Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold 2-3 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-5 lower.

Grouped weaned 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 $140.95/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$140.95

70 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$0.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.21

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	575	141.42	813	22
Medium and Large 1	583	140.73	821	48

One grade step is worth $0.69/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale70 hd

140.95

—

MS average13 barns · 1,546 hd

149.16

−8.21

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	1,503	80.89	1,216	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	61.44	693	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	59.34	608	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	913	50.34	459	12

Every lot, as filed

34 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%	—	1,025	53.51/cwt	50.00–56.00	548	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	47.16/cwt	44.50–49.50	377	6
Bulls	—	—	1,673	85.29/cwt	79.50–90.00	1,427	6
Bulls	—	—	1,248	74.29/cwt	68.00–78.50	927	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	59.93/cwt	57.00–62.00	614	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	63.59/cwt	62.00–65.00	811	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	148.22/cwt	143.00–153.00	775	12
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	873	733.47/cwt	540.00–860.00	6,403	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	119.60/cwt	117.00–122.00	685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	109.20/cwt	103.00–115.00	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	125.20/cwt	120.00–130.00	717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	504	127.76/cwt	121.25–131.50	644	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	105.41/cwt	100.00–110.50	762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	155.24/cwt	150.00–160.00	734	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	134.89/cwt	131.00–138.50	840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	142.89/cwt	135.00–148.50	822	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	165.88/cwt	160.00–171.00	536	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	156.70/cwt	155.00–160.00	735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	124.09/cwt	121.00–127.00	897	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	138.09/cwt	136.00–140.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	126.62/cwt	123.00–130.00	852	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	702	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	59.34/cwt	57.00–61.00	608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	126.95/cwt	122.00–131.50	664	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	426	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	547	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	143.70/cwt	138.50–148.50	823	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,194.73/cwt	1,120.00–1,255.00	13,118	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	969.44/cwt	810.00–1,080.00	11,246	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	120.07/cwt	118.00–122.00	748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	113.17/cwt	108.00–118.00	762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	128.27/cwt	123.00–133.00	543	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 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 398Last week 221Year ago 321

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 52Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 104Last week 27Year ago 85

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold 2-3 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-5 lower.

Grouped 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
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	50.00–56.00	53.51
6	—	800	44.50–49.50	47.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,025	57.00–62.00	59.93
14	—	1,275	62.00–65.00	63.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	57.00–61.00	59.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,673	79.50–90.00	85.29
4	—	1,248	68.00–78.50	74.29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	523	143.00–153.00	148.22
10	—	473	150.00–160.00	155.24
6	—	623	131.00–138.50	134.89
8	—	723	121.00–127.00	124.09
6	—	673	123.00–130.00	126.62
6	—	573	138.50–148.50	143.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	151.00	151.00
8	—	575	135.00–148.50	142.89
6	—	469	155.00–160.00	156.70
6	—	702	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	573	117.00–122.00	119.60
6	—	673	103.00–115.00	109.20
8	—	723	100.00–110.50	105.41
6	—	523	122.00–131.50	126.95
6	—	623	118.00–122.00	120.07
10	—	423	123.00–133.00	128.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	504	121.25–131.50	127.76
2	—	675	109.00	109.00
2	—	610	115.00	115.00
8	—	426	128.50	128.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	120.00–130.00	125.20
6	—	323	160.00–171.00	165.88
6	—	523	136.00–140.00	138.09
4	—	673	108.00–118.00	113.17

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)	6	—	873	540.00–860.00	733.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,160	810.00–1,080.00	969.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,098	1,120.00–1,255.00	1,194.73

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle