Southeast Mississippi Livestock Market Report

Hattiesburg, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 23, 2026

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $449.40/cwt +43.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,305/hd at 513 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	517	448	312
Feeder cattle	367	275	218
Slaughter cattle	70	78	43
Replacement cattle	80	95	51

Market comments — USDA reporter

As compared to last weeks market: Feeder calves sold steady to 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle also sold steady. Sold three fancy bred tiger strip cows that averaged 1,383lbs at $6,200 per head. Also sold a nice group of replacement heifers that averaged 761lbs at $2,700 each.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	4	630.00–660.00	$645.18	$1,839	+35.73
300–335	320	3	610.00–640.00	$623.85	$1,996	+24.61
400–445	420	3	480.00–500.00	$491.88	$2,066	+18.07
460–470	465	2	490.00–510.00	$500.11	$2,326	+35.48
500–540	513	11	425.00–459.00	$449.40	$2,305	+43.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	700.00	$700.00	$1,470	+30.00
285–295	292	3	670.00–690.00	$679.89	$1,985	+39.89
300–320	310	2	650.00–680.00	$664.52	$2,060	+20.10
405–430	413	4	520.00–550.00	$534.97	$2,209	+23.37
500–505	503	2	470.00–500.00	$484.93	$2,439	+34.77
605–610	608	2	385.00–400.00	$392.47	$2,386	+29.87
650	650	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,535	—
705	705	2	338.00–339.00	$338.50	$2,386	—
750–760	755	2	325.00–340.00	$332.55	$2,511	-0.45
810	810	1	328.00	$328.00	$2,657	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	590.00–625.00	$608.24	$1,429	—
265–270	268	2	600.00–620.00	$610.09	$1,635	+50.09
345	345	1	590.00	$590.00	$2,036	+50.00
350–385	365	4	570.00–600.00	$583.73	$2,131	+73.73
445	445	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,047	—
460–480	470	2	440.00–475.00	$457.13	$2,149	+27.20
500–510	505	2	390.00–405.00	$397.57	$2,008	+10.90
560–595	578	2	400.00–410.00	$404.85	$2,340	+19.85
620	620	1	348.00	$348.00	$2,158	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,450	-40.00
305	305	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,647	—
355–385	370	2	550.00–560.00	$554.80	$2,053	—
460–480	470	2	420.00–425.00	$422.45	$1,986	+47.45

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,396	±0.00
265–295	277	3	550.00–580.00	$562.83	$1,559	+12.83
315	315	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,796	+30.10
410–420	415	2	445.00–460.00	$452.41	$1,878	-7.40
450–485	464	4	430.00–455.00	$442.29	$2,052	—
520–540	529	5	395.00–425.00	$408.89	$2,163	+6.46
605–610	607	3	360.00–375.00	$366.66	$2,226	-21.98
650–680	667	3	345.00–355.00	$349.95	$2,334	—
705	705	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,538	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	510.00–540.00	$525.27	$1,444	—
310–340	325	2	470.00–480.00	$474.77	$1,543	-10.23
350–370	360	2	490.00–500.00	$495.14	$1,783	+0.33
435	435	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,784	-19.93
465–470	469	4	400.00–420.00	$409.97	$1,923	+3.27
530–540	535	3	365.00–390.00	$380.06	$2,033	+10.06
620	620	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,077	—
700–725	715	3	295.00–325.00	$306.76	$2,193	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,350	-30.00
300	300	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,380	—
375–380	378	2	450.00–465.00	$457.55	$1,730	-0.16
590	590	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,918	—
715–720	718	2	285.00–290.00	$287.51	$2,064	—
830	830	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,366	+30.00
860	860	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,365	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	500.00	$500.00	$2,075	+39.79
480	480	1	495.00	$495.00	$2,376	+50.00
505–520	513	2	430.00–455.00	$442.32	$2,269	+24.89
620–640	627	3	365.00–395.00	$381.49	$2,392	-11.11
690	690	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,553	—
705–720	713	2	328.00–335.00	$331.46	$2,363	-18.50
805	805	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,656	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,845	—
455	455	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,002	—
565	565	2	370.00–385.00	$377.50	$2,133	+10.15
645	645	1	333.00	$333.00	$2,148	-27.00
660	660	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,211	—
860	860	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,322	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	395.00–410.00	$402.50	$2,174	—
550–595	573	2	405.00–415.00	$409.80	$2,348	—
665	665	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,161	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	80-85%	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,760	—
1105–1190	1140	80-85%	5	169.00–176.00	$173.19	$1,974	-5.68
950–1255	1141	80-85%	4	162.00–166.00	$163.90	$1,870	-14.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,197	-21.84
890–1135	1019	85-90%	4	154.00–158.00	$155.77	$1,587	—
1035–1105	1070	85-90%	2	138.00–139.00	$138.48	$1,482	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1720	1488	75-80%	3	165.00–167.00	$166.01	$2,470	—
1430–1950	1603	75-80%	3	157.00–162.00	$159.62	$2,559	-13.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1770	1638	2	194.00–197.00	$195.62	$3,204	—
1655–1965	1767	5	199.00–213.00	$206.85	$3,655	-10.12

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–2020	1738	2	182.00–186.00	$184.33	$3,204	—
1370–2455	1913	2	170.00–179.00	$173.22	$3,314	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
995–1080	1038	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,504.10
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1383	1383	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	6,200.00	$6,200.00
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00
1595	1595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,850.00	$3,850.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1380	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—
1480	1480	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645	645	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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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.