Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-06-16

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
469 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 462▲ 89 vs year ago 380 · +23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 92▼ 4 vs year ago 63 · −6.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 81▼ 60 vs year ago 132 · −45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $128.79/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$128.79
106 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.11
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556130.1472364
Medium and Large 1-2639126.7480942
One grade step is worth $3.40/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale106 hd
128.79
—
MS average13 barns · 1,031 hd
129.90
−1.11
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—High1,59391.101,45116
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10874.4282512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02570.457224thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92363.5958722

Every lot

44 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415172.00/cwt172.00–172.007142
Steers—Medium and Large 1423167.74/cwt163.00–172.007106
Steers—Medium and Large 1473153.67/cwt150.00–157.0072712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528146.50/cwt146.50–146.507742
Steers—Medium and Large 1573137.72/cwt132.00–143.007898
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590142.75/cwt142.75–142.758427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661135.30/cwt134.50–137.3589414
Steers—Medium and Large 1673135.36/cwt132.00–138.509116
Steers—Medium and Large 1723128.30/cwt126.50–130.009286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added736127.50/cwt127.50–127.509385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added768126.50/cwt126.50–126.509722
Steers—Medium and Large 1773125.03/cwt124.00–126.009666
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800125.10/cwt125.10–125.101,0017
Steers—Medium and Large 1823122.31/cwt120.00–124.501,0076
Steers—Medium and Large 1923124.10/cwt120.00–128.001,1454
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373136.24/cwt132.00–140.0050810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423141.85/cwt135.00–148.0060010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473135.24/cwt130.00–140.006408
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523134.95/cwt130.00–139.507068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528135.85/cwt133.50–139.757178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573129.72/cwt124.00–135.007438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585139.90/cwt139.90–139.908185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669122.44/cwt120.25–125.5081926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723119.09/cwt116.00–122.008618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758117.75/cwt117.75–117.758933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773116.34/cwt113.00–119.5089912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323164.42/cwt158.00–170.005318
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373149.77/cwt145.00–154.005598
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423147.90/cwt140.00–155.006268
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523134.30/cwt130.00–138.2570210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623125.52/cwt125.00–126.0078212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673119.65/cwt115.00–124.008056
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723118.06/cwt116.00–120.0085410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765112.90/cwt112.90–112.908647
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24880.54/cwt75.00–84.251,0058
Bulls——1,938101.66/cwt94.00–106.501,9708
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80058.98/cwt55.00–62.5047210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02572.93/cwt70.00–75.007488
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02570.45/cwt68.25–72.007224
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02567.43/cwt64.50–69.5069112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27577.41/cwt74.50–80.009874
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0631,202.80/cwt1,010.00–1,350.0012,78610
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29231,009.62/cwt950.00–1,060.009,3196
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,290.55/cwt1,050.00–1,450.0014,0028

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.