Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2020-06-17

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 254▲ 380 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 43▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 159▲ 132 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers lower 5-13 ;feeder heifers lower 1-13 ; feeder calf groups were weaned with shots and reported as 1-2s ; slaughter cows were higher 1-4 ;slaughter bulls were higher 5-7

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.14/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$116.14
122 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$181
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2442123.7554732
Medium and Large 3392115.3645232
Medium and Large 1-2629113.4671346
Medium and Large 1673108.1672812thin
One grade step is worth $15.59/cwt here — about −$181 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 sale122 hd
116.14
—
MS average13 barns · 1,158 hd
122.20
−6.06
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—Average1,53987.821,35118
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24667.8284534
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41366.709426thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92555.705158thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3223143.76/cwt130.00–155.003214
Steers—Medium and Large 2273160.79/cwt157.00–164.004398
Steers—Medium and Large 3373136.36/cwt130.00–142.005094
Steers—Medium and Large 2423146.32/cwt140.00–152.006196
Steers—Medium and Large 3423134.69/cwt131.00–138.005708
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426147.00/cwt147.00–147.006265
Steers—Medium and Large 2473132.19/cwt128.00–136.006254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2501141.50/cwt141.50–141.507094
Steers—Medium and Large 2523131.17/cwt127.00–135.006868
Steers—Medium and Large 2573127.60/cwt125.00–130.007316
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3223126.16/cwt119.00–132.002814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273135.25/cwt132.00–138.003696
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323121.58/cwt105.00–136.003938
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373128.36/cwt122.00–134.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423126.85/cwt120.00–133.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423111.01/cwt101.00–120.004708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471128.00/cwt128.00–128.0060310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473110.52/cwt99.00–121.0052312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523119.69/cwt115.00–124.006266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592114.84/cwt114.75–115.006808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623112.59/cwt110.00–115.007016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623107.59/cwt105.00–110.006706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683108.69/cwt107.00–109.0074225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723103.73/cwt96.00–111.007506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2797101.00/cwt101.00–101.008053
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25079.60/cwt76.00–82.009956
Bulls——1,68391.93/cwt85.00–97.501,54712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92555.70/cwt53.00–58.005158
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02560.34/cwt58.00–62.006184
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27568.82/cwt63.00–74.0087730
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41366.70/cwt62.00–71.009426
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19981,324.27/cwt1,000.00–1,565.0013,21642
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1751,292.02/cwt925.00–1,500.0015,18156

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.