Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-11-17

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Nov 17
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
598 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 546▼ 292 vs year ago 890 · −32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 46▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 69▲ 97 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 1-8 higher, slaughter cows sold 1-5 lower, 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.94/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$148.94
90 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$810
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.65
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529150.6379833
Medium and Large 1-2552147.9781757
One grade step is worth $2.66/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale90 hd
148.94
—
MS average13 barns · 758 hd
150.59
−1.65
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—Average1,77583.271,47816
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08859.1964416
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02553.805518thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low84042.9936120

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380168.81/cwt165.00–173.006419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added386155.00/cwt155.00–155.005984
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472156.78/cwt144.50–161.5074014
Steers—Medium and Large 1473163.29/cwt157.00–169.007726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532142.50/cwt142.50–142.507586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563154.00/cwt154.00–154.0086710
Steers—Medium and Large 1573139.68/cwt135.00–144.008006
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622141.00/cwt140.75–141.5087718
Steers—Medium and Large 1623136.14/cwt132.00–140.008486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659137.25/cwt137.25–137.259045
Steers—Medium and Large 1673136.13/cwt132.00–140.009166
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373145.30/cwt140.00–150.005426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415132.50/cwt132.50–132.505504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469128.14/cwt123.75–135.006015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473128.24/cwt123.00–133.0060710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523119.69/cwt115.00–124.0062620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540125.25/cwt125.25–125.256765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573117.72/cwt112.00–123.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578127.00/cwt127.00–127.0073412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623115.18/cwt110.00–120.0071810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723112.06/cwt110.00–114.008104
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373163.30/cwt158.00–168.006096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423149.11/cwt147.00–151.0063110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473138.29/cwt132.00–144.006548
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623112.63/cwt109.00–116.007024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673112.62/cwt109.00–116.007584
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,77583.27/cwt77.50–87.501,47816
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67535.50/cwt33.50–38.002408
Cows—Lean 85-90%80042.92/cwt40.00–45.503434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02557.72/cwt54.50–60.0059212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02553.80/cwt50.00–56.505518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02550.51/cwt47.00–53.005188
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27563.59/cwt62.00–65.008114
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2839632.53/cwt460.00–760.005,30712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,218875.07/cwt740.00–960.0010,65816

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.