Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-02-10

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 10
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
384 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 444▼ 49 vs year ago 433 · −11.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 60▲ 23 vs year ago 37 · +62.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 91▼ 34 vs year ago 92 · −37.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1-5 lower, slaughter cows sold 1-5 higher, and no trend on slaughter bulls.

Weaned feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.30/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$126.30
128 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.80
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2462127.9559170
Medium and Large 1482124.3159958
One grade step is worth $3.64/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale128 hd
126.30
—
MS average13 barns · 945 hd
122.50
+3.80
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—Average1,81584.411,5324thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02563.766546thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02547.684894thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423179.69/cwt176.00–183.007604
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468148.50/cwt148.50–148.5069510
Steers—Medium and Large 1473144.45/cwt140.00–148.5068312
Steers—Medium and Large 1523139.61/cwt137.00–142.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 1723121.55/cwt120.00–123.008794
Steers—Medium and Large 1773116.63/cwt112.00–121.009026
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added294145.50/cwt145.50–145.504284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373134.83/cwt134.00–135.0050324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373132.65/cwt130.00–135.0049516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423127.16/cwt124.00–130.005386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473121.67/cwt118.00–125.0057510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482124.16/cwt123.00–125.0059818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513123.93/cwt122.50–125.0063612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523122.61/cwt120.00–125.0064110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573119.16/cwt115.00–123.0068310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616118.06/cwt114.00–119.5072712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623115.04/cwt114.00–116.007176
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373151.30/cwt146.00–156.005646
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423140.27/cwt135.00–145.005936
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523124.74/cwt119.00–130.0065212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,81584.41/cwt81.00–87.001,5324
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02563.76/cwt62.00–65.006546
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02547.68/cwt43.00–51.004894
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2893721.34/cwt620.00–800.006,44210
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0581,026.88/cwt870.00–1,150.0010,86412

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.