Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-10-13

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 13
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
480 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 655▲ 87 vs year ago 393 · +22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 120▲ 8 vs year ago 66 · +12.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
119 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 120▲ 28 vs year ago 91 · +30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cow and 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 $131.23/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$131.23
60 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.24
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2639136.7187334
Medium and Large 1658124.0681626
One grade step is worth $12.65/cwt here — about $57 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 sale60 hd
131.23
—
MS average13 barns · 996 hd
143.47
−12.24
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—High1,88887.411,6508thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08159.8164618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02556.015744thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96946.8645416

Every lot

35 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 Added508142.00/cwt142.00–142.007212
Steers—Medium and Large 1573130.08/cwt128.00–132.007456
Steers—Medium and Large 1623125.18/cwt120.00–130.007806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added646136.90/cwt129.00–138.0088430
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660128.50/cwt128.50–128.508482
Steers—Medium and Large 1673123.10/cwt120.00–126.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 1723120.16/cwt115.00–125.0086910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434137.28/cwt136.00–141.005968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523116.17/cwt112.00–120.0060812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573116.16/cwt112.00–120.006668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577121.50/cwt121.50–121.507013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623117.59/cwt115.00–120.007334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723114.03/cwt113.00–115.008244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added83095.00/cwt95.00–95.007892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added89590.00/cwt90.00–90.008061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290093.00/cwt93.00–93.008371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added93893.67/cwt92.00–95.008793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added95598.00/cwt96.00–100.009362
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323153.07/cwt152.00–154.004944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373141.30/cwt136.00–146.005274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423133.32/cwt127.00–139.005644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473131.67/cwt128.00–135.006236
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523120.26/cwt114.00–126.006294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573119.64/cwt116.00–123.006864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673100.65/cwt96.00–105.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 172399.67/cwt94.00–105.007214
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,88887.41/cwt85.00–89.001,6508
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80040.13/cwt38.00–42.003214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02558.80/cwt55.00–61.5060314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02556.01/cwt52.50–58.505744
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02549.10/cwt45.00–52.0050312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27563.35/cwt61.50–65.008084
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2840699.29/cwt560.00–800.005,87416
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145958.95/cwt800.00–1,080.0010,98026
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2950750.26/cwt695.00–800.007,1278

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.