Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2022-02-02

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 333▼ 41 vs year ago 444 · −9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 38▲ 20 vs year ago 60 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 54▲ 30 vs year ago 91 · +33.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold 2-3 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 5 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 $133.25/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$133.25
45 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.15
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2575137.1078825
Medium and Large 1593128.4476220
One grade step is worth $8.67/cwt here — about $27 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 sale45 hd
133.25
—
MS average13 barns · 1,160 hd
139.40
−6.15
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—High1,478101.701,5038thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08875.7682432
CowsLean 85-90%Low93563.3059220

Every lot, as filed

31 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—423164.21/cwt160.00–168.006954
BullsMedium and Large 1—473164.19/cwt160.00–168.007774
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723123.19/cwt117.00–129.008914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—600132.00/cwt132.00–132.007925
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423140.79/cwt135.00–146.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523122.82/cwt115.00–130.006424
SteersMedium and Large 1—723138.38/cwt134.00–142.501,0004
SteersMedium and Large 1—973114.09/cwt110.00–118.001,1104
SteersMedium and Large 1—623153.14/cwt149.00–157.009544
SteersMedium and Large 1—823124.16/cwt118.00–130.001,0224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007902
SteersMedium and Large 1—523170.69/cwt166.00–175.008938
SteersMedium and Large 1—223208.26/cwt200.00–215.004644
SteersMedium and Large 1—423184.73/cwt180.00–190.007814
SteersMedium and Large 1—473177.14/cwt174.00–180.008384
SteersMedium and Large 1—673140.17/cwt135.00–145.009434
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623127.70/cwt122.00–133.007964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—510180.50/cwt180.50–180.509213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673127.68/cwt122.00–133.008594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—433142.00/cwt142.00–142.006156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—655137.46/cwt131.00–144.0090010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—528135.50/cwt135.50–135.507152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1531,036.12/cwt850.00–1,150.0011,94618
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—875671.43/cwt500.00–800.005,8754
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,216.03/cwt1,000.00–1,375.0013,98416
Bulls——1,708111.40/cwt110.00–112.501,9034
Bulls——1,24892.00/cwt89.00–94.001,1484
CowsLean 85-90%—80055.92/cwt53.00–58.504478
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02568.22/cwt65.00–70.5069912
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02573.80/cwt70.00–76.5075624
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27581.65/cwt79.00–84.001,0418

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.