Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Apr 15
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 270▲ 292 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 21▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 42▲ 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers were mixed ; feeder heifers lower 1-13 ,feeder calf groups were weaned with shots and reported as number 1-2s ; slaughter cows higher 4-10 ; slaughter bulls higher 1-8

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $118.07/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$118.07
121 head · 624 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$275
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$41.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3373133.7549912thin
Medium and Large 2516129.0766628
Medium and Large 1-2681114.3577972
Medium and Large 183492.697739thin
One grade step is worth $41.06/cwt here — about −$275 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 sale121 hd
118.07
—
MS average8 barns · 417 hd
122.92
−4.85
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—High1,67887.781,4733thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39560.098386thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23058.4971920
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00052.305234thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2323156.35/cwt151.00–161.005056
Steers—Medium and Large 3323138.02/cwt130.00–145.004466
Steers—Medium and Large 3423129.48/cwt125.00–133.505486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2459139.00/cwt138.00–140.006387
Steers—Medium and Large 2523125.22/cwt120.00–130.006558
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524134.67/cwt133.50–135.007069
Steers—Medium and Large 2573121.72/cwt116.00–127.006978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583124.00/cwt124.00–124.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616118.67/cwt114.00–121.507319
Steers—Medium and Large 2623116.73/cwt110.00–123.007276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650119.25/cwt119.25–119.257752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714110.44/cwt107.75–114.0078916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765105.91/cwt102.75–112.5081015
Steers—Medium and Large 177896.56/cwt90.00–103.507513
Steers—Medium and Large 181792.51/cwt87.50–95.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-284296.00/cwt96.00–96.0080810
Steers—Medium and Large 185095.00/cwt95.00–95.008081
Steers—Medium and Large 190090.00/cwt90.00–90.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-290389.00/cwt89.00–89.008042
Steers—Medium and Large 197582.00/cwt82.00–82.008001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323119.49/cwt112.00–126.003868
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423117.90/cwt110.00–125.004994
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423108.69/cwt105.00–112.004606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445112.00/cwt112.00–112.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473112.67/cwt109.00–116.005336
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473103.81/cwt97.00–110.004916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482109.50/cwt109.50–109.505283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515112.92/cwt112.50–113.505825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523108.65/cwt105.00–112.0056810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573104.68/cwt100.00–109.006006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580111.33/cwt109.75–113.006466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-263199.00/cwt99.00–99.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-269092.50/cwt92.50–92.506389
Heifers—Medium and Large 171089.00/cwt89.00–89.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273088.56/cwt88.10–88.7564610
Heifers—Medium and Large 179581.00/cwt81.00–81.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 180080.00/cwt80.00–80.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 187582.00/cwt82.00–82.007181
Heifers—Medium and Large 191079.00/cwt79.00–79.007191
Heifers—Medium and Large 196575.50/cwt75.50–75.507291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67887.78/cwt85.25–91.251,4733
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00052.30/cwt50.00–54.005234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12553.11/cwt52.00–54.005976
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27560.79/cwt55.50–65.5077514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39560.09/cwt58.00–62.008386
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,103894.41/cwt750.00–985.009,86530
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1875891.43/cwt880.00–900.007,80010
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0751,211.05/cwt1,075.00–1,300.0013,01918

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.