Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-07-14

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 14
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
659 head
▲ 166 vs last sale 493▲ 192 vs year ago 467 · +41.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 48▲ 22 vs year ago 53 · +41.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 140▲ 34 vs year ago 131 · +26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-7 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 1-3 higher.

Weaned grouped 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 $128.49/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$128.49
114 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.82
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2606128.6878056
Medium and Large 1601128.3077158
One grade step is worth $0.38/cwt here — about $9 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 sale114 hd
128.49
—
MS average13 barns · 1,362 hd
132.30
−3.82
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—High1,67599.991,6758thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09371.4978114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02564.9366610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02564.266596thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373174.24/cwt170.00–178.006508
Steers—Medium and Large 1423166.21/cwt162.00–170.007038
Steers—Medium and Large 1473157.24/cwt152.00–162.007446
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488167.50/cwt167.50–167.508173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519158.50/cwt158.50–158.508237
Steers—Medium and Large 1523152.74/cwt147.00–158.007996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564145.56/cwt143.50–147.0082115
Steers—Medium and Large 1573145.08/cwt143.00–147.008316
Steers—Medium and Large 1623137.66/cwt133.00–142.008586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626141.82/cwt141.75–142.008887
Steers—Medium and Large 1673133.10/cwt130.00–136.008966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675133.00/cwt133.00–133.008983
Steers—Medium and Large 1723127.58/cwt125.00–130.0092210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added726127.50/cwt127.50–127.5092610
Steers—Medium and Large 1773123.60/cwt120.00–127.009554
Steers—Medium and Large 1823123.03/cwt122.00–124.001,0136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,145107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473139.57/cwt138.00–141.006608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476130.00/cwt130.00–130.006198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523134.43/cwt130.00–138.5070310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538132.45/cwt132.00–133.2571317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573129.20/cwt124.00–134.0074012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added591131.08/cwt130.75–131.5077516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623124.18/cwt119.00–129.0077412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673125.10/cwt122.00–128.008426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723118.16/cwt113.00–123.008546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740123.50/cwt123.50–123.509143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added763122.25/cwt122.25–122.259339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773120.06/cwt118.00–122.009284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added810115.50/cwt115.50–115.509363
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323165.35/cwt160.00–170.005344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423152.63/cwt150.00–155.006464
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473141.81/cwt135.00–148.006718
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523133.13/cwt130.00–136.006966
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573131.16/cwt127.00–135.007526
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623129.11/cwt126.00–132.008046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673121.13/cwt117.00–125.008156
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67599.99/cwt97.50–102.001,6758
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02570.34/cwt68.00–72.0072110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02564.93/cwt62.00–67.0066610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02564.26/cwt62.50–65.506596
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26374.36/cwt72.00–76.509394
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2880727.90/cwt550.00–860.006,40612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1831,084.27/cwt860.00–1,250.0012,82720
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0181,959.46/cwt1,500.00–2,350.0019,94712
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,341.43/cwt1,210.00–1,450.0014,08516

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.