Mississippi Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

4,002 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.26/cwt ≈ $950/hd at 723 lb · 86 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $123.66/cwt ≈ $1,085/hd at 878 lb · 67 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $132.31/cwt ≈ $1,026/hd at 776 lb · 65 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,002	114	4,562
Feeder cattle	2,713	80	3,491
Slaughter cattle	799	17	593
Replacement cattle	490	17	478

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–265	263	2	150.00	$150.00	$394	—
325–345	335	3	160.00–164.00	$161.66	$542	—
375–385	383	6	163.00–175.00	$164.96	$632	—
425–435	429	10	148.00–169.00	$160.89	$690	—
430–446 value added	438	8	157.50–160.00	$158.73	$695	—
460–475	471	10	141.00–160.00	$153.76	$724	—
499 value added	499	17	150.00	$150.00	$748	—
505–545	527	22	142.00–154.00	$148.47	$782	—
548 value added	548	4	148.00	$148.00	$811	—
553–566 value added	560	17	145.50–156.00	$150.38	$842	—
555–595	575	16	123.00–140.00	$136.61	$786	—
603–625	614	11	115.00–138.50	$133.97	$823	—
625–634 value added	632	9	130.00–154.00	$135.27	$855	—
660–665 value added	662	28	128.50–140.00	$135.87	$899	—
683–695	685	8	126.00–127.00	$126.13	$864	—
717–733 value added	722	75	122.50–137.00	$132.29	$955	—
725–739	733	11	120.00–129.50	$124.27	$911	—
755	755	1	120.00	$120.00	$906	—
776 value added	776	64	132.50	$132.50	$1,028	—
857	857	9	115.00	$115.00	$986	—
881 value added	881	58	125.00	$125.00	$1,101	—
946 value added	946	6	105.00	$105.00	$993	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	227	3	180.00–190.00	$183.31	$416	—
250–299	277	20	170.00–200.00	$182.58	$506	+17.13
300–349	323	33	160.00–187.00	$174.90	$565	—
350–399	375	36	160.00–180.00	$172.09	$645	+15.36
400–449	424	46	150.00–182.50	$165.55	$702	+11.32
450–499	474	44	142.00–170.00	$155.21	$736	—
500–549	522	36	140.00–158.00	$149.97	$783	—
550–599	571	34	125.00–156.00	$141.92	$810	—
600–649	625	24	120.00–130.00	$127.02	$794	-2.48
650–699	663	9	118.00–130.00	$121.07	$803	—
700–745	723	16	100.00–133.00	$117.85	$852	—
750–795	775	9	115.00–120.00	$119.23	$924	—
810–820	815	3	100.00–115.00	$110.03	$897	—
860–865	863	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$1,027	—
915	915	1	105.00	$105.00	$961	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	218	3	144.00–170.00	$155.01	$338	—
265–295	283	4	146.00–162.00	$154.59	$437	—
300–345	324	11	140.00–165.00	$154.39	$500	—
350–395	369	17	140.00–170.00	$153.42	$566	—
400–440	412	6	140.00–158.00	$146.94	$605	—
450–495	478	10	126.00–152.00	$136.78	$654	—
510–540	524	5	130.00–133.00	$131.41	$689	—
550–580	560	3	121.00–135.00	$127.31	$713	—
625–630	628	2	110.00–117.00	$113.49	$713	—
730	730	1	115.00	$115.00	$840	—
785	785	1	105.00	$105.00	$824	—
820	820	1	110.00	$110.00	$902	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	140.00	$140.00	$427	—
455	455	1	130.00	$130.00	$592	—
740	740	1	90.00	$90.00	$666	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	150.00	$150.00	$292	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	220	2	150.00–165.00	$156.82	$345	—
250–299	275	18	135.00–151.00	$144.60	$398	—
300–349	325	34	128.00–150.00	$137.30	$446	-14.99
350–399	370	37	124.00–140.00	$131.70	$487	-14.16
400–449	422	57	120.00–145.00	$129.37	$546	—
450–499	470	60	118.00–138.00	$126.89	$596	—
500–549	522	55	113.00–132.00	$122.97	$642	—
550–599	573	30	112.00–133.00	$121.60	$697	+9.91
605	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	—
600–649	623	31	105.00–122.00	$115.87	$722	—
660–680	668	6	106.00–115.00	$111.67	$746	—
700–745	724	18	100.00–115.00	$105.22	$762	—
750–775	763	2	90.00–97.00	$93.44	$713	—
825	825	1	110.00	$110.00	$908	—
965	965	1	91.00	$91.00	$878	—
1215	1215	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,033	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	2	125.00–130.00	$127.75	$285	—
290	290	1	132.00	$132.00	$383	—
315–330	323	3	130.00–138.00	$134.30	$434	—
370–385	377	3	119.00–129.00	$123.40	$465	—
410–436	431	5	131.00–135.00	$134.24	$579	—
452–480	461	13	125.00–132.00	$127.24	$587	—
465–473 value added	470	13	128.00–132.50	$129.71	$610	—
507 value added	507	3	128.25	$128.25	$650	—
500–530	517	8	115.00–127.00	$123.19	$637	—
554–578 value added	566	22	118.25–133.00	$124.62	$705	—
560–586	581	6	115.00–120.50	$119.37	$694	—
615–630	628	12	105.00–119.50	$118.18	$742	—
615–636 value added	631	16	116.00–121.00	$119.65	$755	—
694 value added	694	5	106.75	$106.75	$741	—
706 value added	706	17	112.50	$112.50	$794	—
767–793 value added	781	9	105.00–112.00	$108.05	$844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	228	6	115.00–131.00	$122.76	$280	—
250–285	266	5	110.00–136.00	$124.26	$331	—
315–345	328	9	110.00–130.00	$122.26	$401	—
350–395	370	12	110.00–130.00	$120.23	$445	—
400–440	411	8	106.00–130.00	$118.21	$486	—
450–495	470	9	105.00–127.00	$116.72	$549	—
505–545	530	3	110.00–113.00	$111.35	$590	—
565	565	1	108.00	$108.00	$610	—
645	645	1	105.00	$105.00	$677	—
655	655	1	102.00	$102.00	$668	—
715	715	1	106.00	$106.00	$758	—
760–770	765	2	75.00–105.00	$89.90	$688	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
523	523	2	575.00	$575.00	—
663	663	6	780.00	$780.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	118.00	$118.00	$407	—
355	355	1	117.00	$117.00	$415	—
445	445	1	107.00	$107.00	$476	—
465	465	1	90.00	$90.00	$418	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	271	4	160.00–180.00	$170.32	$462	—
300–345	322	20	156.00–180.00	$168.42	$542	—
350–395	374	20	150.00–175.00	$159.42	$596	—
400–445	423	19	140.00–170.00	$155.40	$657	—
450–495	467	16	130.00–160.00	$146.91	$686	—
500–545	521	25	130.00–150.00	$140.94	$734	—
550–595	573	10	125.00–140.00	$132.72	$760	—
600–645	623	15	108.00–132.00	$119.49	$744	—
650–695	669	6	102.00–130.00	$120.46	$806	—
715	715	1	105.00	$105.00	$751	—
965–990	978	2	82.00–90.00	$85.95	$841	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	140.00	$140.00	$308	—
275–285	280	3	128.00–160.00	$147.64	$413	—
315–345	333	4	120.00–155.00	$141.07	$470	—
375–385	382	3	127.00–145.00	$138.29	$528	—
400–440	415	12	120.00–142.00	$133.62	$555	—
450–495	473	8	125.00–138.00	$130.62	$618	—
510–545	521	4	128.00–139.00	$134.15	$699	—
550–565	558	2	118.00–123.00	$120.47	$672	—
635	635	1	105.00	$105.00	$667	—
695	695	1	104.00	$104.00	$723	—
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—
805	805	2	85.00–89.00	$87.00	$700	—
850	850	1	88.00	$88.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	179.00	$179.00	$528	—
320–345	331	5	150.00–180.00	$169.92	$562	—
415–435	424	4	137.00–167.00	$154.40	$655	—
475–480	478	2	135.00–161.00	$148.07	$708	—
500–530	513	3	118.00–135.00	$125.90	$646	—
550–565	555	3	125.00–133.00	$129.04	$716	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–220	215	2	140.00	$140.00	$301	—
280	280	1	130.00	$130.00	$364	—
420–440	430	2	110.00–125.00	$117.67	$506	—
515	515	1	110.00	$110.00	$566	—
590	590	1	110.00	$110.00	$649	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1845	1175	80-85%	192	55.00–75.00	$67.21	$790	—
960–1735	1294	80-85%	98	63.50–81.00	$73.53	$951	+6.77

