Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2020-01-22

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jan 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
338 head
▼ 325 vs last sale 663▲ 338 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 23▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 71▲ 33 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 1-6; feeder heifers higher 1-6; groups were reported as 1-2 and had been weaned over 45 days and had been given shots ; slaughter cows higher 1-4; slaughter bulls higher 1-3

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.54/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$160.54
126 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$400
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$55.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.86
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419169.5171096
Medium and Large 3488134.5365726
Medium and Large 1-2972114.251,1104thin
One grade step is worth $55.26/cwt here — about −$400 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 sale126 hd
160.54
—
MS average13 barns · 1,230 hd
156.69
+3.86
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—High1,77582.961,4736thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30052.316808thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97545.354424thin

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223186.63/cwt182.50–190.004168
Steers—Medium and Large 3223165.51/cwt160.00–170.003694
Steers—Medium and Large 1273188.12/cwt180.00–195.005146
Steers—Medium and Large 1323185.88/cwt180.00–191.0060014
Steers—Medium and Large 1373173.83/cwt168.00–179.0064814
Steers—Medium and Large 3373137.95/cwt130.00–145.005156
Steers—Medium and Large 1423167.63/cwt165.00–170.0070916
Steers—Medium and Large 1473162.19/cwt158.00–166.0076714
Steers—Medium and Large 1523159.17/cwt155.00–163.0083210
Steers—Medium and Large 3572128.87/cwt119.00–138.007378
Steers—Medium and Large 1573154.08/cwt152.00–156.0088310
Steers—Medium and Large 3623122.14/cwt118.00–126.007618
Steers—Medium and Large 1673132.58/cwt130.00–135.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2863116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,0052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,080112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273144.20/cwt135.00–152.003948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323148.56/cwt140.00–156.0048016
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323111.95/cwt105.00–118.003628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373151.65/cwt149.00–154.005664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423150.37/cwt143.00–157.006368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473147.33/cwt140.00–154.006974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473141.63/cwt139.00–145.006708
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473125.24/cwt120.00–130.005924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523135.22/cwt130.00–140.007074
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523114.74/cwt109.00–120.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623120.63/cwt117.00–124.007526
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483152.00/cwt152.00–152.007344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545136.00/cwt136.00–136.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645116.81/cwt110.75–125.007537
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,77582.96/cwt79.50–85.501,4736
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97545.35/cwt44.50–46.004424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30052.31/cwt48.00–56.006808
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1975715.13/cwt410.00–1,110.006,9734
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,078732.95/cwt630.00–800.007,9018

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.