Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Grouped precondition yearlings are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.17/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$128.17

157 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$98

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.79

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	133.87	698	78
Medium and Large 1-2	650	122.55	796	79

One grade step is worth $11.31/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale157 hd

128.17

—

MS average13 barns · 1,265 hd

134.96

−6.79

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,521	88.75	1,350	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	948	58.71	557	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	54.78	561	10

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Lucedale Stockyard - Lucedale, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	140.79/cwt	135.00–146.00	596	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	119.69/cwt	115.00–124.00	626	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	111.20/cwt	106.00–116.00	637	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	105.18/cwt	100.00–110.00	655	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	124.45/cwt	120.00–128.50	589	10
Bulls	—	—	1,165	81.28/cwt	78.50–85.00	947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	111.58/cwt	109.00–114.00	751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	152.16/cwt	149.00–155.00	644	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,049.34/cwt	950.00–1,125.00	12,015	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,196.62/cwt	1,075.00–1,300.00	11,069	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	917.65/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	7,800	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	112.74/cwt	107.00–118.00	590	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	127.32/cwt	121.00–133.00	539	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	117.14/cwt	114.00–120.00	554	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	136.55/cwt	130.00–142.50	646	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	135.39/cwt	132.00–138.50	708	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	120.18/cwt	115.00–125.00	749	8
Bulls	—	—	1,788	94.35/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,687	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	64.06/cwt	63.00–65.00	817	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	871	57.45/cwt	57.00–62.50	500	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	54.78/cwt	52.00–56.75	561	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	105.66/cwt	101.00–110.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	112.72/cwt	107.00–118.00	646	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	107.10/cwt	107.10–107.10	765	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	106.75/cwt	106.75–106.75	646	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	118.15/cwt	117.90–119.25	849	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	888	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	738	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	113.40/cwt	113.40–113.40	873	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	122.20/cwt	122.20–122.20	799	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	700	20

How this sale compares

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lucedale Stockyard - Lucedale, MS

Wed Jul 8, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 481Last week 359Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 64Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 109Last week 160Year ago 0

Compared to the last sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Grouped precondition yearlings are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	135.00–146.00	140.79
8	—	523	115.00–124.00	119.69
8	—	573	106.00–116.00	111.20
8	—	623	100.00–110.00	105.18
10	—	473	120.00–128.50	124.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	673	109.00–114.00	111.58
10	—	423	149.00–155.00	152.16
22	—	473	130.00–142.50	136.55
30	—	523	132.00–138.50	135.39
8	—	623	115.00–125.00	120.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	719	117.90–119.25	118.15
2	—	888	90.00	90.00
5	—	568	130.00	130.00
6	—	614	125.00	125.00
8	—	770	113.40	113.40
16	—	654	122.20	122.20
20	—	530	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	523	107.00–118.00	112.74
10	—	423	121.00–133.00	127.32
10	—	473	114.00–120.00	117.14
4	—	623	101.00–110.00	105.66
6	—	573	107.00–118.00	112.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	508	121.00	121.00
13	—	714	107.10	107.10
24	—	605	106.75	106.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,165	78.50–85.00	81.28
4	—	1,788	90.00–97.50	94.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,275	63.00–65.00	64.06
17	—	871	57.00–62.50	57.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	52.00–56.75	54.78

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,145	950.00–1,125.00	1,049.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	925	1,075.00–1,300.00	1,196.62
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	850	800.00–1,000.00	917.65

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Lucedale Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Lucedale Stockyard - Lucedale, MS

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle