Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2020-05-06

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, May 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
442 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 436▲ 442 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 27▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 179▲ 237 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 higher 2-14 ; feeder heifers were higher 3-12 ; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s ; slaughter cows were higher 1-5 ; slaughter bulls were higher 1-4

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.79/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$111.79
132 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.39
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498124.396198thin
Medium and Large 1-2602111.0666898
Medium and Large 2500110.6755326
One grade step is worth $13.72/cwt here — about $66 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 sale132 hd
111.79
—
MS average13 barns · 1,083 hd
114.19
−2.39
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—High1,64090.111,4788thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49857.5986312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15756.9465934
CowsLean 85-90%Average97551.925068thin

Every lot

40 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 1-2273145.00/cwt145.00–145.003962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389148.04/cwt124.50–154.0057614
Steers—Medium and Large 2423144.21/cwt140.00–148.006104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473141.06/cwt126.00–149.006676
Steers—Medium and Large 1523135.00/cwt129.00–140.507066
Steers—Medium and Large 2523126.13/cwt123.00–129.006606
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535137.09/cwt133.00–140.5073312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566129.00/cwt129.00–129.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 1623125.04/cwt124.00–126.007794
Steers—Medium and Large 2623121.11/cwt118.00–124.007554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633129.00/cwt129.00–129.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672119.07/cwt116.00–124.0080016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720112.48/cwt109.00–116.008108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773104.50/cwt104.50–104.508083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-287595.00/cwt95.00–95.008314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265135.00/cwt135.00–135.003582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323128.02/cwt120.00–135.004144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373138.12/cwt136.00–140.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423119.79/cwt114.00–125.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483119.00/cwt117.00–127.5057514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523108.87/cwt100.00–117.0056912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583113.31/cwt108.00–117.5066127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623110.66/cwt106.00–115.006894
Heifers—Medium and Large 262396.62/cwt86.00–106.506026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626108.56/cwt106.00–111.7568018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2689104.20/cwt101.00–109.0071817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-270699.50/cwt95.00–108.007028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-276591.50/cwt91.50–91.507005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2818120.00/cwt120.00–120.009822
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,64090.11/cwt85.50–94.001,4788
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97551.92/cwt46.00–56.505068
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02553.22/cwt50.00–55.5054616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27560.24/cwt56.00–64.0076818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49857.59/cwt52.00–62.0086312
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1875982.86/cwt860.00–1,075.008,60026
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19751,147.44/cwt950.00–1,300.0011,18812
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1851,520.68/cwt1,200.00–1,700.0018,02086
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1925748.65/cwt600.00–850.006,92510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1401,194.96/cwt850.00–1,400.0013,62386

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.