Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2023-08-23

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Aug 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
564 head
▲ 482 vs last sale 82▲ 210 vs year ago 354 · +59.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 445 vs last sale 503▲ 13 vs year ago 45 · +28.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 51▼ 88 vs year ago 155 · −56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter 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 $216.75/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$216.75
109 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,137
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.10
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495219.511,08750
Medium and Large 1-2550214.411,17859
One grade step is worth $5.10/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale109 hd
216.75
—
MS average13 barns · 1,123 hd
216.65
+0.10
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—Average1,548121.371,8797thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,075104.091,11920
CowsLean 85-90%Average94487.0482116

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)998$1,1954thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373283.48/cwt275.00–291.001,0576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0202
Steers—Medium and Large 1423216.29/cwt172.50–265.009154
Steers—Medium and Large 1473260.24/cwt255.00–265.001,2314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,20010
Steers—Medium and Large 1523235.22/cwt230.00–240.001,2306
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550235.41/cwt230.00–236.251,29515
Steers—Medium and Large 1573229.68/cwt225.00–234.001,3168
Steers—Medium and Large 1623222.14/cwt218.00–226.001,3848
Steers—Medium and Large 1673222.13/cwt218.00–226.001,4958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687215.81/cwt215.00–217.001,48315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added754204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,5426
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373245.30/cwt240.00–250.009156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423233.27/cwt228.00–238.009878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473216.29/cwt210.00–222.001,02312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482219.52/cwt206.00–222.251,05828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523214.74/cwt209.00–220.001,12312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573208.24/cwt202.00–214.001,1936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616215.24/cwt202.50–227.001,32616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623202.66/cwt198.00–207.001,2636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473247.36/cwt245.00–249.501,1706
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523230.37/cwt227.50–233.001,2056
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,488120.01/cwt117.00–122.001,7866
Bulls——1,910129.50/cwt129.50–129.502,4731
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70070.21/cwt67.00–73.004914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025103.10/cwt99.00–106.001,05716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02592.65/cwt86.50–97.0095012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275108.06/cwt107.00–109.001,3784
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29981,195.14/head980.00–1,350.001,1954

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.