Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Grouped wean feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.02/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$114.02

120 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$2.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	115.11	613	70
Medium and Large 1	551	112.50	620	50

One grade step is worth $2.61/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale120 hd

114.02

—

MS average13 barns · 1,265 hd

117.46

−3.44

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	—	High	1,660	87.06	1,445	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	53.55	549	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	961	47.77	459	14

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	42.89/cwt	40.50–45.00	343	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	53.55/cwt	51.50–55.00	549	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	49.72/cwt	46.50–52.00	510	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	146.96/cwt	145.00–150.50	644	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	143.14/cwt	140.00–146.00	677	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	141.24/cwt	138.50–144.00	665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	150.32/cwt	144.00–156.00	636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	154.18/cwt	151.00–157.00	575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	158.21/cwt	155.00–161.00	511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	118.11/cwt	115.00–121.00	736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	124.16/cwt	120.00–128.00	711	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	122.06/cwt	121.25–122.50	713	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	114.74/cwt	109.00–120.00	600	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	113.20/cwt	111.75–113.75	589	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	122.90/cwt	115.00–130.00	520	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	706	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	108.10/cwt	105.00–111.00	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	113.01/cwt	110.75–116.00	544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	108.68/cwt	104.00–113.00	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	346	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	105.18/cwt	100.00–110.00	655	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	114.84/cwt	109.00–116.25	658	23
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,000	800.00/cwt	650.00–900.00	8,000	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,080.77/cwt	850.00–1,250.00	14,050	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	124.76/cwt	119.00–130.00	590	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	128.27/cwt	123.00–133.00	543	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	147.65/cwt	145.00–150.00	551	8
Bulls	—	—	1,660	87.06/cwt	83.50–90.00	1,445	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	153.74/cwt	150.00–157.00	497	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	273	152.95/cwt	147.00–158.00	418	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	119.62/cwt	116.00–122.00	629	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	114.20/cwt	109.00–119.00	654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	109.18/cwt	104.00–114.00	680	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	139.22/cwt	134.00–144.00	728	6

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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 709Last week 303Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 82Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 150Last week 116Year ago 317

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Grouped wean feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	40.50–45.00	42.89
10	—	1,025	46.50–52.00	49.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	51.50–55.00	53.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,660	83.50–90.00	87.06

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	438	145.00–150.50	146.96
6	—	471	138.50–144.00	141.24
3	—	680	120.00	120.00
3	—	510	143.50	143.50
11	—	584	121.25–122.50	122.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	140.00–146.00	143.14
6	—	423	144.00–156.00	150.32
6	—	373	151.00–157.00	154.18
6	—	323	155.00–161.00	158.21
6	—	623	115.00–121.00	118.11
6	—	573	120.00–128.00	124.16
6	—	523	134.00–144.00	139.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	523	109.00–120.00	114.74
12	—	423	115.00–130.00	122.90
6	—	673	105.00–111.00	108.10
6	—	573	104.00–113.00	108.68
14	—	623	100.00–110.00	105.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	520	111.75–113.75	113.20
11	—	615	114.75	114.75
7	—	481	110.75–116.00	113.01
4	—	418	118.50	118.50
4	—	346	128.00	128.00
23	—	573	109.00–116.25	114.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	473	119.00–130.00	124.76
10	—	423	123.00–133.00	128.27
8	—	373	145.00–150.00	147.65
8	—	323	150.00–157.00	153.74
6	—	273	147.00–158.00	152.95
12	—	526	116.00–122.00	119.62
4	—	573	109.00–119.00	114.20
10	—	623	104.00–114.00	109.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,000	650.00–900.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	1,300	850.00–1,250.00	1,080.77

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle