Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2020-11-11

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Nov 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
541 head
▲ 343 vs last sale 198▲ 384 vs year ago 157 · +244.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 22▼ 8 vs year ago 56 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 32▲ 4 vs year ago 99 · +4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-4 higher, slaughter cow sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 1-2 higher.

Wean grouped feeder calves 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 $133.88/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$133.88
103 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.79
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437155.2667836
Medium and Large 1-2721122.3988267
One grade step is worth $32.87/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale103 hd
133.88
—
MS average13 barns · 1,283 hd
143.66
−9.79
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—High1,65082.641,36410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02552.2053512
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02546.9348110

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323170.81/cwt166.00–175.0055214
Steers—Medium and Large 1373170.77/cwt166.00–175.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 1423159.79/cwt154.00–165.006768
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537138.50/cwt138.50–138.507445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559135.14/cwt134.25–136.257559
Steers—Medium and Large 1573126.68/cwt122.00–131.007264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608125.00/cwt125.00–125.007604
Steers—Medium and Large 1673121.65/cwt117.00–126.008196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684124.58/cwt123.00–125.0085219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784118.86/cwt118.75–119.0093214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added887110.00/cwt110.00–110.0097616
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323132.28/cwt128.00–136.0042712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373132.24/cwt128.00–136.0049312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423133.27/cwt128.00–138.005648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473124.24/cwt119.00–129.0058812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523111.65/cwt108.00–115.005848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541120.32/cwt117.50–124.0065113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628115.00/cwt115.00–115.0072211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667115.41/cwt114.75–117.0077014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added774110.98/cwt109.50–113.2585910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added853107.00/cwt107.00–107.009133
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223171.61/cwt165.00–177.003834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273171.50/cwt165.00–177.004684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323169.74/cwt166.00–173.005486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373169.71/cwt166.00–173.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423145.79/cwt140.00–151.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473131.29/cwt125.00–137.0062110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523125.22/cwt120.00–130.0065510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623112.11/cwt109.00–115.006986
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673112.10/cwt109.00–115.007542
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65082.64/cwt78.00–86.501,36410
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02552.20/cwt50.00–53.7553512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02546.93/cwt44.00–49.0048110
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1631,013.27/cwt810.00–1,150.0011,78428

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.