Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 4-7 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-6 lower, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 4-5 lower.

Weaned grouped 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 $121.16/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$121.16

63 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$28

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

$0.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.18

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	121.16	679	48
Medium and Large 1-2	584	121.15	707	15thin

One grade step is worth $0.01/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale63 hd

121.16

—

MS average13 barns · 1,242 hd

124.34

−3.18

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	1,730	86.10	1,490	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,147	62.00	711	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	55.93	573	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	935	53.98	505	20

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Medium and Large 1	—	773	105.15/cwt	100.00–110.00	813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	136.11/cwt	134.00–138.00	576	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	122.04/cwt	121.00–123.00	638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	119.60/cwt	117.00–122.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	113.65/cwt	109.00–118.00	765	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	140.30/cwt	135.00–145.00	523	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	131.48/cwt	127.00–135.50	556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	119.32/cwt	118.25–119.75	723	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	121.69/cwt	117.00–126.00	636	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	169.57/cwt	168.00–171.00	802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	145.30/cwt	138.00–152.00	760	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	145.28/cwt	135.00–152.50	760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	133.63/cwt	130.00–137.00	833	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	119.33/cwt	117.00–121.50	803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	112.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	134.16/cwt	130.00–138.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	121.59/cwt	118.50–124.50	940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	122.19/cwt	118.00–126.00	578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	121.76/cwt	115.00–128.00	698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	115.14/cwt	111.00–119.00	717	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	123.57/cwt	122.00–125.00	584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	122.76/cwt	122.00–123.25	692	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	127.09/cwt	124.00–130.00	919	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	703	636.03/cwt	525.00–720.00	4,471	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	869.52/cwt	700.00–975.00	9,521	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	62.94/cwt	61.00–64.50	850	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	55.93/cwt	53.00–58.00	573	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	56.22/cwt	53.00–58.50	576	12
Bulls	—	—	1,730	86.10/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,490	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	61.43/cwt	58.50–63.50	630	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	50.63/cwt	48.50–52.50	405	8

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 Sep 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 510Last week 335Year ago 709

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 50Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 72Last week 51Year ago 150

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 4-7 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-6 lower, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 4-5 lower.

Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	773	100.00–110.00	105.15
6	—	423	134.00–138.00	136.11
4	—	523	121.00–123.00	122.04
4	—	573	117.00–122.00	119.60
4	—	673	109.00–118.00	113.65
8	—	373	135.00–145.00	140.30
4	—	473	122.00–125.00	123.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	136.75	136.75
5	—	523	135.00–152.50	145.28
8	—	616	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	168.00–171.00	169.57
10	—	523	138.00–152.00	145.30
6	—	623	130.00–137.00	133.63
4	—	573	130.00–138.00	134.16
2	—	773	118.50–124.50	121.59
2	—	723	124.00–130.00	127.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	127.00–135.50	131.48
8	—	523	117.00–126.00	121.69
6	—	673	117.00–121.50	119.33
6	—	723	110.00–115.00	112.58
8	—	473	118.00–126.00	122.19
6	—	573	115.00–128.00	121.76
6	—	623	111.00–119.00	115.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	606	118.25–119.75	119.32
8	—	564	122.00–123.25	122.76

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	703	525.00–720.00	636.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	—	1,095	700.00–975.00	869.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,350	61.00–64.50	62.94
10	—	1,025	58.50–63.50	61.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,025	53.00–58.00	55.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	53.00–58.50	56.22
8	—	800	48.50–52.50	50.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,730	81.00–90.00	86.10

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