Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2026-06-10

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
363 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 403▲ 48 vs year ago 315 · +15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 52▼ 34 vs year ago 71 · −47.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 123▼ 1 vs year ago 57 · −1.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold $5.00-$8.00 HIGHER. Slaughter cows and bulls sold STEADY.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $428.38/cwt on 44 head, up $12.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +6.85 against this barn's trailing median of $421.53.
Average price
$428.38
▲ 12.23 vs prior sale
44 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,301
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.44
vs MS average
−25.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524431.382,26214thin
Medium and Large 1543426.982,31930
One grade step is worth $4.40/cwt here — about −$56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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
428.38
—
MS average13 barns · 385 hd
435.82
−7.44
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−25.34
This barn, trailing median30 sales
421.53
+6.85
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
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—Average1,591212.413,3798thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,117177.041,97712
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025168.061,7232thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low842150.711,26812

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,063$2,8604thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)968$3,8818
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)793$2,6384thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373570.91/cwt555.00–585.002,1298
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423511.07/cwt490.00–530.002,1626
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473437.86/cwt430.00–445.002,0716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506438.58/cwt435.00–446.002,21911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523438.04/cwt425.00–450.002,29118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573410.39/cwt400.00–420.002,35212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3983
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607408.24/cwt400.00–415.002,4789
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623387.95/cwt375.00–400.002,41714
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673358.88/cwt355.00–362.502,4152
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,6123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added390420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423430.53/cwt420.00–440.001,8218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473401.95/cwt392.00–411.001,9018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516400.46/cwt385.00–410.002,06617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523390.43/cwt380.00–400.002,04226
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573362.79/cwt355.00–370.002,0798
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723326.88/cwt322.50–331.002,3634
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573379.09/cwt370.00–387.502,1724
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623350.36/cwt340.00–360.002,1834
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723320.31/cwt310.00–330.002,3162
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,525210.24/cwt207.00–215.003,2066
Bulls——1,788218.93/cwt218.00–220.003,9142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700135.98/cwt132.50–140.009524
Cows—Lean 85-90%800150.84/cwt145.00–156.001,2074
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025172.68/cwt168.00–176.001,7708
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025168.06/cwt162.50–172.001,7232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025165.30/cwt161.50–168.001,6944
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300185.77/cwt182.00–189.002,4154
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29683,881.29/head3,580.00–4,130.003,8818
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0632,860.29/head2,500.00–3,375.002,8604
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27932,637.70/head2,200.00–2,950.002,6384

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.