00–540.001,8385
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3363366.06/cwt350.00–380.001,3295
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377473.87/cwt450.00–480.001,7865
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416459.71/cwt440.00–490.001,9129
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428379.42/cwt360.00–400.001,6242
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464466.43/cwt430.00–490.002,1648
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470388.04/cwt375.00–400.001,8245
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480343.65/cwt330.00–355.001,6504
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509423.44/cwt400.00–455.002,1554
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520337.43/cwt335.00–340.001,7552
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526376.83/cwt365.00–390.001,9825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576344.74/cwt327.50–380.001,9868
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580312.56/cwt310.00–315.001,8132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,1437
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612347.43/cwt340.00–355.002,1265
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665336.91/cwt330.00–342.502,2405
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1581
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0501
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724337.12/cwt337.00–337.502,44113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3740250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8501
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3101
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765302.48/cwt300.00–305.002,3142
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3770260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0021
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,62810
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2825290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3931
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,6756
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7601
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,045200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0901
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,135207.50/cwt207.50–207.502,3551
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,200225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,7001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1213496.64/cwt490.00–500.001,0583
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272474.91/cwt460.00–490.001,2923
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278420.12/cwt400.00–430.001,1683
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2316377.35/cwt370.00–385.001,1924
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319446.63/cwt430.00–470.001,4256
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373410.06/cwt400.00–430.001,5307
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377386.64/cwt375.00–395.001,4583
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425373.15/cwt345.00–400.001,5866
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474363.31/cwt350.00–400.001,7226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483343.04/cwt340.00–345.001,6575
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523324.80/cwt300.00–345.001,6997
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555280.00/cwt275.00–285.001,5542
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569326.43/cwt310.00–360.001,8577
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570295.00/cwt290.00–300.001,6823
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9828
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611313.11/cwt290.00–340.001,9138
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672355.87/cwt300.00–390.002,3913
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685237.45/cwt230.00–245.001,6272
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690295.00/cwt290.00–300.002,0363
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,1937
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3710259.93/cwt250.00–280.001,8463
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5741
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,7261
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3901
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416462.98/cwt420.00–480.001,9267
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470400.71/cwt360.00–440.001,8837
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484333.76/cwt315.00–345.001,6154
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520358.88/cwt335.00–390.001,8668
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545287.50/cwt285.00–290.001,5672
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564340.10/cwt325.00–365.001,9184
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615257.32/cwt250.00–265.001,5832
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619313.60/cwt300.00–320.001,9414
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669298.91/cwt295.00–307.502,0004
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715260.07/cwt250.00–270.001,8602
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1763291.26/cwt290.00–292.502,2222
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1601
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1880250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2001
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,040185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9241
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,355189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,5611
Bulls——1,825199.62/cwt190.00–212.003,6437
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%978141.71/cwt137.50–146.001,3865
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,002124.44/cwt120.00–128.001,2475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265168.17/cwt164.00–173.002,1278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285158.75/cwt153.00–163.002,0408
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,578148.24/cwt140.00–154.002,3396
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29053,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29352,351.47/head2,050.00–2,600.002,3514
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29882,149.37/head1,850.00–2,400.002,1494
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29983,148.12/head3,100.00–3,200.003,1484
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27531,573.75/head1,500.00–1,650.001,5742
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28951,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3303,108.36/head1,800.00–3,950.003,1086
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3453,148.05/head2,750.00–3,400.003,1484

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.