Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2025-09-22

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 22
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
Feeder Cattle receipts
512 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 535▲ 251 vs year ago 261 · +96.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 90▲ 44 vs year ago 66 · +66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 102▲ 23 vs year ago 69 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cattle 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 $326.19/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −40.05 against this barn's trailing median of $366.24.
Average price
$326.19
10 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,805
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.53
vs MS average
−39.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543343.871,8695thin
Medium and Large 2563308.511,7385thin
One grade step is worth $35.36/cwt here — about $130 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 sale10 hd
326.19
—
MS average14 barns · 300 hd
346.71
−20.53
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−39.66
This barn, trailing median25 sales
366.24
−40.05
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—Average1,705191.283,26113
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,196158.381,89424
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,486145.722,1654thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low958125.251,1996thin

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)1,230$3,04010
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,005$2,8001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,173$2,1852thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$4,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)942$3,20316

Every lot

86 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 1215575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,2361
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2220470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0341
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2259467.54/cwt450.00–480.001,2114
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1266543.78/cwt530.00–585.001,4467
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3275367.82/cwt350.00–390.001,0124
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3315390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2291
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318533.28/cwt510.00–550.001,6966
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328451.98/cwt420.00–490.001,4824
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364456.37/cwt440.00–470.001,6615
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370370.10/cwt360.00–380.001,3694
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426442.24/cwt400.00–480.001,8846
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468418.38/cwt400.00–460.001,9586
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478363.85/cwt320.00–380.001,7394
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518384.70/cwt370.00–405.001,9935
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566367.37/cwt350.00–385.002,0796
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616346.53/cwt325.00–365.002,1356
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660342.77/cwt325.00–360.002,2622
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,3493
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3971
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788317.93/cwt312.50–330.002,5055
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806312.53/cwt302.50–320.002,5194
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6781
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915295.47/cwt292.50–297.502,7045
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220511.59/cwt500.00–525.001,1253
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2233430.16/cwt425.00–435.001,0022
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3235350.00/cwt350.00–350.008232
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2267455.80/cwt425.00–485.001,2176
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3281359.85/cwt330.00–390.001,0116
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3305360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331463.45/cwt450.00–485.001,53410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338359.63/cwt310.00–410.001,2162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364371.99/cwt300.00–400.001,3544
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370358.42/cwt350.00–365.001,3263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428389.78/cwt370.00–420.001,6687
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466315.71/cwt300.00–350.001,4715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527344.89/cwt340.00–350.001,8183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6761
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568342.33/cwt335.00–350.001,9442
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568308.76/cwt300.00–315.001,7544
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626317.46/cwt315.00–325.001,9874
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,2145
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661313.79/cwt310.00–320.002,0744
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729294.80/cwt270.00–312.002,1497
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759290.63/cwt280.00–300.002,2064
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,4228
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,4783
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820281.25/cwt270.00–295.002,3064
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873281.46/cwt260.00–292.502,4573
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9002
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425378.56/cwt360.00–395.001,6097
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470372.49/cwt360.00–385.001,7514
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511357.20/cwt340.00–375.001,8254
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563359.97/cwt350.00–370.002,0273
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628326.17/cwt320.00–340.002,0484
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715309.93/cwt305.00–315.002,2162
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723269.98/cwt265.00–280.001,9523
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8921
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1895220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9691
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0361
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1970215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,523176.82/cwt172.00–180.002,6933
Bulls——1,636189.73/cwt185.00–194.003,1046
Bulls——1,944204.44/cwt201.00–207.003,9744
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%910114.35/cwt110.00–117.501,0413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005136.15/cwt132.50–138.001,3683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187156.62/cwt145.00–162.001,85910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201167.10/cwt164.00–173.002,0079
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204146.18/cwt144.00–148.001,7605
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486145.72/cwt135.00–159.002,1654
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-26752,188.89/head1,500.00–3,000.002,1894
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29953,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0383,528.71/head3,100.00–3,750.003,52910
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0454,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0052,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1732,185.07/head2,000.00–2,400.002,1852
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2303,039.93/head1,800.00–4,000.003,04010

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.