Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Nov 20
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
574 head
▲ 417 vs last sale 157▲ 574 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 56▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 99▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cows higher 1-2; slaughter bulls steady; feeder steers under 400# higher 1-6 , over 400# lower 1-5; (with groups being weaned and reported as 1-2 quality grade with good trade); feeder heifers lower 1-5 ,( weaned groups reported as 1-2 quality grade)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.71/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$126.71
146 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.13
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493137.7167930
Medium and Large 2503125.7563330
Medium and Large 1-2629123.9077974
Medium and Large 3406118.9248312thin
One grade step is worth $18.79/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale146 hd
126.71
—
MS average13 barns · 1,736 hd
134.84
−8.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,39268.9596012
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19647.9657334
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37546.9564612
CowsLean 85-90%Average85033.2228216

Every lot

44 lots · USDA AMS · Lucedale Stockyard - Lucedale, 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223163.85/cwt160.00–167.003656
Steers—Medium and Large 3223145.51/cwt140.00–150.003244
Steers—Medium and Large 1323160.95/cwt154.00–167.005206
Steers—Medium and Large 2373138.18/cwt135.00–141.005156
Steers—Medium and Large 1473131.57/cwt130.00–133.006226
Steers—Medium and Large 2473124.10/cwt122.00–126.005876
Steers—Medium and Large 3473110.24/cwt105.00–115.005214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484132.00/cwt132.00–132.006397
Steers—Medium and Large 2523118.17/cwt114.00–122.006186
Steers—Medium and Large 3523101.00/cwt89.00–112.005284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524133.19/cwt127.00–137.006988
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566125.72/cwt122.50–129.0071217
Steers—Medium and Large 2573124.16/cwt120.00–128.0071112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637121.26/cwt117.50–122.5077213
Steers—Medium and Large 1673116.46/cwt110.00–122.507848
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687120.00/cwt120.00–120.008247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732120.80/cwt120.80–120.8088416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2753115.50/cwt115.50–115.508706
Steers—Medium and Large 1823115.33/cwt112.50–118.009494
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3223114.16/cwt107.00–120.002556
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273117.25/cwt114.00–120.003204
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323110.35/cwt105.00–115.003564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373108.48/cwt100.00–116.004058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423120.90/cwt113.00–128.005116
Heifers—Medium and Large 342393.43/cwt85.00–101.003956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2449113.00/cwt113.00–113.005076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473109.24/cwt104.00–114.005176
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473101.24/cwt96.00–106.0047910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520108.50/cwt108.50–108.505644
Heifers—Medium and Large 252395.22/cwt90.00–100.004986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560112.25/cwt112.25–112.256293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573103.12/cwt100.00–106.005916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2696110.25/cwt110.25–110.257674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2818107.25/cwt107.25–107.258772
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25064.80/cwt60.00–68.008108
Bulls——1,67577.26/cwt74.50–79.501,2944
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67525.00/cwt20.00–29.001698
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02541.44/cwt35.00–46.004258
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05044.17/cwt40.00–47.0046416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32551.33/cwt47.50–54.5068018
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37546.95/cwt43.00–50.0064612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2Fancy1,0451,357.89/cwt1,100.00–1,590.0014,19012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,130829.65/cwt630.00–950.009,3758

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.