Mississippi Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 30, 2021

1,706 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.09/cwt +1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $905/hd at 611 lb · 51 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $148.09/cwt +4.55 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 472 lb · 46 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.58/cwt +4.61 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 472 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,706	7,711	8,170
Feeder cattle	1,266	5,991	6,115
Slaughter cattle	222	964	1,170
Replacement cattle	218	756	885

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	170.00	$170.00	$493	-1.79
320–335	328	2	160.00–170.00	$164.89	$541	-10.37
355–390	375	6	163.00–172.50	$168.03	$630	-8.07
405–430	418	6	162.00–173.00	$168.33	$704	+0.86
455–495	476	9	146.00–167.00	$157.35	$749	-4.15
500–545	520	27	140.00–164.00	$150.93	$785	-4.25
550–595	570	21	134.50–154.00	$146.78	$837	-0.98
565–585	575	2	130.00–135.00	$132.46	$762	-15.30
600–645	622	25	130.00–145.00	$138.11	$859	-3.92
650–695	669	15	130.00–140.00	$135.96	$910	-7.29
710–725	718	2	125.00–129.00	$127.02	$912	-8.34
1085	1085	1	87.00	$87.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	380	2	164.00–165.00	$164.51	$625	-6.66
430 value added	430	2	160.00	$160.00	$688	—
480	480	2	160.00–165.00	$162.50	$780	+1.75
491 value added	491	5	154.25	$154.25	$757	-7.37
555–591	578	18	141.00–157.00	$145.02	$838	-4.94
607–623	611	43	139.00–150.00	$149.09	$911	+0.77
603–638 value added	612	8	141.25–143.25	$142.73	$874	-1.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	135.00	$135.00	$277	-1.03
280	280	1	147.50	$147.50	$413	-8.91
300–305	303	2	150.00–157.00	$153.53	$465	-5.22
400–425	420	6	115.00–155.00	$141.58	$595	-11.26
470–495	485	4	125.00–145.00	$135.12	$655	-10.42
500–530	512	3	130.00–140.00	$134.67	$690	-4.11
560–580	570	2	140.00	$140.00	$798	+0.69
625–645	635	2	124.00–137.00	$130.40	$828	-0.21
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	-12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	144.00	$144.00	$482	—
350	350	1	134.00	$134.00	$469	-8.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–155	153	2	145.00–146.00	$145.49	$223	—
210	210	1	140.00	$140.00	$294	-5.67
250–290	265	8	130.00–155.00	$142.56	$378	-0.99
300–345	324	18	132.50–150.00	$138.28	$448	-6.43
350–395	380	34	130.00–153.00	$137.70	$523	-4.80
400–445	422	31	124.00–152.00	$139.94	$591	+0.90
450–495	472	35	123.00–151.00	$138.58	$654	+4.62
500–545	520	28	120.00–148.00	$130.74	$680	-0.69
550–595	571	21	121.00–142.00	$130.90	$747	-4.06
605 fancy	605	1	138.00	$138.00	$835	—
600–645	620	11	120.00–133.00	$126.27	$783	-2.62
650–685	664	10	115.00–130.00	$119.24	$792	-9.17
700–745	720	6	109.00–120.00	$116.10	$836	+1.39
805–835	819	4	90.00–110.00	$102.23	$837	-0.02
920	920	2	105.00	$105.00	$966	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	220	4	120.00–125.00	$121.14	$267	-9.29
250–280	265	3	120.00–128.00	$124.43	$330	-2.67
300–345	323	3	125.00–130.00	$127.29	$411	-0.35
375–390	382	6	120.00–138.00	$127.88	$489	+1.89
425–445	431	5	110.00–130.00	$116.71	$503	-8.06
455–495	477	9	105.00–135.00	$123.00	$587	-1.57
500–535	516	6	107.00–129.00	$118.11	$609	-3.10
550–590	575	14	112.00–132.50	$126.35	$727	+6.02
600–645	626	4	110.00–122.00	$115.70	$724	+7.37
680–690	685	2	104.00	$104.00	$712	+1.65
745	745	1	95.00	$95.00	$708	-13.00
770	770	1	109.00	$109.00	$839	+6.00
830	830	1	85.00	$85.00	$706	-4.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	142.00	$142.00	$447	+0.51
435	435	1	128.00	$128.00	$557	-8.34
452–498	475	13	118.00–135.00	$130.16	$618	-8.25
494 value added	494	7	133.00	$133.00	$657	-6.29
525–530	528	3	125.00–130.00	$128.33	$678	-6.07
533 value added	533	3	130.90	$130.90	$698	-5.96
550–585	564	10	120.00–136.50	$133.91	$755	-3.08
742	742	2	101.00	$101.00	$749	-32.10

