Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2020-07-08

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 8
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
481 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 359▲ 481 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 64▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 160▲ 109 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Grouped precondition yearlings are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.17/cwt on 157 head.
Average price
$128.17
157 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.79
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522133.8769878
Medium and Large 1-2650122.5579679
One grade step is worth $11.31/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale157 hd
128.17
—
MS average13 barns · 1,265 hd
134.96
−6.79
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—Low1,52188.751,3507thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High94858.7155721
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02554.7856110

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423152.16/cwt149.00–155.0064410
Steers—Medium and Large 1473136.55/cwt130.00–142.5064622
Steers—Medium and Large 1523135.39/cwt132.00–138.5070830
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530132.00/cwt132.00–132.0070020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568130.00/cwt130.00–130.007385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614125.00/cwt125.00–125.007686
Steers—Medium and Large 1623120.18/cwt115.00–125.007498
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654122.20/cwt122.20–122.2079916
Steers—Medium and Large 1673111.58/cwt109.00–114.007518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added719118.15/cwt117.90–119.2584922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770113.40/cwt113.40–113.408738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added88890.00/cwt90.00–90.007992
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423127.32/cwt121.00–133.0053910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473117.14/cwt114.00–120.0055410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508121.00/cwt121.00–121.006154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523112.74/cwt107.00–118.005908
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573112.72/cwt107.00–118.006466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605106.75/cwt106.75–106.7564624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623105.66/cwt101.00–110.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714107.10/cwt107.10–107.1076513
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423140.79/cwt135.00–146.005968
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473124.45/cwt120.00–128.5058910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523119.69/cwt115.00–124.006268
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573111.20/cwt106.00–116.006378
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623105.18/cwt100.00–110.006558
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16581.28/cwt78.50–85.009473
Bulls——1,78894.35/cwt90.00–97.501,6874
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%87157.45/cwt57.00–62.5050017
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02554.78/cwt52.00–56.7556110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27564.06/cwt63.00–65.008174
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2850917.65/cwt800.00–1,000.007,80014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29251,196.62/cwt1,075.00–1,300.0011,0696
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,049.34/cwt950.00–1,125.0012,01520

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.