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Lucedale Livestock Auction

Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Sep 16

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

366 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 324▼ 127 vs year ago 493 · −25.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 18▼ 13 vs year ago 45 · −28.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 24▼ 17 vs year ago 52 · −32.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale . With active biding and mostly good Quality number 1 Steers and Heifers ; Feeder steers sold 20.00 to 42.00 Higher ( with a couple of classes at that 42.00 higher) ; Feeder Heifers sold 1.00- 42.00 higher, Same with Heifers , several classes at that 42.00 higher , also mostly number 1 heifers; Feeder yearling groups were reported as #1-2s and groups were weaned with shots and listed " added value " ; Slaughter cows sold weaker to 2.00 lower; Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-14.00 lower

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.69/cwt on 63 head, up $16.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −51.85 against this barn's trailing median of $421.53.

Average price

$369.69

▲ 16.48 vs prior sale

63 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.76

vs MS average

−33.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	371.90	2,011	35
Medium and Large 1	550	366.92	2,018	28

One grade step is worth $4.98/cwt here — about −$8 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale63 hd

369.69

—

MS average12 barns · 350 hd

371.45

−1.76

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−33.67

This barn, trailing median30 sales

421.53

−51.85

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $463.14, low $334.44, median $421.53 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,439	175.35	2,523	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,192	142.16	1,694	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	134.22	1,376	10

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,425	14
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,870	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$2,875	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	925	$2,718	6

Every lot

72 lots · USDA AMS · Lucedale Stockyard - Lucedale, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,170	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,554	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	490.89/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,350	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	275	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,169	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	519.20/cwt	495.00–540.00	1,687	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	485.21/cwt	437.00–527.50	1,820	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	408	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,958	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	426.73/cwt	395.00–455.00	1,814	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	467	422.68/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,974	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	408.66/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,941	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	373.15/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,772	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	373.20/cwt	352.00–392.50	1,959	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	375.38/cwt	371.00–401.00	2,008	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,016	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	360.64/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,074	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	609	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,122	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	343.22/cwt	342.50–344.00	2,145	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,223	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	329.33/cwt	320.00–338.00	2,223	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	322.58/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,339	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	786	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,499	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,574	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	930	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,855	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,050	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,835	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,024	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	475.87/cwt	450.00–497.50	1,309	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	413.62/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,137	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	456.72/cwt	450.00–462.50	1,484	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	375.54/cwt	350.00–397.50	1,221	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	894	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	372.37/cwt	350.00–392.00	1,396	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	393	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,541	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	383.52/cwt	351.00–412.50	1,630	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	354.35/cwt	337.00–370.00	1,683	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	478	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,735	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	333.51/cwt	325.00–339.50	1,721	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	330.47/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,735	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	301.19/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,581	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	332.55/cwt	319.00–345.00	1,912	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	589	327.79/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,931	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	325.59/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,035	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	327.37/cwt	314.50–341.00	2,193	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	316.36/cwt	306.00–326.00	2,135	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	310.52/cwt	310.00–311.00	2,251	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	818	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,372	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	498.62/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,371	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	525.76/cwt	515.00–535.00	1,709	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	464.63/cwt	430.00–495.00	1,742	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	404.38/cwt	370.00–435.00	1,719	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	396.29/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,882	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	366.17/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,922	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	338.25/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,945	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	309.88/cwt	280.00–337.50	1,937	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	296.40/cwt	285.00–307.00	2,001	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	283.84/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,038	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	274.54/cwt	269.00–280.00	2,128	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,940	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,250	166.30/cwt	160.00–170.50	2,079	6
Bulls	—	—	1,628	184.40/cwt	174.00–192.00	3,002	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,025	135.72/cwt	132.50–138.00	1,391	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	134.22/cwt	131.00–136.50	1,376	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	145.38/cwt	143.00–147.50	1,854	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1	925	2,717.57/head	2,450.00–2,900.00	2,718	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,305	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1	925	2,308.11/head	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,308	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	2,512.50/head	2,175.00–2,725.00	2,513	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,870.45/head	1,625.00–2,025.00	1,870	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 1	925	143.54/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,328	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	171.50/cwt	158.00–180.00	1,887	2

This sale against other markets

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lucedale Stockyard - Lucedale, MS

Wed Sep 16, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 366Last week 324Year ago 493

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 18Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 24Year ago 52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	485.00–510.00	498.62
4	300–350	325	515.00–535.00	525.76
6	350–400	375	430.00–495.00	464.63
6	400–450	425	370.00–435.00	404.38
16	450–500	475	370.00–420.00	396.29
16	500–550	525	340.00–390.00	366.17
10	550–600	575	320.00–355.00	338.25
6	600–650	625	280.00–337.50	309.88
4	650–700	675	285.00–307.00	296.40
3	700–750	718	270.00–295.00	283.84
2	750–800	775	269.00–280.00	274.54
1	900–950	915	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	455.00	455.00
4	250–300	275	450.00–497.50	475.87
6	300–350	325	450.00–462.50	456.72
4	350–400	375	350.00–392.00	372.37
8	400–450	425	351.00–412.50	383.52
6	450–500	475	337.00–370.00	354.35
4	500–550	525	320.00–340.00	330.47
12	550–600	575	319.00–345.00	332.55
6	600–650	625	310.00–340.00	325.59
4	650–700	675	306.00–326.00	316.36
6	700–750	725	310.00–311.00	310.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	392.00	392.00
2	450–500	478	363.00	363.00
5	500–550	516	325.00–339.50	333.51
7	550–600	589	320.00–332.50	327.79
8	650–700	670	314.50–341.00	327.37
4	800–850	818	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	400.00–425.00	413.62
4	300–350	325	350.00–397.50	375.54
4	500–550	525	297.00–305.00	301.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	475	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	675	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	480.00	480.00
17	450–500	467	420.00–425.00	422.68
28	500–550	535	371.00–401.00	375.38
7	550–600	563	358.00	358.00
8	600–650	609	348.50	348.50
2	650–700	650	342.00	342.00
4	750–800	786	318.00	318.00
2	900–950	930	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	520.00	520.00
1	250–300	275	565.00	565.00
4	300–350	325	495.00–540.00	519.20
6	350–400	375	437.00–527.50	485.21
4	400–450	425	395.00–455.00	426.73
4	450–500	475	385.00–430.00	408.66
14	500–550	525	352.00–392.50	373.20
14	550–600	575	345.00–375.00	360.64
4	600–650	625	342.50–344.00	343.22
6	650–700	675	320.00–338.00	329.33
4	700–750	725	320.00–325.00	322.58
1	750–800	750	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	825	312.00	312.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	480.00–500.00	490.89
4	450–500	475	360.00–385.00	373.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	425.00	425.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	925	2,450.00–2,900.00	2,717.57

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,305	2,875.00	2,875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	925	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,308.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,100	2,175.00–2,725.00	2,512.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,100	1,625.00–2,025.00	1,870.45

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	925	137.00–148.00	143.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	158.00–180.00	171.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,025	132.50–138.00	135.72
8	—	1,275	143.00–147.50	145.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	131.00–136.50	134.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,628	174.00–192.00	184.40
6	—	1,250	160.00–170.50	166.30

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.