Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2022-06-08

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
294 head
178 vs last sale 472 168 vs year ago 462 · 36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
23 vs last sale 68 1 vs year ago 92 · 1.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
99 head
53 vs last sale 46 18 vs year ago 81 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4-13 higher, slaughter cows sold 3-7 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 10-12 higher.

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 $141.29/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$141.29
55 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$85
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.53
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2444148.716607thin
Medium and Large 1531140.2074548
One grade step is worth $8.51/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale55 hd
141.29
MS average13 barns · 1,427 hd
140.76
+0.53
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
BullsAverage1,55498.901,53712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08880.1887224
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low91166.1660328

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,017$1,07320
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,28714

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1623131.04/cwt130.00–132.008164
BullsMedium and Large 1473135.24/cwt130.00–140.006404
BullsMedium and Large 1423147.32/cwt141.00–153.006236
HeifersMedium and Large 1373143.36/cwt137.00–149.005358
HeifersMedium and Large 1573144.68/cwt140.00–149.008298
HeifersMedium and Large 1773124.63/cwt120.00–129.009634
SteersMedium and Large 1573147.40/cwt143.50–151.008454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500169.00/cwt169.00–169.008453
HeifersMedium and Large 1523144.69/cwt140.00–149.007578
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added444158.25/cwt157.00–159.507034
SteersMedium and Large 1623149.04/cwt148.00–150.009292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500145.50/cwt145.50–145.507282
HeifersMedium and Large 1723131.16/cwt126.00–136.009484
HeifersMedium and Large 1323143.42/cwt137.00–149.004638
HeifersMedium and Large 1623137.18/cwt132.00–142.008554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added421150.00/cwt150.00–150.006325
HeifersMedium and Large 1673137.17/cwt132.00–142.009234
SteersMedium and Large 1523147.41/cwt143.50–151.007714
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,287.00/head1,125.00–1,395.001,28714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0931,220.14/head1,000.00–1,370.001,22014
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2838730.30/head600.00–825.007306
Bulls1,625100.65/cwt94.50–106.501,6364
Bulls1,758108.64/cwt106.00–110.501,9104
Bulls1,27887.40/cwt82.00–90.001,1174
CowsLean 85-90%67556.06/cwt54.50–58.003784
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27586.18/cwt83.00–89.001,0996
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02578.18/cwt73.50–81.5080118
CowsLean 85-90%1,02570.39/cwt66.00–73.5072116
CowsLean 85-90%80062.75/cwt58.50–66.505028

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.