Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-06-30

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 30
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
493 head
▲ 168 vs last sale 325▲ 493 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 47▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 129▲ 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4-10 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 3-5 lower.

Grouped weaned feeder cattle 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 $156.95/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$156.95
125 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.23
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464158.6673696
Medium and Large 1-2560151.2884729
One grade step is worth $7.38/cwt here — about −$112 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 sale125 hd
156.95
—
MS average12 barns · 1,206 hd
146.72
+10.23
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—High1,45486.221,2548thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09671.4878414
CowsLean 85-90%Average92962.9358414

Every lot

39 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223176.10/cwt175.00–177.0039320
Steers—Medium and Large 1350174.00/cwt174.00–174.006094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418163.00/cwt163.00–163.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 1423164.69/cwt161.00–168.0069716
Steers—Medium and Large 1473158.24/cwt153.00–163.0074812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added493163.25/cwt163.25–163.258059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500156.50/cwt156.50–156.507834
Steers—Medium and Large 1523154.69/cwt150.00–159.0080920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561150.00/cwt150.00–150.008424
Steers—Medium and Large 1623147.40/cwt143.00–151.5091816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635143.00/cwt143.00–143.009084
Steers—Medium and Large 1723128.41/cwt123.00–133.509288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added838117.00/cwt117.00–117.009804
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1223142.40/cwt138.00–146.0031810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270153.50/cwt153.50–153.5041419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330148.50/cwt148.50–148.5049010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373131.89/cwt125.00–138.004926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423138.03/cwt132.50–143.005846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523140.00/cwt140.00–140.007324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523137.69/cwt133.00–142.0072010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570137.00/cwt137.00–137.007812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615137.50/cwt137.50–137.508462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623130.18/cwt125.00–135.008116
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225175.00/cwt175.00–175.0039410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323166.14/cwt164.00–168.0053720
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373143.71/cwt140.00–147.005364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423151.11/cwt149.00–153.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473134.19/cwt130.00–138.006354
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523132.61/cwt130.00–135.006944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573132.60/cwt130.00–135.007604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623124.70/cwt119.00–130.007774
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24882.89/cwt79.00–85.501,0346
Bulls——2,07396.21/cwt93.50–98.501,9942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80055.66/cwt53.00–58.004456
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02570.51/cwt67.00–73.0072310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02568.39/cwt64.00–71.507018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27573.91/cwt71.00–76.509424
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2918927.90/cwt820.00–1,000.008,51810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2901,115.04/cwt920.00–1,260.0014,38446

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.