Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-5 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 $128.39/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$128.39

125 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$1.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.36

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	129.20	712	60
Medium and Large 1-2	510	127.64	651	65

One grade step is worth $1.56/cwt here — about $62 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 sale125 hd

128.39

—

MS average13 barns · 1,023 hd

128.74

−0.36

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	1,765	94.04	1,660	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,132	70.89	803	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	67.51	692	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	964	63.44	611	22

Every lot, as filed

35 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	72.12/cwt	70.00–74.00	920	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	67.51/cwt	64.00–70.00	692	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	64.93/cwt	62.00–67.00	666	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	59.45/cwt	56.00–62.50	476	6
Bulls	—	—	1,765	94.04/cwt	88.00–98.50	1,660	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	69.96/cwt	68.50–71.00	717	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	134.71/cwt	130.00–139.00	637	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	660	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	356	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	465	11
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	860	827.54/cwt	700.00–925.00	7,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	170.17/cwt	165.00–176.00	635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	124.75/cwt	124.50–125.00	772	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	871	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	127.08/cwt	125.00–129.00	728	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	154.17/cwt	149.00–160.00	575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	129.32/cwt	125.00–134.00	741	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	140.27/cwt	135.00–145.00	593	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	975	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	131.09/cwt	129.00–133.00	686	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	133.26/cwt	129.00–138.00	564	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	132.70/cwt	130.50–135.50	766	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	124.34/cwt	120.00–129.00	775	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	543	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	339	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	134.82/cwt	130.00–140.00	840	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	155.26/cwt	151.00–160.00	657	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	128.39/cwt	125.00–131.50	671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	460	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	676	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	134.86/cwt	132.00–138.00	638	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	1,280.35/cwt	1,200.00–1,350.00	14,826	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	977.23/cwt	850.00–1,080.00	12,636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	123.83/cwt	119.00–129.00	833	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	129.94/cwt	128.00–132.00	939	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	126.76/cwt	120.00–132.20	663	15

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 Jun 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 462Last week 567Year ago 254

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 131Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 142Year ago 159

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-5 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
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,275	70.00–74.00	72.12
8	—	1,025	68.50–71.00	69.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	64.00–70.00	67.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,025	62.00–67.00	64.93
6	—	800	56.00–62.50	59.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,765	88.00–98.50	94.04

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	473	130.00–139.00	134.71
8	—	573	125.00–129.00	127.08
10	—	373	149.00–160.00	154.17
10	—	423	135.00–145.00	140.27
10	—	523	125.00–131.50	128.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	413	159.75	159.75
3	—	562	155.00	155.00
5	—	339	161.50	161.50
12	—	460	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	165.00–176.00	170.17
20	—	623	130.00–140.00	134.82
6	—	423	151.00–160.00	155.26
8	—	723	128.00–132.00	129.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	356	130.50	130.50
8	—	619	124.50–125.00	124.75
2	—	975	90.00	90.00
2	—	720	121.00	121.00
11	—	577	130.50–135.50	132.70
16	—	418	130.00	130.00
15	—	523	120.00–132.20	126.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	573	125.00–134.00	129.32
14	—	523	129.00–133.00	131.09
10	—	423	129.00–138.00	133.26
10	—	623	120.00–129.00	124.34
6	—	473	132.00–138.00	134.86
10	—	673	119.00–129.00	123.83

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)	6	—	860	700.00–925.00	827.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,293	850.00–1,080.00	977.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,158	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,280.35

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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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

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