Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 2-8 lower, feeder heifers sold mixed, slaughter cows sold 1-2 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $114.08/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$114.08

81 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$138

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

$2.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.95

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	115.47	649	36
Medium and Large 1-2	697	112.97	787	45

One grade step is worth $2.50/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale81 hd

114.08

—

MS average13 barns · 1,088 hd

120.03

−5.95

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	1,700	88.97	1,512	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	66.95	778	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	61.30	628	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	941	53.69	505	16

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,700	88.97/cwt	84.50–92.50	1,512	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	64.93/cwt	62.00–67.00	666	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	68.96/cwt	66.00–71.50	896	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	61.30/cwt	57.50–64.00	628	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	57.51/cwt	54.00–60.00	589	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	47.33/cwt	46.00–48.50	379	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	114.17/cwt	109.00–119.00	768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	124.12/cwt	121.00–127.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	223	163.20/cwt	161.00–165.00	364	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	273	154.25/cwt	151.00–157.00	421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	126.59/cwt	124.00–129.00	789	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	883	931.30/cwt	780.00–1,025.00	8,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	110.07/cwt	108.00–112.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	117.72/cwt	112.00–123.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	119.64/cwt	115.00–124.00	865	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	116.10/cwt	116.10–116.10	726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.26/cwt	128.00–140.00	702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	118.14/cwt	115.00–121.00	559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	116.22/cwt	111.00–121.00	608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	102.09/cwt	99.00–105.00	738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	904	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	141.01/cwt	139.50–143.00	760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	910	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	1,003	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	785	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	112.20/cwt	112.20–112.20	847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	821	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	111.33/cwt	107.50–112.00	804	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	686	112.25/cwt	112.25–112.25	770	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	136.77/cwt	132.00–141.00	510	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	129.65/cwt	126.00–133.00	678	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	133.74/cwt	130.00–137.00	432	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	1,350.32/cwt	1,010.00–1,575.00	17,325	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	941.25/cwt	750.00–1,090.00	10,919	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	151.21/cwt	148.00–154.00	488	4

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 May 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 306Last week 524Year ago 442

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 68Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 96Year ago 237

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 2-8 lower, feeder heifers sold mixed, slaughter cows sold 1-2 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,700	84.50–92.50	88.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	62.00–67.00	64.93
12	—	1,300	66.00–71.50	68.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	57.50–64.00	61.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	54.00–60.00	57.51
6	—	800	46.00–48.50	47.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	673	109.00–119.00	114.17
4	—	623	108.00–112.00	110.07
6	—	573	112.00–123.00	117.72
6	—	473	115.00–121.00	118.14
6	—	523	111.00–121.00	116.22
6	—	723	99.00–105.00	102.09
4	—	323	130.00–137.00	133.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	625	116.10	116.10
2	—	585	119.00	119.00
3	—	755	112.20	112.20
5	—	821	110.00	110.00
13	—	722	107.50–112.00	111.33
11	—	686	112.25	112.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	121.00–127.00	124.12
4	—	223	161.00–165.00	163.20
4	—	273	151.00–157.00	154.25
6	—	373	132.00–141.00	136.77
6	—	523	126.00–133.00	129.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	124.00–129.00	126.59
8	—	723	115.00–124.00	119.64
6	—	523	128.00–140.00	134.26
4	—	323	148.00–154.00	151.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	141.00	141.00
13	—	722	125.25	125.25
7	—	539	139.50–143.00	141.01
2	—	910	110.25	110.25
5	—	604	130.00	130.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	883	780.00–1,025.00	931.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,283	1,010.00–1,575.00	1,350.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,160	750.00–1,090.00	941.25

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