Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-08-11

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Aug 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 326 vs last sale 424▼ 598 vs year ago 696 · −85.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 73▲ 66 vs year ago 57 · +115.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
527 head
▲ 478 vs last sale 49▲ 459 vs year ago 68 · +675.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-10 lower, slaughter cows sold Firm, 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.13/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$140.13
119 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.17
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549142.0077962
Medium and Large 1-2636138.0887957
One grade step is worth $3.92/cwt here — about −$99 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 sale119 hd
140.13
—
MS average13 barns · 1,280 hd
148.30
−8.17
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—High1,37589.891,23614
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07970.8876428
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02565.6367310
CowsLean 85-90%Average98063.0361820

Every lot

40 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 1323165.35/cwt160.00–170.005348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415155.00/cwt155.00–155.006433
Steers—Medium and Large 1473145.24/cwt140.00–150.0068712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482147.96/cwt145.25–150.007137
Steers—Medium and Large 1523142.13/cwt139.00–145.007438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added549140.25/cwt140.25–140.257705
Steers—Medium and Large 1573140.32/cwt138.50–142.0080412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585141.31/cwt138.50–145.008279
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621138.23/cwt137.50–139.508588
Steers—Medium and Large 1623134.66/cwt130.00–139.0083914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665136.00/cwt136.00–136.009047
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717133.47/cwt133.20–134.5095715
Steers—Medium and Large 1723128.61/cwt125.00–132.009304
Steers—Medium and Large 1773129.51/cwt129.00–130.001,0014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added970115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,105112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,185110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323137.74/cwt134.00–141.0044510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423127.63/cwt125.00–130.005408
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431133.62/cwt133.25–135.005769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475126.78/cwt126.25–127.006027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523122.13/cwt119.00–125.0063918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537124.99/cwt124.25–126.006717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557125.50/cwt125.50–125.506997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573120.38/cwt117.00–123.506908
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615125.25/cwt125.25–125.257703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623120.39/cwt116.50–124.0075012
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423150.27/cwt145.00–155.006366
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473142.71/cwt138.00–147.0067510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573126.64/cwt123.00–130.007264
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22585.96/cwt83.00–88.001,0538
Bulls——1,57595.12/cwt92.50–97.501,4986
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80057.80/cwt57.00–58.504624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02570.22/cwt67.00–72.5072022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02565.63/cwt63.00–67.5067310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02564.34/cwt62.00–66.0065916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27573.29/cwt72.50–74.009346
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2865724.05/cwt620.00–800.006,26310
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200923.29/cwt800.00–1,020.0011,07916

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.