Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-07-28

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 28
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
729 head
▲ 381 vs last sale 348▲ 264 vs year ago 465 · +56.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 48▲ 49 vs year ago 31 · +158.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 102▲ 58 vs year ago 63 · +92.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers sold higher 1.00-12.00; feeder heifers sold higher 2.00-10.00 ; feeder calf groups had 2 rounds of shots and were reported as 1-2s; ; slaughter cows sold weaker; slaughter bulls sold weaker

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.65/cwt on 243 head.
Average price
$152.65
243 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$788
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.68
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480156.47752130
Medium and Large 1-2557148.26826113
One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale243 hd
152.65
—
MS average13 barns · 1,392 hd
151.97
+0.68
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—High1,66682.311,37110
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11665.1772744
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50564.739748thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99253.2852919

Every lot

47 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 1275199.31/cwt192.50–205.0054810
Steers—Medium and Large 1327177.64/cwt159.00–191.0058111
Steers—Medium and Large 1376161.62/cwt156.00–166.0060817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398150.75/cwt150.75–150.756008
Steers—Medium and Large 1425154.82/cwt149.00–160.0065816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435161.50/cwt161.50–161.5070313
Steers—Medium and Large 1475155.52/cwt145.00–165.0073916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483152.64/cwt152.50–152.9073715
Steers—Medium and Large 1525151.54/cwt145.00–157.5079620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529148.63/cwt145.50–151.0078612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570146.81/cwt144.00–148.5083717
Steers—Medium and Large 1575147.62/cwt138.50–156.0084920
Steers—Medium and Large 1625137.79/cwt130.00–145.0086112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632144.02/cwt140.50–144.5091041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680140.25/cwt140.25–140.259542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719138.75/cwt138.75–138.759985
Steers—Medium and Large 1725130.53/cwt122.00–138.509468
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275152.26/cwt143.00–160.004196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328152.16/cwt140.00–160.004997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375142.99/cwt135.00–150.0053616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438141.91/cwt129.00–147.5062230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466141.72/cwt139.25–146.0066016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475136.71/cwt127.50–144.5064931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525133.76/cwt128.00–139.0070220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539135.88/cwt135.50–136.2573218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575132.02/cwt125.50–138.0075916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584132.50/cwt132.50–132.507749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626126.46/cwt119.00–132.5079215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633131.12/cwt129.75–133.508308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673135.25/cwt135.25–135.259102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675123.74/cwt117.00–130.0083510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728115.52/cwt107.00–121.508417
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425148.81/cwt138.50–158.0063220
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525136.19/cwt132.00–140.0071524
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25070.20/cwt58.50–78.008784
Bulls——1,94390.38/cwt87.00–92.501,7566
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81739.24/cwt33.00–42.003213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02562.32/cwt55.00–67.5063928
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02555.91/cwt44.50–64.0057316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27570.15/cwt67.50–72.5089416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50564.73/cwt60.00–68.509748
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 18751,075.00/cwt975.00–1,150.009,4064
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1875939.29/cwt825.00–1,025.008,2198
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1101,216.62/cwt1,050.00–1,320.0013,50428
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1903819.50/cwt650.00–940.007,40020
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,025969.76/cwt800.00–1,090.009,94018
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1851,050.13/cwt800.00–1,190.0012,44442

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.