Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2022-03-23

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Mar 23
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
235 head
9 vs last sale 226 106 vs year ago 129 · +82.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
3 vs last sale 67 56 vs year ago 8 · +700.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
13 vs last sale 60 22 vs year ago 25 · +88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold mixed, slaughter cows sold 3-10 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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

1 Load of Heifers 70 head 47,175lbs avj. 673lbs @ $138.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.37/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$138.37
82 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$892
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.06
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481140.5367612thin
Medium and Large 1-2673138.0092970
One grade step is worth $2.53/cwt here — about −$252 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 sale82 hd
138.37
MS average12 barns · 1,324 hd
144.43
−6.06
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
BullsAverage1,463102.231,49516
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05087.6292014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,08382.728963thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97774.8173113

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1523137.56/cwt136.00–139.007194
BullsMedium and Large 1473144.71/cwt140.00–149.006842
BullsMedium and Large 1373159.83/cwt154.00–165.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 1523140.13/cwt137.00–143.007332
HeifersMedium and Large 1573140.12/cwt137.00–143.008032
HeifersMedium and Large 1423140.74/cwt136.00–145.005954
HeifersMedium and Large 1473140.71/cwt136.00–145.006664
SteersMedium and Large 1623156.39/cwt152.50–160.009742
SteersMedium and Large 1573166.16/cwt162.00–170.009522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added493185.00/cwt185.00–185.009122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added383180.00/cwt180.00–180.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added673138.00/cwt138.00–138.0092970
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0521,054.91/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0011,0983
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2860785.27/cwt750.00–800.006,7533
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1911,108.36/cwt950.00–1,190.0013,2015
Bulls1,270100.19/cwt94.50–104.001,2728
Bulls1,966112.65/cwt107.50–115.002,2155
Bulls1,13890.30/cwt87.50–91.501,0283
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,08382.72/cwt80.50–83.508963
CowsLean 85-90%81763.93/cwt61.50–65.005223
CowsLean 85-90%1,02578.07/cwt75.00–80.2580010
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03887.11/cwt84.00–89.0090413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20094.25/cwt94.25–94.251,1311

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.