Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2023-08-16

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Aug 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
▼ 358 vs last sale 440▼ 504 vs year ago 586 · −86.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
503 head
▲ 412 vs last sale 91▲ 432 vs year ago 71 · +608.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 62▼ 79 vs year ago 130 · −60.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, and 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 $220.02/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$220.02
128 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555220.641,22450
Medium and Large 1-2508219.621,11578
One grade step is worth $1.01/cwt here — about $109 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 sale128 hd
220.02
—
MS average13 barns · 1,521 hd
221.11
−1.09
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—High1,918128.362,4628thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,114104.441,16428
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025101.761,0434thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02593.0595410

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$1,3476
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)995$1,6296

Every lot

34 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 1-2423275.27/cwt270.00–280.001,16412
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added433275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added472255.51/cwt247.50–267.501,2065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473266.19/cwt262.00–270.001,2598
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added542239.75/cwt239.75–239.751,2993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573233.16/cwt229.00–237.001,3366
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added579240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,39010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623227.66/cwt223.00–232.001,4188
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added627231.31/cwt223.25–235.001,45018
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added658229.45/cwt229.00–230.251,51011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273256.33/cwt252.00–260.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323250.35/cwt245.00–255.008094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373247.57/cwt242.00–252.5092310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423240.74/cwt236.00–245.001,0186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473226.29/cwt220.00–232.001,07010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added477228.96/cwt222.00–238.001,0929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added520235.87/cwt223.50–240.501,22715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523210.22/cwt205.00–215.001,09914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added572213.81/cwt209.00–214.751,22315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573205.20/cwt200.00–210.001,17616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623200.18/cwt195.00–205.001,2476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added629204.12/cwt203.00–206.501,2849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added703194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,3672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723186.70/cwt180.00–193.001,3504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773186.69/cwt180.00–193.001,4434
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423262.77/cwt257.50–267.501,1126
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473252.29/cwt246.00–258.001,1936
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,918128.36/cwt125.00–131.002,4628
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025103.51/cwt100.00–106.001,06118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025101.76/cwt100.00–103.001,0434
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02593.05/cwt91.00–94.5095410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275106.12/cwt104.00–108.001,35310
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29951,628.89/head1,300.00–1,850.001,6296
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2201,347.05/head1,200.00–1,460.001,3476

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.