Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-02-24

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
465 head
▲ 385 vs last sale 80▼ 3 vs year ago 468 · −0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 17▼ 45 vs year ago 90 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 17▲ 28 vs year ago 116 · +24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold 2-10 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls had no trend.

Grouped 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 $122.54/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$122.54
61 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.30
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536123.7466340
Medium and Large 1-2569120.2668521
One grade step is worth $3.48/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale61 hd
122.54
—
MS average11 barns · 554 hd
123.84
−1.30
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—Average1,41081.101,14310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02567.936966thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average99064.216365thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91356.7351816

Every lot

26 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423164.21/cwt160.00–168.0069510
Steers—Medium and Large 1473159.76/cwt154.00–165.0075610
Steers—Medium and Large 1523151.22/cwt146.00–156.0079110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548148.00/cwt148.00–148.008114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665128.50/cwt128.50–128.5085510
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423131.74/cwt127.00–136.0055710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465132.50/cwt132.50–132.506165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473132.19/cwt128.00–136.0062510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507128.25/cwt128.25–128.256503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523127.69/cwt123.00–132.0066810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563118.25/cwt118.25–118.256666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630117.50/cwt117.50–117.507402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added694106.75/cwt106.75–106.757415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723103.35/cwt100.00–106.5074710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323172.81/cwt168.00–177.0055810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373155.83/cwt150.00–161.0058110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523141.22/cwt136.00–146.0073910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623120.18/cwt115.00–125.0074910
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24076.77/cwt72.00–80.009526
Bulls——1,66587.59/cwt81.00–93.001,4584
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80052.66/cwt50.00–55.004218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%99064.21/cwt63.00–65.506365
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02567.93/cwt65.00–70.006966
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02560.80/cwt57.00–63.506238
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2888871.97/cwt810.00–920.007,74312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,031.76/cwt840.00–1,175.0011,04030

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.