Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-09-22

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 22
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
510 head
▲ 175 vs last sale 335▼ 199 vs year ago 709 · −28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 50▲ 27 vs year ago 55 · +49.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 51▼ 78 vs year ago 150 · −52.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 4-7 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-6 lower, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 4-5 lower.

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 $121.16/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$121.16
63 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.18
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561121.1667948
Medium and Large 1-2584121.1570715thin
One grade step is worth $0.01/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale63 hd
121.16
—
MS average13 barns · 1,242 hd
124.34
−3.18
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—High1,73086.101,49010
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14762.0071116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02555.935738thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93553.9850520

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473169.57/cwt168.00–171.008026
Steers—Medium and Large 1523145.30/cwt138.00–152.0076010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523145.28/cwt135.00–152.507605
Steers—Medium and Large 1573134.16/cwt130.00–138.007694
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579136.75/cwt136.75–136.757925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616138.50/cwt138.50–138.508538
Steers—Medium and Large 1623133.63/cwt130.00–137.008336
Steers—Medium and Large 1723127.09/cwt124.00–130.009192
Steers—Medium and Large 1773121.59/cwt118.50–124.509402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423131.48/cwt127.00–135.505568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473122.19/cwt118.00–126.005788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523121.69/cwt117.00–126.006368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564122.76/cwt122.00–123.256928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573121.76/cwt115.00–128.006986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606119.32/cwt118.25–119.757237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623115.14/cwt111.00–119.007176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673119.33/cwt117.00–121.508036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723112.58/cwt110.00–115.008146
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373140.30/cwt135.00–145.005238
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423136.11/cwt134.00–138.005766
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473123.57/cwt122.00–125.005844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523122.04/cwt121.00–123.006384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573119.60/cwt117.00–122.006854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673113.65/cwt109.00–118.007654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1773105.15/cwt100.00–110.008134
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,73086.10/cwt81.00–90.001,49010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80050.63/cwt48.50–52.504058
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02561.43/cwt58.50–63.5063010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02556.22/cwt53.00–58.5057612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02555.93/cwt53.00–58.005738
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35062.94/cwt61.00–64.508506
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2703636.03/cwt525.00–720.004,4714
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095869.52/cwt700.00–975.009,52114

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.