Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2023-05-31

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, May 31
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
▼ 236 vs last sale 584▼ 124 vs year ago 472 · −26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 152▲ 19 vs year ago 68 · +27.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 78▲ 64 vs year ago 46 · +139.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5-12 higher, slaughter cows sold 3-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 5-7 higher.

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 $208.01/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$208.01
73 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,040
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$65
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.67
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2480210.221,00939
Medium and Large 1523205.471,07534
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about −$65 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 sale73 hd
208.01
—
MS average11 barns · 1,092 hd
203.33
+4.67
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—Average1,463114.261,67214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,181105.801,24936
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02598.021,0054thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99794.1193816

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
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,160$1,3776
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,152$1,87118
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)838$1,3584thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323254.42/cwt248.00–260.008224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373255.00/cwt255.00–255.009513
Steers—Medium and Large 1373254.36/cwt248.00–260.009494
Steers—Medium and Large 1423247.37/cwt240.00–254.001,0464
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428250.71/cwt250.00–251.001,07314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1152
Steers—Medium and Large 1473247.33/cwt240.00–254.001,1706
Steers—Medium and Large 1523242.34/cwt234.00–250.001,26710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3292
Steers—Medium and Large 1623215.18/cwt210.00–220.001,3414
Steers—Medium and Large 1673215.17/cwt210.00–220.001,4484
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,120151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,6911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,285142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,8251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added367220.00/cwt220.00–220.008073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373219.18/cwt216.00–222.008186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420220.01/cwt215.00–222.0092411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473215.33/cwt208.00–222.001,0198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522200.35/cwt193.00–210.001,04612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523205.22/cwt200.00–210.001,0738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573205.20/cwt200.00–210.001,1764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576200.36/cwt180.00–213.001,1546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623187.25/cwt180.00–194.001,1674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673185.17/cwt180.00–190.001,2462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723183.16/cwt178.00–188.001,3242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473218.38/cwt210.00–226.001,0334
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,318111.49/cwt105.00–116.001,46910
Bulls——1,825121.20/cwt119.00–123.002,2124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80081.91/cwt75.00–88.006552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025104.44/cwt98.00–109.001,07120
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02598.02/cwt91.00–103.001,0054
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02595.85/cwt90.00–100.0098214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375107.51/cwt103.00–111.001,47816
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28381,358.06/head1,250.00–1,450.001,3584
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0731,646.27/head1,500.00–1,750.001,6468
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2152,051.65/head1,850.00–2,200.002,05210
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,376.89/head1,125.00–1,550.001,3776

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.