Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2019-12-18

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Dec 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
350 head
▼ 275 vs last sale 625▲ 350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 50▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 204▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers higher 1-12; feeder heifers higher 3-17; (weaned groups were reported as 1-2); slaughter cows lower 1-3; slaughter bulls firmer; local trade was high on thin cows for grazing

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.47/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$123.47
88 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$37.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.63
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513140.4072010thin
Medium and Large 2223128.262864thin
Medium and Large 1488125.0661060
Medium and Large 3444103.1545814thin
One grade step is worth $37.25/cwt here — about $262 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 sale88 hd
123.47
—
MS average13 barns · 849 hd
119.84
+3.63
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—High1,41966.6594610
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12543.0348416
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02542.504366thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35040.315446thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223176.40/cwt172.00–180.003934
Steers—Medium and Large 1273175.58/cwt168.00–182.004794
Steers—Medium and Large 1323175.63/cwt166.00–184.005676
Steers—Medium and Large 2373160.42/cwt153.00–167.0059812
Steers—Medium and Large 1423159.32/cwt153.00–165.006744
Steers—Medium and Large 2423148.74/cwt144.00–153.006294
Steers—Medium and Large 1473146.90/cwt138.00–155.006958
Steers—Medium and Large 1523151.13/cwt148.00–154.007904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223128.26/cwt120.00–135.002864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273134.50/cwt128.00–140.003676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323137.65/cwt130.00–143.0044516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423139.74/cwt135.00–144.005914
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423104.80/cwt89.00–119.004438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445158.00/cwt158.00–158.007036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473137.24/cwt132.00–142.006494
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473100.95/cwt91.00–110.004776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523120.26/cwt114.00–126.006296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573113.64/cwt110.00–117.006518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595113.75/cwt113.75–113.756772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623114.59/cwt112.00–117.007148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635114.25/cwt114.25–114.257252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723107.73/cwt100.00–115.007794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823102.05/cwt100.00–104.008404
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25060.80/cwt50.00–68.007606
Bulls——1,67375.43/cwt69.50–80.251,2624
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02542.50/cwt36.50–46.754366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10042.36/cwt38.00–46.0046614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30047.75/cwt46.00–49.256212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35040.31/cwt33.50–45.755446
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1632698.38/cwt560.00–870.004,4149
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 11,025898.67/cwt890.00–910.009,2119
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1001,122.73/cwt1,000.00–1,225.0012,35014
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1875621.71/cwt540.00–670.005,4404
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1781,008.70/cwt670.00–1,200.0011,88210

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.