Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-05-26

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, May 26
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
716 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 697▲ 202 vs year ago 514 · +39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 78▲ 42 vs year ago 51 · +82.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 85▼ 152 vs year ago 226 · −67.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold higher 3.00-5.00; feeder heifers sold higher 3.00-5.00; feeder calf groups were weaned with 2 rounds of shots and reported as 1-2s; slaughter cows sold higher 1.00-2.00; slaughter bulls sold higher 1.00-2.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.09/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$135.09
250 head · 689 lb average
Value per head Derived
$931
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$364
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492145.87718117
Medium and Large 1-2862125.611,083133
One grade step is worth $20.25/cwt here — about −$364 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 sale250 hd
135.09
—
MS average12 barns · 1,414 hd
137.15
−2.06
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—Average1,46586.971,27422
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15568.3479046
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52864.1298010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02556.1257516

Every lot

53 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1225183.86/cwt170.00–195.0041412
Steers—Medium and Large 1325156.99/cwt150.00–163.0051014
Steers—Medium and Large 1375156.93/cwt150.00–163.005888
Steers—Medium and Large 1425151.28/cwt141.50–160.0064312
Steers—Medium and Large 1475145.25/cwt130.00–159.0069014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513146.50/cwt146.50–146.507525
Steers—Medium and Large 1525139.94/cwt130.00–149.0073520
Steers—Medium and Large 1575134.78/cwt128.00–141.0077512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588138.00/cwt138.00–138.008112
Steers—Medium and Large 1629139.43/cwt130.00–145.258775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630144.21/cwt141.50–145.2590911
Steers—Medium and Large 1675128.38/cwt121.00–135.2586710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679135.25/cwt135.25–135.259189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722130.00/cwt130.00–130.009393
Steers—Medium and Large 1740123.75/cwt123.00–124.509162
Steers—Medium and Large 1770118.33/cwt114.00–122.509112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784126.10/cwt126.10–126.1098914
Steers—Medium and Large 1845112.00/cwt112.00–112.009462
Steers—Medium and Large 1875110.04/cwt106.50–113.509632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2893125.60/cwt124.70–127.401,12227
Steers—Medium and Large 1925116.22/cwt111.00–121.501,0752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2954121.40/cwt121.40–121.401,15852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,099103.50/cwt103.50–103.501,13710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225149.70/cwt140.00–157.503378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325128.92/cwt123.00–134.004198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375126.66/cwt120.00–132.5047512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425123.82/cwt118.00–129.0052616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475125.26/cwt120.00–130.0059516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525123.71/cwt119.00–128.0064914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547125.00/cwt125.00–125.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575126.30/cwt119.00–133.0072614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580119.00/cwt119.00–119.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625120.87/cwt111.00–130.0075514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675108.22/cwt102.00–114.0073010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710107.18/cwt102.00–112.507612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743117.20/cwt117.20–117.208719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765117.50/cwt117.50–117.5089912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775107.03/cwt103.00–111.008292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820106.00/cwt105.00–108.008694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869102.61/cwt100.00–104.508924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2870105.50/cwt105.50–105.5091858
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415156.00/cwt156.00–156.0064710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2611120.50/cwt120.50–120.507364
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25082.30/cwt70.00–90.501,02912
Bulls——1,72392.58/cwt87.50–96.501,59510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02562.94/cwt56.50–67.5064522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02556.12/cwt45.00–64.0057516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27573.29/cwt68.00–78.0093424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52864.12/cwt56.75–70.0098010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1923778.86/cwt675.00–850.007,18914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,128990.19/cwt850.00–1,075.0011,16922
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1863794.35/cwt670.00–890.006,85514
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0551,297.94/cwt865.00–1,590.0013,69314

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.