Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2026-05-06

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, May 6
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
622 head
▲ 262 vs last sale 360▲ 61 vs year ago 561 · +10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 69▲ 4 vs year ago 62 · +6.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 68▼ 32 vs year ago 78 · −41.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale Feeder steers sold mixed with Better Quality Steers selling firmer ; Most Classes of Feeder Heifers selling 3.00-25.00 Higher; Feeder Yearling Groups were reported as #1-2s with weaned groups reported as Added Value ; Slaughter Cows sold 1.00-4.00 Higher; Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-3.00 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $438.93/cwt on 46 head, down $12.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 30 comparable sales and sits +17.39 against this barn's trailing median of $421.53.
Average price
$438.93
▼ 12.65 vs prior sale
46 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,433
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$65.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.25
vs MS average
−48.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546448.582,45026
Medium and Large 1575441.732,5408thin
Medium and Large 2550432.722,3808thin
Medium and Large 3575383.032,2024thin
One grade step is worth $65.55/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale46 hd
438.93
—
MS average14 barns · 342 hd
447.18
−8.25
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
−48.62
This barn, trailing median30 sales
421.53
+17.39
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—High1,679204.133,42818
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,246171.372,13534
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,608160.232,57612
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025153.781,5768thin

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)1,034$3,06716
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$1,7861thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)976$3,80810
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)780$2,0832thin

Every lot

103 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225633.32/cwt625.00–640.001,4252
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275623.17/cwt615.00–630.001,7142
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275585.45/cwt580.00–590.001,6104
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325580.76/cwt570.00–590.001,8874
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325570.38/cwt565.00–575.001,8548
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375568.64/cwt550.00–585.002,1324
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375456.64/cwt430.00–480.001,7124
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added378550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0793
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408511.00/cwt511.00–511.002,0854
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425512.93/cwt505.00–520.002,1802
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425488.22/cwt475.00–500.002,0758
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425463.22/cwt450.00–475.001,9698
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475492.89/cwt485.00–500.002,3416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475470.52/cwt460.00–480.002,2356
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475459.72/cwt440.00–477.502,18410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,3918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,2994
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,44810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525442.62/cwt440.00–445.002,3244
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,3722
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575441.73/cwt430.00–452.502,5408
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575422.82/cwt415.00–430.002,4314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575383.03/cwt370.00–395.002,2024
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,51110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,6064
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625411.83/cwt362.00–440.002,57413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659398.79/cwt384.00–409.502,62819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675367.77/cwt360.00–375.002,4824
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,45115
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715352.78/cwt332.00–372.502,5225
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718371.32/cwt371.00–372.002,66619
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,6581
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764354.60/cwt338.00–361.502,70929
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added825352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,9087
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845329.00/cwt328.00–330.002,7802
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added863337.50/cwt332.50–342.502,9138
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,0261
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,006304.00/cwt304.00–304.003,0584
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025295.00/cwt295.00–295.003,0241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225578.86/cwt565.00–590.001,3022
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3225530.55/cwt525.00–535.001,1942
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275498.62/cwt485.00–510.001,3714
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325540.76/cwt530.00–550.001,7572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3332500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6603
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375485.65/cwt475.00–495.001,8216
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375463.32/cwt450.00–475.001,7374
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added387475.61/cwt430.00–501.001,8418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425475.58/cwt465.00–485.002,0214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425472.09/cwt460.00–480.002,0065
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425457.93/cwt450.00–465.001,94610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425411.73/cwt380.00–440.001,7506
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0385
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475458.40/cwt440.00–475.002,1776
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475427.89/cwt420.00–435.002,0324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475393.66/cwt370.00–415.001,8706
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,2593
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,0784
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525427.62/cwt425.00–430.002,2452
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525415.23/cwt410.00–420.002,1806
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525379.63/cwt360.00–397.501,9936
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537398.09/cwt374.50–433.002,13818
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575422.16/cwt400.00–442.502,4274
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575387.61/cwt385.00–390.002,2294
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575362.82/cwt355.00–370.002,0866
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Replacement618364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,2502
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625362.99/cwt350.00–375.002,26910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625330.59/cwt315.00–345.002,0662
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638350.09/cwt347.50–359.002,23427
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,2476
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675346.63/cwt343.00–350.002,3404
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720360.90/cwt342.50–370.002,5983
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723340.33/cwt330.00–343.252,46114
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778323.63/cwt320.00–326.002,5183
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835297.00/cwt294.00–300.002,4802
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325565.38/cwt560.00–570.001,8374
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375515.61/cwt465.00–560.001,93414
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425490.58/cwt480.00–500.002,08516
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2439481.75/cwt480.00–482.502,11510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475449.44/cwt410.00–485.002,13510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525458.55/cwt435.00–480.002,40710
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575413.25/cwt395.00–430.002,3766
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625392.28/cwt365.00–417.502,45212
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,1263
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723338.34/cwt335.00–340.002,4463
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4643
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1862302.59/cwt290.00–318.002,6083
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Medium and Large 3-4350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0502
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,258188.61/cwt185.00–191.002,3736
Bulls——1,890211.89/cwt195.00–223.004,00512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025157.61/cwt150.00–163.001,6164
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025153.78/cwt145.00–160.001,5768
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275173.21/cwt165.00–180.502,20830
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,608160.23/cwt152.00–166.002,57612
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 18552,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 19603,375.00/head3,100.00–3,500.003,3755
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0254,595.12/head3,600.00–5,300.004,5954
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 19251,823.20/head925.00–2,800.001,8236
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0151,786.00/head1,786.00–1,786.001,7861
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1003,813.64/head3,200.00–4,200.003,81410
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1650453.85/cwt435.00–470.002,9504
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 17802,083.17/head1,650.00–2,500.002,0832
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,100177.36/cwt170.00–182.001,95112

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.