Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2023-09-27

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 27
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
745 head
139 vs last sale 606 64 vs year ago 681 · +9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
28 vs last sale 52 5 vs year ago 85 · 5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
20 vs last sale 92 39 vs year ago 33 · +118.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 6-8 higher, feeder heifers sold 4-7 higher, slaughter cows sold 6-7 lower, and slaughter bulls had no trend. 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 $222.49/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$222.49
63 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,163
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.78
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517222.581,15150
Medium and Large 1-2546222.131,21213thin
One grade step is worth $0.45/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale63 hd
222.49
MS average13 barns · 1,442 hd
218.71
+3.78
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05894.551,00016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02591.279366thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average88478.8069714

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)1,170$1,26414
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)843$8204thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1423215.27/cwt210.00–220.009116
BullsMedium and Large 1623209.83/cwt207.50–212.001,3074
BullsMedium and Large 1473215.24/cwt210.00–220.001,0186
BullsMedium and Large 1523216.26/cwt210.00–222.001,1318
BullsMedium and Large 1373247.65/cwt245.00–250.009244
BullsMedium and Large 1573212.60/cwt210.00–215.001,2184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added640229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4663
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added519250.39/cwt242.00–259.001,3006
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added482239.99/cwt231.00–249.001,1578
SteersMedium and Large 1623246.48/cwt240.00–252.501,5364
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added568248.21/cwt238.50–253.901,4108
SteersMedium and Large 1418245.26/cwt241.00–251.001,0255
SteersMedium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,2836
SteersMedium and Large 1723230.29/cwt229.00–231.501,6654
SteersMedium and Large 1323270.35/cwt265.00–275.008734
SteersMedium and Large 1373270.30/cwt265.00–275.001,0084
HeifersMedium and Large 1473233.93/cwt230.00–237.501,1066
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added770200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added462233.95/cwt230.00–237.751,0814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added562230.38/cwt227.50–232.251,2955
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added448200.00/cwt200.00–200.008962
SteersMedium and Large 1573245.20/cwt240.00–250.001,4056
HeifersMedium and Large 1623206.96/cwt201.00–212.501,2896
HeifersMedium and Large 1423240.74/cwt236.00–245.001,0188
HeifersMedium and Large 1523219.34/cwt211.00–227.001,14710
HeifersMedium and Large 1573210.20/cwt205.00–215.001,20410
HeifersMedium and Large 1673205.17/cwt200.00–210.001,3814
HeifersMedium and Large 1373240.30/cwt235.00–245.008966
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1701,263.97/head1,150.00–1,360.001,26414
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2843820.36/head800.00–835.008204
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02593.98/cwt89.00–97.5096314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28898.52/cwt98.00–99.001,2692
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02591.27/cwt86.00–95.009366
CowsLean 85-90%1,02584.80/cwt81.00–87.508696
CowsLean 85-90%80076.52/cwt72.00–80.506126
CowsLean 85-90%71367.63/cwt65.00–70.004822

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.