Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-11-03

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Nov 3
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 517▲ 195 vs year ago 198 · +98.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 90▲ 24 vs year ago 22 · +109.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 59▲ 21 vs year ago 32 · +65.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold 2-6 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-3 higher, 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.30/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$127.30
88 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.72
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502130.6665632
Medium and Large 1523125.3965656
One grade step is worth $5.27/cwt here — about $1 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 sale88 hd
127.30
—
MS average13 barns · 1,296 hd
124.59
+2.72
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—High1,73582.981,44010
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15063.767338thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02560.436194thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95050.7848212

Every lot

37 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added404145.00/cwt145.00–145.005865
Steers—Medium and Large 1423157.27/cwt152.00–162.006654
Steers—Medium and Large 1473157.24/cwt152.00–162.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added494159.16/cwt155.00–167.507869
Steers—Medium and Large 1523141.65/cwt138.00–145.007414
Steers—Medium and Large 1573138.22/cwt132.50–143.507924
Steers—Medium and Large 1623134.11/cwt131.00–137.008364
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625138.50/cwt138.50–138.508665
Steers—Medium and Large 1673134.10/cwt131.00–137.009024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,260128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,6161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added345138.00/cwt138.00–138.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373143.30/cwt138.00–148.005358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added379136.54/cwt134.00–139.005174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423134.74/cwt130.00–139.005708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428130.50/cwt130.50–130.505592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473125.14/cwt122.00–128.005928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476123.54/cwt120.00–128.5058810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511128.00/cwt128.00–128.006544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523121.13/cwt118.00–124.006348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572135.82/cwt122.00–150.007778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573118.12/cwt115.00–121.006778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623117.70/cwt112.00–123.007338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673117.58/cwt115.00–120.007918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added865129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423144.48/cwt140.00–148.506118
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523133.13/cwt130.00–136.006968
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573126.82/cwt125.00–128.507278
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623119.11/cwt116.00–122.007428
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673110.68/cwt105.00–116.007458
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,73582.98/cwt80.00–85.001,44010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80044.42/cwt41.50–47.003554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02562.17/cwt61.00–63.006374
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02560.43/cwt57.50–62.506194
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02553.96/cwt52.50–55.005538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27565.35/cwt63.50–67.008334
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,217840.85/cwt700.00–930.0010,2338

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.