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	331	7	100.00–122.00	$111.32	$368	-7.68
370–375	373	2	115.00–120.00	$117.52	$438	+7.52
410–415	413	2	110.00–114.00	$112.01	$463	-12.99
490	490	1	105.00	$105.00	$514	-21.00
555–595	575	2	90.00–109.00	$99.83	$574	-8.37

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	172.00	$172.00	$396	-9.37
275–295	291	7	162.00–178.00	$166.17	$484	+7.26
305–345	322	16	150.00–174.00	$162.73	$524	-1.92
355–395	374	21	146.00–190.00	$156.54	$585	-15.31
400–445	421	22	136.00–168.00	$156.27	$658	+3.08
450–495	472	46	126.00–165.00	$148.09	$699	+4.55
500–545	521	27	120.00–159.00	$137.12	$714	-1.75
550–595	572	23	118.00–145.00	$132.31	$757	-3.89
600–645	620	14	115.00–138.00	$129.93	$806	+2.49
650–670	661	4	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$843	+0.76
750–795	777	5	110.00–119.00	$114.07	$886	+10.87
800–830	817	3	105.00–113.00	$107.61	$879	+12.63
875–890	883	3	96.00–117.00	$103.51	$914	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215	207	3	120.00–153.00	$136.11	$282	-20.40
250–295	281	5	125.00–157.00	$144.91	$407	-3.72
300–345	323	8	125.00–150.00	$139.55	$451	-8.85
350–385	368	12	118.00–167.00	$141.15	$519	-9.65
405–445	430	5	123.00–145.00	$136.80	$588	-3.67
455–490	472	15	115.00–149.00	$132.66	$626	-0.24
505–540	525	4	125.00–137.50	$130.40	$685	+3.88
555–590	568	3	126.00–135.00	$129.62	$736	-0.88
620	620	1	111.00	$111.00	$688	-8.02
680	680	2	109.00–129.00	$119.00	$809	+0.49
700–735	713	4	107.00–120.00	$115.07	$820	+5.07
750–795	772	3	106.00–107.00	$106.67	$823	-2.56
810	810	1	106.00	$106.00	$859	—
875	875	1	107.00	$107.00	$936	—
1000	1000	1	82.00	$82.00	$820	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	6	147.50–155.00	$151.25	$567	-18.89
405–437	426	13	145.00–150.00	$146.08	$622	-16.43
500–545	527	10	120.00–142.50	$131.36	$692	-4.47
585–590	588	3	133.50–135.00	$134.50	$791	+6.47
665	665	4	127.00	$127.00	$845	+3.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	375	4	125.00–144.00	$133.46	$500	-10.54
420–440	426	4	95.00–132.00	$116.97	$498	—
460–495	477	7	105.00–125.00	$117.72	$562	+3.13
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1455	1455	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$240	—
770–1095	893	85-90%	12	37.00–55.00	$44.35	$396	-0.81
760–1465	1076	85-90%	56	42.00–67.50	$58.98	$635	—
930–1250	1095	85-90%	19	59.50–75.00	$70.33	$770	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–850	800	80-85%	6	52.00–58.50	$55.45	$444	—
850–1695	1123	80-85%	48	52.00–76.50	$65.91	$740	-0.19
1000–1355	1211	80-85%	9	64.00–74.50	$71.21	$862	+0.65

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1935	1574	14	80.00–100.00	$88.50	$1,393	—
1525–2055	1790	2	91.50–96.50	$94.37	$1,689	-1.98

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1950	1394	6	83.00–110.00	$90.64	$1,264	—
1985	1985	1	105.00	$105.00	$2,084	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1305	1183	3	65.00–74.00	$70.70	$836	+10.70

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	1	70.00	$70.00	$690	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550–965	791	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	475.00–725.00	$617.50
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	775.00	$775.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1245	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	550.00–1,000.00	$857.23
975–1195	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,220.28
1075–1155	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00–925.00	$873.21
865–1375	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–1,050.00	$875.13
950–1230	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,000.00–1,280.00	$1,191.33
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
960–1340	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	810.00–975.00	$907.32
1045–1285	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,030.00–1,320.00	$1,213.16

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–850	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	660.00–800.00	$735.32

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1300	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,272.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–978	920	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	760.00–960.00	$901.69
1082	1082	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
565–1130	806	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	700.00–1,275.00	$977.70	—
850–1050 fancy	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	1,350.00–1,925.00	$1,667.76	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00	-75.00
960–1090	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,053.43	-396.57
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+214.27
1120–1335	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	975.00–1,250.00	$1,186.87	+1.14
1015–1345	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,245.00	$1,214.89	+29.16
1160–1235	1198	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–1,100.00	$893.74	-291.99
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,675.00	$1,675.00	+476.41

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	970.00	$970.00	—
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	—
1000–1350	1141	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	860.00–1,260.00	$1,082.22	-144.23
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
610	610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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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.