Sale reports / Mississippi / Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction / 2026-05-18

Southeast Mississippi Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · Mon, May 18
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2113
← May 11May 18May 25 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
610 head
▲ 402 vs last sale 208▼ 4 vs year ago 614 · −0.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 51▼ 47 vs year ago 135 · −34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 33▼ 4 vs year ago 94 · −4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market: feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cattle also sold steady. There were some nice replacement cows that sold well.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $415.48/cwt on 16 head, down $40.09 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 29 comparable sales and sits +9.88 against this barn's trailing median of $405.60.
Average price
$415.48
▼ 40.09 vs prior sale
16 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,257
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$447
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$68.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.74
vs MS average
−59.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539448.482,4154thin
Medium and Large 1-2556415.002,3075thin
Medium and Large 2544403.742,1965thin
Medium and Large 3518380.021,9692thin
One grade step is worth $68.46/cwt here — about $447 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
415.48
—
MS average13 barns · 372 hd
445.22
−29.74
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
−59.00
This barn, trailing median29 sales
405.60
+9.88
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—High1,678213.793,58710
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,166177.072,0659thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,422176.762,51411
CowsLean 85-90%High1,036162.521,68313

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 (2-4 yrs)1,265$3,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,044$3,4204thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,262$3,1905
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,295$2,9653thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,6751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$2,4001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)875$3,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,188$3,68518
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)820$2,5002thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,020$2,7422thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$2,4552thin

Every lot

99 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,5191
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275589.64/cwt580.00–600.001,6223
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2286554.98/cwt540.00–570.001,5874
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311594.62/cwt580.00–610.001,8494
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320553.54/cwt530.00–570.001,7713
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373544.77/cwt540.00–550.002,0322
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420473.81/cwt460.00–490.001,9903
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423524.82/cwt510.00–540.002,2204
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0931
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3518380.02/cwt375.00–385.001,9692
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520409.62/cwt395.00–420.002,1303
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523446.31/cwt430.00–470.002,3343
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3075
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580394.91/cwt390.00–400.002,2902
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,6621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2271
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617395.89/cwt390.00–403.002,4433
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,3247
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677351.69/cwt336.00–379.002,38127
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710359.93/cwt355.00–365.002,5562
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733346.77/cwt335.00–350.002,54247
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784353.02/cwt352.00–354.002,76810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790349.00/cwt348.00–350.002,7572
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,8531
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875342.46/cwt340.00–345.002,9972
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880351.00/cwt351.00–351.003,0892
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918331.45/cwt328.00–335.003,0432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265516.84/cwt500.00–540.001,3704
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278579.55/cwt570.00–590.001,6112
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1301547.59/cwt530.00–570.001,6484
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325492.26/cwt470.00–515.001,6003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360482.01/cwt465.00–500.001,7352
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428442.03/cwt430.00–460.001,8925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428407.87/cwt395.00–420.001,7462
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468407.79/cwt390.00–425.001,9084
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478437.02/cwt420.00–443.002,08915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513402.42/cwt390.00–415.002,0646
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0873
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,33112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2593361.64/cwt350.00–370.002,1453
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623317.43/cwt300.00–335.001,9782
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624357.94/cwt340.00–375.002,2348
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642359.47/cwt352.00–366.002,3088
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0791
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,4799
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758332.49/cwt330.00–335.002,5202
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767331.80/cwt330.00–333.002,5455
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814311.67/cwt310.00–315.002,5376
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,5921
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865287.53/cwt285.00–290.002,4872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,1321
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472454.96/cwt440.00–470.002,1475
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,4251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529417.46/cwt405.00–430.002,2084
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573382.47/cwt380.00–385.002,1922
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577398.22/cwt390.00–410.002,2983
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615382.46/cwt370.00–400.002,3524
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2901
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690332.52/cwt330.00–335.002,2942
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718257.63/cwt250.00–265.001,8502
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,240184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,2821
Bulls——1,410202.85/cwt200.00–206.002,8602
Bulls——1,732225.54/cwt221.00–232.003,9066
Bulls——2,325195.00/cwt195.00–195.004,5341
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%920147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3521
Cows—Lean 85-90%980135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3231
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038170.22/cwt166.00–175.001,7677
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,074159.80/cwt157.00–165.001,7164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120184.44/cwt182.00–186.002,0664
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173168.53/cwt168.00–169.001,9772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223172.95/cwt170.00–176.002,1153
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,402181.59/cwt178.00–185.002,5466
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446170.97/cwt169.00–173.002,4725
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 28202,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0583,951.50/head3,900.00–4,050.003,9526
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1102,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1803,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,3304,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,4783,729.19/head3,700.00–3,750.003,7294
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28952,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 29002,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0933,726.22/head3,600.00–3,900.003,7263
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1402,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1602,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2183,100.21/head3,000.00–3,200.003,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,946.93/head2,900.00–3,000.002,9472
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2653,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2803,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4353,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0202,742.16/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7422
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0752,454.65/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4552
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-28753,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001

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.
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