Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2021-10-27

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 27
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
517 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 421▲ 517 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 44▲ 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 85▲ 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, 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 $121.38/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$121.38
57 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.81
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2493124.5261423
Medium and Large 1541119.2664534
One grade step is worth $5.26/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale57 hd
121.38
—
MS average13 barns · 1,003 hd
125.19
−3.81
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,56181.801,27628
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09659.8865614
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02553.765516thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91347.804368thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Lucedale Stockyard - Lucedale, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—423134.21/cwt130.00–138.005686
BullsMedium and Large 1—523125.65/cwt122.00–129.006576
BullsMedium and Large 1—573117.20/cwt112.00–122.006724
BullsMedium and Large 1—373145.30/cwt140.00–150.005424
BullsMedium and Large 1—623114.66/cwt110.00–119.007144
BullsMedium and Large 1—77394.09/cwt91.00–97.007274
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—529135.00/cwt135.00–135.007149
SteersMedium and Large 1—573134.16/cwt130.00–138.007696
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—448126.50/cwt126.50–126.5056716
SteersMedium and Large 1—623127.18/cwt122.00–132.007928
SteersMedium and Large 1—473154.62/cwt152.00–157.007314
SteersMedium and Large 1—523148.78/cwt142.00–155.007786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—563138.00/cwt138.00–138.007773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—615132.00/cwt132.00–132.008124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423129.16/cwt126.00–132.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473128.98/cwt124.00–133.506104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623114.14/cwt110.00–118.007116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523119.39/cwt116.00–122.506248
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573115.20/cwt110.00–120.0066012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—596120.00/cwt120.00–120.007157
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—835707.60/cwt675.00–730.005,9084
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,125884.07/cwt700.00–1,030.009,94620
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—833432.43/cwt350.00–500.003,6026
Bulls——1,87386.80/cwt82.00–90.001,62614
Bulls——1,24876.79/cwt72.00–80.0095814
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02552.01/cwt48.50–54.505334
CowsLean 85-90%—80043.59/cwt42.00–45.003494
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02558.39/cwt54.00–61.5059810
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27563.59/cwt62.00–65.008114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02553.76/cwt52.00–55.005516

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.