Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-10 lower, slaughter cows sold 1-2 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-4 higher.

Grouped 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 $119.82/cwt on 194 head.

Average price

$119.82

194 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$249

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

$1.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.09

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	467	120.70	564	54
Medium and Large 1-2	680	119.48	813	140

One grade step is worth $1.22/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale194 hd

119.82

—

MS average13 barns · 1,075 hd

122.91

−3.09

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	1,467	81.24	1,192	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,161	65.81	764	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	60.84	624	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	961	54.34	522	14

Every lot, as filed

47 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	—	673	120.10/cwt	117.00–123.00	808	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,038	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	936	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,020	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	127.61/cwt	124.00–131.00	923	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	142.69/cwt	139.00–146.00	604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	121.27/cwt	116.00–126.00	513	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	149.94/cwt	147.00–152.50	484	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	109.03/cwt	108.00–110.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	130.28/cwt	126.00–134.00	421	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	125.74/cwt	120.00–131.00	658	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	144.24/cwt	140.00–148.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	119.76/cwt	114.00–125.00	566	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	135.71/cwt	131.00–140.00	642	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	925	746.86/cwt	650.00–810.00	6,908	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	960	860.42/cwt	700.00–980.00	8,260	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	131.40/cwt	127.00–135.50	819	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.74/cwt	129.00–140.00	705	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	63.60/cwt	59.50–66.50	652	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	67.65/cwt	65.00–70.00	863	12
Bulls	—	—	1,348	77.60/cwt	71.50–82.50	1,046	10
Bulls	—	—	1,765	90.33/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,594	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	49.63/cwt	47.50–51.50	397	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	56.22/cwt	53.00–58.50	576	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	114.10/cwt	114.10–114.10	941	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	273	155.89/cwt	154.00–157.50	426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	130.30/cwt	125.00–135.00	486	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	1,078.89/cwt	915.00–1,190.00	13,357	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,336.29/cwt	1,100.00–1,500.00	15,835	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	823	90.05/cwt	88.00–92.00	741	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	711	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	917	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	60.84/cwt	58.50–62.50	624	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	443	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	115.24/cwt	113.50–116.10	776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	779	127.90/cwt	127.90–127.90	996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	137.59/cwt	134.50–139.25	861	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	141	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	204	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	128.24/cwt	123.00–133.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	461	127.27/cwt	125.00–130.25	587	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	142.98/cwt	138.50–144.50	825	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	109.60/cwt	107.00–112.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	124.18/cwt	120.00–126.00	694	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	118.69/cwt	114.00–123.00	621	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	129.28/cwt	123.50–130.50	670	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	115.46/cwt	113.50–116.10	827	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	137.79/cwt	132.00–143.00	583	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	109.66/cwt	105.00–114.00	683	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	681	132.60/cwt	132.60–132.60	903	7

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 Apr 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 524Last week 532Year ago 436

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 50Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 96Last week 80Year ago 179

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-10 lower, slaughter cows sold 1-2 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-4 higher.

Grouped weaned 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$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	673	117.00–123.00	120.10
4	—	723	124.00–131.00	127.61
6	—	423	139.00–146.00	142.69
6	—	473	131.00–140.00	135.71
4	—	623	127.00–135.50	131.40
8	—	523	129.00–140.00	134.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	96.50	96.50
10	—	711	129.00	129.00
2	—	443	144.00	144.00
5	—	779	127.90	127.90
20	—	626	134.50–139.25	137.59
5	—	141	145.00	145.00
8	—	577	138.50–144.50	142.98
7	—	681	132.60	132.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	936	109.00	109.00
61	—	825	114.10	114.10
6	—	673	113.50–116.10	115.24
21	—	461	125.00–130.25	127.27
25	—	559	120.00–126.00	124.18
15	—	518	123.50–130.50	129.28
8	—	716	113.50–116.10	115.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	423	116.00–126.00	121.27
2	—	723	108.00–110.00	109.03
6	—	323	126.00–134.00	130.28
16	—	473	114.00–125.00	119.76
6	—	373	125.00–135.00	130.30
2	—	573	107.00–112.00	109.60
8	—	523	114.00–123.00	118.69
4	—	623	105.00–114.00	109.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	323	147.00–152.50	149.94
8	—	523	120.00–131.00	125.74
6	—	373	140.00–148.00	144.24
4	—	273	154.00–157.50	155.89
8	—	823	88.00–92.00	90.05
4	—	473	123.00–133.00	128.24
12	—	423	132.00–143.00	137.79

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	—	925	650.00–810.00	746.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,238	915.00–1,190.00	1,078.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	960	700.00–980.00	860.42
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,185	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,336.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	59.50–66.50	63.60
12	—	1,275	65.00–70.00	67.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	47.50–51.50	49.63
10	—	1,025	53.00–58.50	56.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,025	58.50–62.50	60.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,348	71.50–82.50	77.60
4	—	1,765	84.00–95.00	90.33

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle