Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2023-04-26

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Apr 26
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
634 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 576▲ 305 vs year ago 329 · +92.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 112▲ 7 vs year ago 84 · +8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 161▲ 0 vs year ago 71 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and 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 $187.81/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$187.81
129 head · 652 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$364
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.23
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506194.7298546
Medium and Large 1-2733183.981,34883
One grade step is worth $10.74/cwt here — about −$364 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 sale129 hd
187.81
—
MS average13 barns · 1,503 hd
196.04
−8.23
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—Average1,452109.131,58412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12199.321,11426
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02595.519798thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95885.0981520

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,175$2,0876
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,6046

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323247.49/cwt240.00–254.007996
Steers—Medium and Large 1373247.42/cwt240.00–254.009236
Steers—Medium and Large 1423236.58/cwt230.00–242.501,0016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1059
Steers—Medium and Large 1473236.55/cwt230.00–242.501,1198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0768
Steers—Medium and Large 1523223.78/cwt217.00–230.001,1708
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,1794
Steers—Medium and Large 1573208.83/cwt200.00–217.001,1974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620190.30/cwt185.25–211.001,18010
Steers—Medium and Large 1623195.22/cwt189.00–201.001,2168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3607
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,40716
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323205.88/cwt200.00–211.006656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423202.63/cwt200.00–205.008576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473196.29/cwt190.00–202.0092810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added495195.00/cwt195.00–195.009652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523194.74/cwt189.00–200.001,0188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573192.79/cwt185.00–200.001,1056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616193.11/cwt184.00–207.001,1905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623184.70/cwt179.00–190.001,1516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673180.07/cwt178.00–182.001,2124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674177.09/cwt176.00–177.501,1947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,40065
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373228.89/cwt222.00–235.008546
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423222.90/cwt215.00–230.0094310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573181.30/cwt180.00–182.501,0394
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,175102.74/cwt97.00–107.001,2076
Bulls——1,728115.51/cwt110.00–120.001,9966
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80075.72/cwt72.00–79.006066
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02599.10/cwt95.00–102.001,01616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02595.51/cwt92.00–98.009798
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02589.10/cwt85.00–92.0091314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27599.68/cwt96.50–102.501,27110
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,604.09/head1,350.00–1,780.001,6046
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1752,087.23/head1,800.00–2,300.002,0876

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.