Mississippi Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 30, 2023

4,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $169.33/cwt +1.94 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 421 lb · 79 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.23/cwt -2.34 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 370 lb · 77 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.27/cwt -3.37 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 474 lb · 75 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,000	4,552	7,616
Feeder cattle	2,846	3,372	5,709
Slaughter cattle	607	644	1,081
Replacement cattle	547	536	826

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	226	19	200.00–220.00	$211.61	$478	-0.15
250–299	274	21	200.00–227.50	$210.82	$578	-0.17
300–349	325	40	193.00–220.00	$209.70	$682	-3.42
350–399	371	44	185.00–220.00	$204.71	$759	-8.00
400–445	420	36	185.00–215.00	$199.79	$839	-2.81
450–499	470	41	170.00–205.00	$187.02	$879	-8.41
500–549	523	29	150.00–190.00	$179.56	$939	-3.86
550–595	568	10	150.00–185.00	$173.33	$985	-1.47
585 value added	585	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,053	-4.50
600–645	625	11	153.00–178.00	$161.38	$1,009	-3.50
700–745	723	4	139.00–145.00	$142.09	$1,027	-29.91
881 value added	881	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,322	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	222.00	$222.00	$655	+31.51
315–344	331	11	200.00–220.00	$214.72	$711	+7.09
367 value added	367	15	210.00	$210.00	$771	-13.17
365–385	370	7	185.00–221.00	$208.01	$770	-5.27
420–440	424	15	186.00–202.00	$198.28	$841	+5.85
458–490	479	29	182.00–205.00	$195.46	$936	-5.36
500–515	510	7	189.00–196.00	$191.27	$975	-4.85
505–535 value added	532	19	180.00–190.00	$189.00	$1,005	-5.28
553–595	565	16	174.00–197.00	$190.08	$1,074	+4.59
602–620 value added	607	11	150.00–170.00	$166.66	$1,012	+8.94
620–623	621	9	174.00–188.00	$186.22	$1,156	+6.99
660	660	2	186.50	$186.50	$1,231	+47.50
674 value added	674	4	162.00	$162.00	$1,092	-10.62
717	717	10	165.00	$165.00	$1,183	+23.00
765 value added	765	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	—
773	773	7	153.00	$153.00	$1,183	-8.00
808	808	12	169.00	$169.00	$1,366	+10.50
850–885	880	54	157.00–165.75	$164.65	$1,449	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	180.00	$180.00	$360	+5.00
250	250	2	160.00–185.00	$172.50	$431	—
305–340	322	10	175.00–197.00	$185.95	$599	+24.66
350–395	376	11	150.00–194.00	$178.14	$670	-1.96
400–445	419	13	155.00–212.00	$185.92	$779	+8.45
450–495	466	15	150.00–185.00	$168.57	$786	-4.55
500–545	523	9	150.00–180.00	$169.17	$885	+9.76
555–575	565	2	150.00–153.00	$151.53	$856	-5.16
600–635	618	5	140.00–150.00	$144.38	$892	+4.38

