Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2023-10-11

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 11
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
394 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 547▼ 159 vs year ago 553 · −28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 61▲ 9 vs year ago 65 · +13.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 76▲ 12 vs year ago 70 · +17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers and heifers had no trend, and slaughter cows and slaughter bulls had no trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $196.80/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$196.80
46 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,209
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.05
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1614196.801,20946
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale46 hd
196.80
—
MS average13 barns · 1,107 hd
207.85
−11.05
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—Average1,487109.951,63510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09390.6299122
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02587.939014thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93576.6471720

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,054$1,31820
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,018$1,50810

Every lot

19 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423205.27/cwt200.00–210.008684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473205.24/cwt200.00–210.009714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523203.74/cwt198.00–209.001,0666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573203.72/cwt198.00–209.001,1676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623195.18/cwt190.00–200.001,2166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673195.17/cwt190.00–200.001,3138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723186.12/cwt182.00–190.001,3466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773186.12/cwt182.00–190.001,4396
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573203.64/cwt200.00–207.001,1674
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,200104.08/cwt103.00–105.001,2494
Bulls——1,678113.86/cwt109.50–117.001,9116
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80066.25/cwt62.00–70.005308
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02589.80/cwt86.00–92.5092016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02587.93/cwt85.00–90.009014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02583.56/cwt78.00–87.5085612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27592.82/cwt91.50–94.001,1836
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2830933.31/head750.00–1,090.009334
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1101,414.05/head1,200.00–1,560.001,41416
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0181,508.23/head1,300.00–1,675.001,50810

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.