Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-09-15

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
335 head
▼ 163 vs last sale 498▲ 335 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 46▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 65▲ 51 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 2-7 lower, slaughter cows sold 3-3.5 lower, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $124.67/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$124.67
67 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.68
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2603127.2076727
Medium and Large 1583122.9571740
One grade step is worth $4.25/cwt here — about $51 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 sale67 hd
124.67
—
MS average13 barns · 1,180 hd
127.35
−2.68
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—Average1,62590.271,4678thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02566.226798thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02561.436306thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91355.7550916

Every lot

27 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473162.67/cwt159.00–166.007694
Steers—Medium and Large 1573129.72/cwt124.00–135.007434
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613132.25/cwt132.25–132.258114
Steers—Medium and Large 1673129.33/cwt127.00–131.508704
Steers—Medium and Large 1725125.84/cwt123.00–128.509124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373125.45/cwt122.00–128.504684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473129.00/cwt123.50–134.006106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520130.00/cwt129.50–130.256766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523122.65/cwt119.00–126.0064110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571118.25/cwt118.25–118.256754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604128.00/cwt128.00–128.007736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623125.14/cwt121.00–129.007806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660128.50/cwt128.50–128.5084811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673122.68/cwt117.00–128.008266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723116.12/cwt112.00–120.008404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773116.12/cwt112.00–120.008984
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473123.14/cwt120.00–126.005826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523119.13/cwt116.00–122.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573112.64/cwt109.00–116.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625112.90/cwt109.00–116.507064
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62590.27/cwt84.50–94.501,4678
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80050.36/cwt48.50–52.004038
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02566.22/cwt63.00–68.506798
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02561.43/cwt58.50–63.506306
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02561.13/cwt58.50–63.006278
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2833693.65/cwt560.00–775.005,7786
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0231,018.17/cwt825.00–1,170.0010,41618

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.