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–860	778	85-90%	3	20.00–30.00	$23.34	$182	—
740–970	835	85-90%	28	25.00–58.00	$46.68	$390	—
740–1250	1012	85-90%	94	40.00–67.00	$55.83	$565	—
860–1305	1047	85-90%	25	51.00–72.50	$59.47	$623	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1700	1347	75-80%	20	56.00–67.50	$63.99	$862	—
1275–1595	1468	75-80%	15	61.00–75.00	$68.22	$1,001	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1500	1221	18	69.00–89.00	$77.61	$948	—
1155–2025	1577	27	75.00–95.00	$85.76	$1,352	—
1500–2210	1805	10	93.00–103.00	$97.02	$1,751	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–2230	1813	7	85.00–93.50	$89.48	$1,622	—
1530–2190	1850	5	85.00–101.00	$93.35	$1,727	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1630	1630	1	58.00	$58.00	$945	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–635	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	450.00–630.00	$537.82
745–890	842	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	550.00–660.00	$610.90
775–1000	888	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	810.00–920.00	$871.97

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590–840	811	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	725.00–950.00	$926.25

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	620.00	$620.00
585–885	791	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	450.00–650.00	$558.22
830	830	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
855–895	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	750.00–810.00	$779.31
705–1275	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	625.00–1,000.00	$855.37
850–985	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
785–1095	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	575.00–770.00	$670.01
795–1295	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	575.00–1,075.00	$798.68
840–1275	1079	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	575.00–975.00	$789.35
915–1315	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	800.00–1,200.00	$1,031.96
1095 fancy	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1105	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	600.00–875.00	$755.43
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
850–1385	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	850.00–1,350.00	$1,159.84

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1100	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	600.00–850.00	$748.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1430	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	700.00–1,150.00	$982.92

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725 thin fleshed	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
885	885	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
715–1095	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–1,100.00	$866.38

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	920.00	$920.00	—
900–1200	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,050.00–1,450.00	$1,278.57	—
965–1135	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,100.00	$1,008.10	—
1115–1150	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,111.92	—
1100–1185	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,175.00	$1,089.73	—
1145–1270	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,118.32	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	725.00	$725.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	990.00	$990.00	—
850–1090	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	985.00–1,025.00	$1,007.47	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695–845	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	850.00–1,125.00	$962.01	—
775–915	852	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–950.00	$905.72	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.