Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2019-12-11

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Dec 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 625▲ 625 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 53▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
204 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 102▲ 204 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cows weaker; slaughter bulls firmer; feeder calves in number 1-2 were sold as groups with #1;#2;#3 sold one at a time ; feeder steers higher 1-15; feeder heifers mixed ;also good set of cross bred F1 type 2 year old open heifers exposed to low birth weight bulls (shown in report)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.73/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$116.73
171 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.13
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437126.8555514thin
Medium and Large 1-2467119.4955879
Medium and Large 2432114.4949556
Medium and Large 3405106.0542922
One grade step is worth $20.80/cwt here — about $125 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 sale171 hd
116.73
—
MS average13 barns · 1,456 hd
113.60
+3.13
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—Average1,46769.361,01814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40046.076456thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18344.1852318
CowsLean 85-90%Low93330.2028212

Every lot

54 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273171.79/cwt168.00–175.004696
Steers—Medium and Large 1323167.81/cwt163.00–172.005428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337165.00/cwt165.00–165.005563
Steers—Medium and Large 1373166.18/cwt163.00–169.006206
Steers—Medium and Large 3373146.54/cwt137.00–155.005476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381159.65/cwt148.00–164.0060816
Steers—Medium and Large 1423154.79/cwt149.00–160.0065510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439138.85/cwt126.00–146.006109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471139.27/cwt138.75–142.5065614
Steers—Medium and Large 1473142.86/cwt135.00–150.006768
Steers—Medium and Large 3473122.14/cwt119.00–125.005788
Steers—Medium and Large 1523138.61/cwt136.00–141.007254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528136.70/cwt133.75–139.5072214
Steers—Medium and Large 1573130.68/cwt126.00–135.007494
Steers—Medium and Large 3573111.16/cwt107.00–115.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575130.91/cwt129.85–133.5075317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603126.50/cwt126.50–126.507638
Steers—Medium and Large 1623122.85/cwt120.00–125.507654
Steers—Medium and Large 1673121.62/cwt118.00–125.008196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675125.73/cwt125.00–127.008498
Steers—Medium and Large 1723116.64/cwt112.00–121.008434
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273122.41/cwt117.00–127.003348
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323120.35/cwt115.00–125.003896
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323110.35/cwt105.00–115.003568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332125.46/cwt125.00–126.0041723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373121.36/cwt115.00–127.004538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373121.00/cwt121.00–121.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416121.56/cwt120.50–124.0050613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423128.74/cwt124.00–133.0054510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423117.79/cwt112.00–123.0049812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423104.21/cwt100.00–108.004416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468117.79/cwt112.00–120.755516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473122.14/cwt119.00–125.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473103.14/cwt100.00–106.004888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520113.44/cwt111.75–115.0059014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523106.65/cwt103.00–110.0055812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567120.25/cwt120.25–120.256829
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573104.60/cwt102.00–107.0059910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605113.25/cwt113.25–113.256854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656113.50/cwt113.50–113.507454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724112.00/cwt112.00–112.008114
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25065.30/cwt62.00–67.508166
Bulls——1,63072.40/cwt67.00–77.001,1808
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75016.83/cwt14.00–19.001264
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02536.89/cwt32.50–40.003788
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10041.82/cwt38.00–45.0046012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35048.89/cwt45.00–52.006606
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40046.07/cwt43.50–48.006456
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,1441,235.77/cwt1,050.00–1,380.0014,13758
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1875799.29/cwt785.00–810.006,9948
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19281,259.72/cwt1,125.00–1,370.0011,69012
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0501,314.29/cwt1,200.00–1,400.0013,80012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1843648.37/cwt500.00–750.005,46620
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,130926.44/cwt680.00–1,075.0010,46910

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.