Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2025-07-16

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 16
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
569 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 513▲ 137 vs year ago 432 · +31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 99▼ 34 vs year ago 86 · −39.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 68▼ 1 vs year ago 43 · −2.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale Feeder steers sold 2.00-20.00 Higher; Feeder Heifers under 450 # sold mixed ; Feeder Heifers over 450# sold 5.00-20.00 Higher ; Feeder yearling Groups were reported as #1-2s And #2-3s ; Weaned Groups had added value ; Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 Lower ; Slaughter Bulls sold 1.00-10.00 Lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $356.81/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −64.73 against this barn's trailing median of $421.53.
Average price
$356.81
44 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.09
vs MS average
−15.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545366.591,99810thin
Medium and Large 1-2555354.841,97130
Medium and Large 2525347.141,8224thin
One grade step is worth $19.45/cwt here — about $175 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 sale44 hd
356.81
—
MS average14 barns · 472 hd
354.72
+2.09
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
−15.62
This barn, trailing median30 sales
421.53
−64.73
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
477425373320median 421.5303/0404/2907/0809/0210/21
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,580187.272,95910
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,237154.711,91326
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,437151.032,1703thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low961130.251,25114

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)1,056$2,61116
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)805$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)830$1,4212thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)853$2,0705

Every lot

95 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,1591
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275509.08/cwt502.00–515.001,4002
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2651
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3275425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325466.59/cwt451.00–480.001,5164
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3811
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325407.37/cwt395.00–418.001,3242
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added355430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5272
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375442.31/cwt425.00–457.501,6598
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,5601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382422.03/cwt413.00–428.001,6125
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418423.84/cwt415.00–427.001,7728
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425414.54/cwt400.00–427.501,76210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425376.23/cwt372.00–380.001,5992
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425355.76/cwt351.00–360.001,5124
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3Value Added430342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,4716
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475406.77/cwt381.00–430.001,93212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475351.46/cwt342.00–360.001,6694
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476406.85/cwt365.00–430.001,9379
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525380.21/cwt353.00–405.001,9966
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525347.14/cwt344.00–350.001,8224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539354.86/cwt349.00–360.001,91317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575346.16/cwt330.00–361.001,9904
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577354.81/cwt351.00–361.002,04713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1225
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625319.59/cwt304.00–334.001,9974
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669325.31/cwt321.50–329.002,17621
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675325.32/cwt309.00–340.502,1964
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675300.33/cwt298.00–302.502,0272
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723302.03/cwt294.00–315.252,1843
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767312.26/cwt301.00–315.252,39538
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,2341
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2961
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added840305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5623
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3Value Added853220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8772
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added886295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,61411
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6391
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,045270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,8222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225437.50/cwt437.50–437.509841
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275438.62/cwt425.00–450.001,2062
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,1301
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2191
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375371.59/cwt362.00–380.001,3936
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375354.99/cwt347.00–362.001,3314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375338.32/cwt325.00–350.001,2694
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425371.28/cwt357.00–384.001,57810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425341.32/cwt340.00–342.501,4514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425333.17/cwt330.00–336.001,4164
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added449384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,7245
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465342.52/cwt335.00–350.001,5938
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468356.70/cwt352.00–359.001,6699
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475345.72/cwt331.00–359.001,64218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524319.99/cwt308.00–332.501,6774
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525340.82/cwt328.00–352.501,78914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525320.62/cwt318.00–323.001,6834
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528334.22/cwt330.50–342.001,7656
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560320.50/cwt320.50–320.501,7952
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567330.47/cwt319.00–339.501,8747
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576321.27/cwt307.00–332.501,85113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600304.50/cwt304.50–304.501,8273
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9344
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625311.69/cwt300.00–322.501,9486
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675295.03/cwt280.00–309.001,9916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1384
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721297.58/cwt296.50–302.752,14643
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730283.77/cwt273.00–295.002,0722
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755251.99/cwt215.00–288.501,9032
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1952
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added803282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,2682
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830267.78/cwt251.00–282.502,2233
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325378.23/cwt350.00–402.501,2294
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375397.97/cwt370.00–422.501,49210
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425404.54/cwt390.00–417.501,71912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475373.30/cwt352.00–392.501,77314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525345.70/cwt330.00–360.001,81514
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575330.64/cwt315.00–345.001,9016
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625313.47/cwt301.00–325.001,9598
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675307.11/cwt304.00–310.002,0736
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1743297.75/cwt297.50–298.002,2122
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,580187.27/cwt172.50–195.002,95910
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%875118.71/cwt105.00–129.001,0396
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025141.44/cwt135.00–146.001,4504
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025138.90/cwt131.00–144.501,4248
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275157.12/cwt146.00–167.002,00322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437151.03/cwt149.00–152.502,1703
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 17481,876.67/head1,800.00–1,975.001,8772
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19203,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 19251,624.32/head1,550.00–1,675.001,6242
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18052,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 18301,421.27/head1,350.00–1,480.001,4212
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 19251,771.62/head1,400.00–2,025.001,7724
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1002,890.91/head2,400.00–3,200.002,89112
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,100196.66/cwt158.00–221.002,16318

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.