Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2019-12-04

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Dec 4
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 574▲ 625 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 74▲ 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 110▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to 11-20-19 slaughter cows lower 1-2;slaughter bulls lower 1-3; feeder steers higher 1-9; feeder heifers higher 1-8. all groups of feeder calves were weaned and reported as muscle grade 1-2

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.93/cwt on 200 head.
Average price
$134.93
200 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.63
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1316162.3851327
Medium and Large 1-2620130.91812157
Medium and Large 2436128.0055716thin
One grade step is worth $34.38/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale200 hd
134.93
—
MS average13 barns · 1,273 hd
137.56
−2.63
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—Average1,53269.161,06010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30046.546058thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18345.9454424
CowsLean 85-90%Low91936.0433116

Every lot

41 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223171.51/cwt166.00–176.003828
Steers—Medium and Large 1323164.95/cwt158.00–171.005338
Steers—Medium and Large 2323154.28/cwt150.00–158.004984
Steers—Medium and Large 1379153.86/cwt135.00–167.0058311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2397157.00/cwt157.00–157.006235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421146.16/cwt144.00–147.006157
Steers—Medium and Large 2423117.69/cwt100.00–132.004988
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486131.36/cwt129.00–139.006388
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514134.91/cwt134.00–136.5069332
Steers—Medium and Large 2573122.32/cwt120.50–124.007014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583125.98/cwt121.50–129.3073422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628128.58/cwt122.50–131.5080726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667126.77/cwt123.75–129.1084611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711132.75/cwt132.75–132.7594425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795124.25/cwt124.25–124.259885
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864120.50/cwt117.25–121.251,04116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2228115.10/cwt110.00–120.002628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273117.71/cwt115.00–120.003214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323137.21/cwt134.00–140.004436
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323110.35/cwt105.00–115.003564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373132.18/cwt129.00–135.004936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408117.75/cwt115.50–120.004804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482116.78/cwt115.00–120.0056322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523104.61/cwt102.00–107.005476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529116.73/cwt115.00–120.5061818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2551118.56/cwt111.50–120.0065313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631110.64/cwt105.00–116.006986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660120.79/cwt110.25–124.007979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733128.85/cwt128.85–128.8594419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2855113.25/cwt113.25–113.2596818
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280398.00/cwt98.00–98.007872
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25062.40/cwt58.50–65.007804
Bulls——1,72073.67/cwt70.00–76.501,2676
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75026.75/cwt22.50–30.002014
Cows—Lean 85-90%97539.13/cwt32.50–44.2538212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10042.91/cwt38.00–47.0047214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30050.19/cwt47.50–52.5065210
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30046.54/cwt42.50–50.006058
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2551,211.77/cwt1,175.00–1,240.0015,2084
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1833624.97/cwt500.00–705.005,20614
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,145826.07/cwt650.00–930.009,45936

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.