Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers had no trend, slaughter cows sold 2-4 lower, and slaughter bulls sold 2-4 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.65/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$128.65

10 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.25

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	128.65	673	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

128.65

—

MS average13 barns · 863 hd

125.40

+3.25

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	1,520	83.29	1,266	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	65.34	670	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	59.55	610	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	59.05	605	16

Every lot, as filed

8 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	—	—	1,268	80.30/cwt	78.50–81.50	1,018	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	59.05/cwt	57.00–60.50	605	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	59.55/cwt	57.50–61.00	610	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	65.34/cwt	63.00–67.00	670	18
Bulls	—	—	2,023	89.26/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,806	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	992.86/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	10,425	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	160.76/cwt	155.00–166.00	760	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	128.65/cwt	125.00–132.00	673	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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 465Year ago 575

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 45Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 144Year ago 84

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers had no trend, slaughter cows sold 2-4 lower, and slaughter bulls sold 2-4 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,268	78.50–81.50	80.30
4	—	2,023	88.00–94.00	89.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,025	57.00–60.50	59.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	57.50–61.00	59.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,025	63.00–67.00	65.34

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)	20	—	1,050	850.00–1,100.00	992.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	155.00–166.00	160.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	523	125.00–132.00	128.65

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

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle