Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-04-14

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Apr 14
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
421 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 494▲ 129 vs year ago 292 · +44.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 75▲ 24 vs year ago 34 · +70.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 90▲ 8 vs year ago 91 · +8.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold steady, and slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Grouped weaned feeder steers and heifers 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 $147.78/cwt on 150 head.
Average price
$147.78
150 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.46
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497154.7976964
Medium and Large 1-2654142.5793286
One grade step is worth $12.22/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale150 hd
147.78
—
MS average13 barns · 1,581 hd
153.24
−5.46
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—Low1,38387.541,2115thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08369.2475023
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average99061.656105thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97058.5756810

Every lot

51 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1230185.00/cwt185.00–185.004261
Steers—Medium and Large 1273177.71/cwt175.00–180.004854
Steers—Medium and Large 1323175.37/cwt173.50–177.005662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added380172.44/cwt172.00–173.2565511
Steers—Medium and Large 1386175.46/cwt173.00–176.006775
Steers—Medium and Large 1423165.27/cwt160.00–170.0069910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431170.00/cwt170.00–170.007334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added466161.06/cwt160.00–161.5075110
Steers—Medium and Large 1473165.24/cwt160.00–170.007826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523153.56/cwt152.50–155.008037
Steers—Medium and Large 1523150.22/cwt145.00–155.0078614
Steers—Medium and Large 1573143.12/cwt140.00–146.0082012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580142.47/cwt131.00–155.0082614
Steers—Medium and Large 1623136.22/cwt130.00–142.008496
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695120.50/cwt120.50–120.508372
Steers—Medium and Large 1723125.19/cwt119.00–131.009054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785129.37/cwt129.30–129.601,01618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875122.20/cwt122.20–122.201,0695
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added903123.25/cwt123.25–123.251,11312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,043114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,1973
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1286142.09/cwt142.00–142.504065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373134.76/cwt131.00–139.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added398138.75/cwt138.75–138.755525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423130.79/cwt127.00–135.005538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added437135.50/cwt135.50–135.505924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473128.81/cwt125.00–133.006096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added494132.50/cwt132.50–132.506554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516132.50/cwt132.50–132.506847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523127.55/cwt123.00–132.5066710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571128.00/cwt128.00–128.007315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573125.92/cwt124.00–128.007228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615124.58/cwt121.00–126.507663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633124.75/cwt124.25–125.507905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673114.32/cwt109.00–120.007694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added853114.50/cwt114.50–114.509773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added909114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0364
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330169.09/cwt167.00–170.005583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380165.39/cwt164.00–166.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473145.24/cwt140.00–150.006874
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523142.13/cwt139.00–145.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573124.40/cwt122.00–127.007132
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20284.61/cwt83.50–87.001,0173
Bulls——1,65591.94/cwt89.50–94.501,5222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78352.27/cwt51.00–54.504093
Cows—Breaker 75-80%99061.65/cwt58.50–65.006105
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02568.07/cwt65.00–70.2569818
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05061.27/cwt58.00–63.006437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29073.45/cwt70.00–75.509485
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2890684.13/cwt525.00–800.006,0898
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,010.16/cwt800.00–1,150.0011,31416
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1701,529.23/cwt1,280.00–1,685.0017,89212

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.