Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-09-01

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 1
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
332 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 384▼ 441 vs year ago 773 · −57.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 51▼ 85 vs year ago 128 · −66.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 83▼ 51 vs year ago 106 · −48.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 2-5 higher, feeder heifers sold 2-5 lower, and slaughter cows and 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 $129.39/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$129.39
75 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.44/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 1-2506132.3766910thin
Medium and Large 1474128.9361065
One grade step is worth $3.44/cwt here — about $59 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 sale75 hd
129.39
—
MS average7 barns · 325 hd
130.07
−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—High1,79094.371,6892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01365.6266530

Every lot

33 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491154.25/cwt154.25–154.257575
Steers—Medium and Large 1523148.22/cwt143.00–153.007758
Steers—Medium and Large 1573148.72/cwt143.00–154.008528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612142.73/cwt141.25–143.258748
Steers—Medium and Large 1623138.63/cwt135.00–142.0086410
Steers—Medium and Large 1673134.13/cwt130.00–138.009036
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1254137.00/cwt137.00–137.003482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334133.00/cwt133.00–133.004444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392132.00/cwt132.00–132.0051718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427128.84/cwt124.00–135.005509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473129.14/cwt126.00–132.006116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added494133.00/cwt133.00–133.006577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523128.22/cwt123.00–133.0067110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533130.90/cwt130.90–130.906983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573127.20/cwt122.00–132.007298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623126.33/cwt124.00–128.507874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723114.67/cwt109.00–120.008294
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1295162.00/cwt162.00–162.004784
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320158.00/cwt158.00–158.005063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380146.00/cwt146.00–146.005556
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473130.71/cwt126.00–135.006188
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523125.22/cwt120.00–130.006556
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573121.12/cwt118.00–124.006946
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623120.18/cwt115.00–125.007494
Bulls—Medium and Large 1773115.12/cwt111.00–119.008904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,79094.37/cwt91.50–96.501,6892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%80055.45/cwt52.00–58.504446
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02567.28/cwt62.00–72.0069020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27072.61/cwt70.50–74.509224
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy9501,667.76/cwt1,350.00–1,925.0015,84412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2790735.32/cwt660.00–800.005,8094
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,220.28/cwt1,000.00–1,400.0013,2404

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.