Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1-5 lower, slaughter cows sold 1-5 higher, and no trend on slaughter bulls.

Weaned 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 $126.30/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$126.30

128 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$3.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.80

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	462	127.95	591	70
Medium and Large 1	482	124.31	599	58

One grade step is worth $3.64/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 sale128 hd

126.30

—

MS average13 barns · 945 hd

122.50

+3.80

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	—	Average	1,815	84.41	1,532	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	63.76	654	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	47.68	489	4thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,815	84.41/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,532	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	47.68/cwt	43.00–51.00	489	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	63.76/cwt	62.00–65.00	654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	151.30/cwt	146.00–156.00	564	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	140.27/cwt	135.00–145.00	593	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	124.74/cwt	119.00–130.00	652	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	127.16/cwt	124.00–130.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	123.93/cwt	122.50–125.00	636	12
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	893	721.34/cwt	620.00–800.00	6,442	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	116.63/cwt	112.00–121.00	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.45/cwt	140.00–148.50	683	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	179.69/cwt	176.00–183.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	121.55/cwt	120.00–123.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	294	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	139.61/cwt	137.00–142.00	730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	115.04/cwt	114.00–116.00	717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	695	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	121.67/cwt	118.00–125.00	575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	134.83/cwt	134.00–135.00	503	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	132.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	495	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	118.06/cwt	114.00–119.50	727	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	1,026.88/cwt	870.00–1,150.00	10,864	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	122.61/cwt	120.00–125.00	641	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	119.16/cwt	115.00–123.00	683	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	124.16/cwt	123.00–125.00	598	18

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 Feb 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 384Last week 444Year ago 433

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 60Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 91Year ago 92

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1-5 lower, slaughter cows sold 1-5 higher, and no trend on slaughter bulls.

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,815	81.00–87.00	84.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,025	43.00–51.00	47.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	62.00–65.00	63.76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	146.00–156.00	151.30
6	—	423	135.00–145.00	140.27
12	—	523	119.00–130.00	124.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	124.00–130.00	127.16
6	—	623	114.00–116.00	115.04
10	—	473	118.00–125.00	121.67
16	—	373	130.00–135.00	132.65
10	—	523	120.00–125.00	122.61
10	—	573	115.00–123.00	119.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	513	122.50–125.00	123.93
4	—	294	145.50	145.50
24	—	373	134.00–135.00	134.83
12	—	616	114.00–119.50	118.06
18	—	482	123.00–125.00	124.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	773	112.00–121.00	116.63
12	—	473	140.00–148.50	144.45
4	—	423	176.00–183.00	179.69
4	—	723	120.00–123.00	121.55
4	—	523	137.00–142.00	139.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	468	148.50	148.50

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	893	620.00–800.00	721.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,058	870.00–1,150.00	1,026.88

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