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	225	6	150.00–185.00	$169.41	$381	—
300–349	322	8	160.00–182.50	$172.59	$556	+1.45
350–399	372	9	135.00–173.00	$154.50	$575	+4.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	223	11	170.00–182.00	$175.35	$391	-10.60
255–295	276	17	157.00–179.00	$170.18	$470	+1.42
300–345	328	27	140.00–185.00	$165.05	$541	-0.46
350–399	370	77	145.00–185.00	$166.23	$615	-2.38
400–445	421	79	141.00–182.00	$169.33	$713	+1.83
450–499	474	74	148.00–175.00	$163.23	$774	-2.79
475 value added	475	1	166.00	$166.00	$788	-10.00
500–549	523	48	148.50–169.00	$159.81	$836	+4.37
510–544 value added	535	13	154.00–167.00	$163.75	$876	—
550–595	572	33	147.00–168.00	$158.52	$907	+3.15
600–649	623	23	131.00–160.00	$146.78	$914	-13.43
650–685	666	10	135.00–153.00	$144.36	$961	+1.00
720–740	732	3	136.00–148.50	$143.47	$1,050	-14.35
770	770	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,040	+15.78
805–820	815	3	115.00–125.00	$119.97	$978	+4.26
935	935	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,122	-5.00
970	970	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	145.00	$145.00	$413	-4.43
300–345	326	9	142.50–162.00	$153.47	$500	+2.63
337 value added	337	2	178.00	$178.00	$600	+2.80
350–392 value added	359	13	176.00–185.00	$178.09	$639	-3.27
360–392	383	13	150.00–162.00	$154.79	$593	+1.47
411–440	421	9	157.00–171.00	$165.59	$697	-0.19
405–447 value added	428	37	172.50–178.00	$174.82	$748	+6.06
472 value added	472	14	172.00–173.00	$172.14	$813	-1.48
455–495	478	26	146.00–177.00	$158.99	$760	+2.54
505–538	535	18	140.00–177.00	$170.30	$911	+16.80
535 value added	535	2	168.00	$168.00	$899	+5.14
560–590	565	46	157.00–175.50	$168.83	$954	+11.20
556–590 value added	575	23	166.00–167.00	$166.58	$958	-2.58
600 value added	600	5	163.00	$163.00	$978	—
610–635	623	2	135.00–140.00	$137.45	$856	-20.10
655–678	664	16	157.00–165.50	$162.24	$1,077	—
750 value added	750	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,028	—
755–795	778	5	130.00–143.00	$138.40	$1,077	—
828	828	49	153.00	$153.00	$1,267	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	150.00–158.00	$154.13	$359	+8.04
260–295	275	8	120.00–165.00	$151.63	$417	+7.37
300–345	330	15	120.00–172.00	$149.82	$494	+2.31
350–385	365	18	122.50–175.00	$152.00	$555	-1.65
400–435	417	13	138.00–175.00	$152.76	$637	+12.05
450–495	471	21	127.50–165.00	$149.02	$702	+3.64
500–545	524	9	124.00–160.00	$146.99	$770	+4.69
550–590	568	6	135.00–141.00	$138.49	$787	+1.68
610	610	1	130.00	$130.00	$793	+7.53
650	650	2	130.00–146.00	$138.00	$897	+9.67
705–735	715	3	120.00–130.00	$124.93	$893	-3.06

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	225	6	130.00–165.00	$149.41	$336	+0.55
250–299	275	12	125.00–150.00	$138.62	$381	—
300–349	323	11	130.00–152.00	$141.74	$458	+11.59
350–399	374	16	135.00–152.50	$144.14	$539	+18.10
415	415	1	148.00	$148.00	$614	+10.12
485	485	1	141.00	$141.00	$684	-0.59
500–549	523	7	132.50–140.00	$136.03	$711	+11.03
610	610	1	122.00	$122.00	$744	+26.29
705	705	1	121.00	$121.00	$853	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	205.00	$205.00	$482	+15.00
250–285	258	5	180.00–210.00	$198.56	$512	+12.08
300–345	323	16	145.00–220.00	$202.94	$655	+2.62
350–399	374	27	150.00–212.50	$186.92	$699	-9.00
400–449	421	28	148.00–212.00	$180.63	$760	-7.86
450–499	474	28	150.00–193.00	$181.01	$858	-0.71
500–540	518	9	167.00–181.00	$174.93	$906	+10.21
550–595	573	8	150.00–175.00	$159.48	$914	+6.18
600–649	623	15	144.00–157.00	$149.58	$932	-1.60
670	670	1	140.00	$140.00	$938	+5.00
705–735	724	4	135.00–158.00	$143.21	$1,037	+3.18
755	755	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,049	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	162.50	$162.50	$398	+5.00
300–345	327	3	190.00–206.00	$197.23	$645	-0.07
350–395	366	7	181.00–212.00	$197.06	$721	+15.33
405	405	1	190.00	$190.00	$770	+4.83
460–495	478	6	177.00–192.00	$182.09	$870	+4.58
510–540	525	6	153.00–175.00	$164.55	$864	+9.03
540 value added	540	1	172.00	$172.00	$929	—
565 value added	565	1	167.00	$167.00	$944	—
585	585	1	150.00	$150.00	$878	-0.07
615	615	1	135.00	$135.00	$830	-14.22
770	770	1	124.00	$124.00	$955	-14.00
828	828	4	157.50	$157.50	$1,304	+36.63
903 value added	903	21	125.00	$125.00	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	282	3	165.00–175.00	$169.91	$479	-9.20
305–345	328	7	170.00–190.00	$181.14	$594	+7.79
350–395	376	5	155.00–185.00	$167.58	$630	-4.86
400–440	419	5	156.00–180.00	$169.79	$711	+5.49
455–490	473	8	148.00–180.00	$165.24	$782	+1.12
510–545	527	6	140.00–155.00	$149.88	$790	-1.56
550–585	568	6	140.00–156.00	$148.70	$845	+7.65
600–640	620	3	120.00–144.00	$134.62	$835	-4.38
650	650	1	130.00	$130.00	$845	-6.49
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	-14.00
985	985	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,152	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1585	1585	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1670	1113	80-85%	114	61.00–92.50	$81.81	$911	+6.40
1010–1610	1264	80-85%	64	71.50–98.00	$85.06	$1,075	+3.02

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–750	700	85-90%	14	19.00–57.00	$33.14	$232	—
600–1120	828	85-90%	53	20.00–68.00	$47.79	$396	—
740–1220	1006	85-90%	99	43.00–82.00	$68.42	$688	+3.93
900–1215	1073	85-90%	8	67.50–92.00	$83.82	$899	+5.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1745	1304	75-80%	18	75.00–87.00	$81.96	$1,069	—
1305–1610	1405	75-80%	6	88.00–95.00	$91.44	$1,285	—
1445	1445	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$853	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1510	1265	12	80.00–93.00	$87.70	$1,109	—
1070–2040	1466	17	83.00–101.00	$96.00	$1,407	—
1050–2075	1607	23	104.00–115.00	$108.88	$1,750	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1500	1199	5	86.00–92.00	$89.00	$1,067	—
1500–1895	1698	10	94.00–109.00	$102.37	$1,738	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1830	1573	2	70.00	$70.00	$1,101	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1715	1715	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,389	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490	1490	1	67.00	$67.00	$998	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1100	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	350.00–540.00	$462.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
668–783 fancy	726	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	800.00–1,250.00	$1,042.83
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	1,150.00	$1,150.00
710–900	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–700.00	$655.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–750	691	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	650.00	$650.00
750–800	774	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	675.00–755.00	$713.94
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	800.00	$800.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
595–790	644	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	525.00–600.00	$548.01
570–728	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	300.00–600.00	$484.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	81.00	$81.00	$721

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1115	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	885.00–1,300.00	$1,045.02
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	1,300.00	$1,300.00
755–1295	1049	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	850.00–1,310.00	$1,067.95
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
990–1185	1088	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	820.00–1,100.00	$972.55
830–1445	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	800.00–1,525.00	$1,241.83
860–1460	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	900.00–1,475.00	$1,269.57
945–1325	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	820.00–1,260.00	$1,102.76

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1100	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	550.00–780.00	$686.76
750–1100	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	500.00–725.00	$583.90

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–840	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–780.00	$711.51
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
700–850	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	700.00–975.00	$850.81
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
870	870	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	445.00	$445.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1445	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,100.00	$986.26
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,140.00	$1,140.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	82.00	$82.00	$939
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	84.00	$84.00	$983
1235	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,173

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1000	925	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	36	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,448.65

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950	950	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,020.00	$1,020.00	$9,690

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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
820	820	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1000–1300	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,375.00–1,650.00	$1,530.43	+255.43
1080–1265	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,030.00	$1,013.82	-261.18
925–1465	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,341.95	+66.95

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–750	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–775.00	$685.71	—
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1100	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–810.00	$805.95	-83.24

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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.