Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2020-07-15

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 15
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
467 head
14 vs last sale 481 467 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
1 vs last sale 54 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
131 head
22 vs last sale 109 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Grouped precondition yearlings are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.11/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 69.93 against this barn's trailing median of $202.03.
Average price
$132.11
56 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.43
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455132.1160156
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

18 sales
237210184157median 202.0312/1703/0404/1505/2008/05
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $222.76, low $171.00, median $202.03 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
132.11
MS average13 barns · 707 hd
122.68
+9.43
This barn, trailing median18 sales
202.03
−69.93
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
BullsLow1,58186.391,3658thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,00958.5959111
CowsLean 85-90%Low95048.1645812

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Lucedale Stockyard - Lucedale, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1273168.33/cwt164.00–172.004604
BullsMedium and Large 1373150.71/cwt147.00–154.005624
BullsMedium and Large 1323161.67/cwt159.00–164.005226
BullsMedium and Large 1473123.24/cwt118.00–128.005838
BullsMedium and Large 1573113.20/cwt108.00–118.006498
BullsMedium and Large 1423135.27/cwt130.00–140.0057210
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,036.59/cwt900.00–1,110.0012,75012
SteersMedium and Large 1423140.74/cwt136.00–145.005956
SteersMedium and Large 1473134.71/cwt130.00–139.006376
SteersMedium and Large 1523133.13/cwt130.00–136.006966
SteersMedium and Large 1623125.27/cwt121.00–129.257806
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29901,243.33/cwt1,110.00–1,350.0012,3096
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2718977.14/cwt800.00–1,110.007,01610
HeifersMedium and Large 1623109.63/cwt106.00–113.0068310
HeifersMedium and Large 1523116.69/cwt112.00–121.0061010
HeifersMedium and Large 1423119.27/cwt114.00–124.005056
HeifersMedium and Large 1723101.64/cwt97.00–106.007356
HeifersMedium and Large 1573118.20/cwt113.00–123.006778
HeifersMedium and Large 1473116.67/cwt113.00–120.0055210
BullsMedium and Large 1523119.22/cwt114.00–124.0062416
Bulls1,38881.60/cwt78.50–84.251,1334
Bulls1,77391.18/cwt87.50–94.001,6174
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00958.59/cwt55.75–61.0059111
CowsLean 85-90%80042.66/cwt40.00–45.003414
CowsLean 85-90%1,02550.91/cwt47.25–53.505228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added744127.50/cwt127.50–127.5094911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added656132.84/cwt132.50–133.0087113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007226

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.