Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold 2-5 lower, Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1-2 higher.

Wean grouped feeder cattle 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 $131.73/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$131.73

100 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$44

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

$2.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.66

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	133.56	699	28
Medium and Large 1-2	567	131.02	742	72

One grade step is worth $2.54/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale100 hd

131.73

—

MS average13 barns · 1,062 hd

146.39

−14.66

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	1,893	81.41	1,541	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	50.18	514	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	48.17	494	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	961	45.12	433	14

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	463	153.58/cwt	152.00–154.00	711	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,231.58/cwt	1,000.00–1,400.00	14,631	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	1,307.04/cwt	1,040.00–1,490.00	15,920	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	148.27/cwt	143.00–153.00	627	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	106.16/cwt	102.00–110.00	608	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	109.98/cwt	105.00–114.50	520	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	483	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	572	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	129.27/cwt	124.00–133.50	732	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	113.11/cwt	110.00–116.00	705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	113.10/cwt	110.00–116.00	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	444	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	553	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	118.93/cwt	115.00–120.25	796	12
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	933	788.69/cwt	610.00–920.00	7,358	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	135.22/cwt	130.00–140.00	707	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	131.67/cwt	128.00–135.00	623	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	135.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	572	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	114.15/cwt	110.50–116.50	709	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	118.20/cwt	116.75–119.50	628	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	145.30/cwt	140.00–150.00	542	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	42.80/cwt	42.00–43.50	342	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	46.05/cwt	44.00–47.50	472	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	48.17/cwt	47.00–49.00	494	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	50.18/cwt	47.25–52.25	514	10
Bulls	—	—	1,893	81.41/cwt	77.50–84.25	1,541	10

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 Dec 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 498Last week 717Year ago 350

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 87Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 150Last week 111Year ago 77

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold 2-5 lower, Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1-2 higher.

Wean grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

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
19	—	463	152.00–154.00	153.58
27	—	566	124.00–133.50	129.27
12	—	669	115.00–120.25	118.93
14	—	621	110.50–116.50	114.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	423	143.00–153.00	148.27
4	—	623	110.00–116.00	113.11
4	—	673	110.00–116.00	113.10
10	—	523	130.00–140.00	135.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	573	102.00–110.00	106.16
10	—	473	105.00–114.50	109.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	118.50	118.50
5	—	444	124.50	124.50
15	—	531	116.75–119.50	118.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	473	128.00–135.00	131.67
10	—	423	130.00–140.00	135.27
10	—	373	140.00–150.00	145.30

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,188	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,231.58
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	933	610.00–920.00	788.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,218	1,040.00–1,490.00	1,307.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	42.00–43.50	42.80
10	—	1,025	44.00–47.50	46.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	47.00–49.00	48.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	47.25–52.25	50.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,893	77.50–84.25	81.41

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle