Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2022-03-09

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Mar 9
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
281 head
74 vs last sale 355 117 vs year ago 398 · 29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
32 vs last sale 66 30 vs year ago 68 · +44.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
33 vs last sale 77 6 vs year ago 104 · +5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold 6-13 lower, slaughter cows sold 1-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $137.74/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$137.74
51 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.87
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488145.447109thin
Medium and Large 1511136.0969642
One grade step is worth $9.36/cwt here — about $14 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 sale51 hd
137.74
MS average13 barns · 980 hd
140.61
−2.87
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
BullsHigh1,637101.301,6586thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08883.2990632
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02576.567856thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96966.7564716

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1473144.71/cwt140.00–149.006844
HeifersMedium and Large 1523133.22/cwt128.00–138.006978
HeifersMedium and Large 1573127.46/cwt122.00–132.507308
HeifersMedium and Large 1673123.62/cwt120.00–127.008322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600138.00/cwt138.00–138.008283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added469147.00/cwt147.00–147.006894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added358153.50/cwt153.50–153.505502
SteersMedium and Large 1323189.84/cwt188.50–191.006132
SteersMedium and Large 1415171.22/cwt168.00–177.007113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670147.00/cwt147.00–147.009852
HeifersMedium and Large 1323153.21/cwt150.00–156.004954
HeifersMedium and Large 1473140.19/cwt136.00–144.006638
SteersMedium and Large 1473171.40/cwt168.00–174.508114
SteersMedium and Large 1573153.08/cwt151.00–155.008774
HeifersMedium and Large 1723122.58/cwt120.00–125.008864
HeifersMedium and Large 1423144.79/cwt139.00–150.006128
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0881,444.64/cwt1,300.00–1,560.0015,71814
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-29251,109.73/cwt1,000.00–1,200.0010,2654
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2913811.78/cwt750.00–860.007,4126
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0581,078.01/cwt900.00–1,200.0011,40514
Bulls1,810109.63/cwt105.00–113.001,9844
Bulls1,29084.65/cwt80.00–90.001,0922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02581.43/cwt78.50–83.5083524
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27588.88/cwt86.50–91.001,1338
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02576.56/cwt71.00–80.507856
CowsLean 85-90%1,02570.56/cwt65.00–74.5072312
CowsLean 85-90%80055.31/cwt50.00–60.004424

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.