Sale reports / Mississippi / Lucedale Livestock Auction / 2026-07-08

Lucedale Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lucedale, Mississippi · Wed, Jul 8
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2120
Feeder Cattle receipts
362 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 367▼ 151 vs year ago 513 · −29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 48▼ 24 vs year ago 99 · −24.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 128▲ 11 vs year ago 68 · +16.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 6/24/26: Feeder steers under 450# sold 10.00-20.00 lower , steers over 450# sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450# sold steady to 30.00 lower, heifers over 450# sold 7.00-27.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 10.00-13.00 lower; slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $411.21/cwt on 24 head, up $28.90 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 19 of 29 comparable sales and sits +28.90 against this barn's trailing median of $382.31.
Average price
$411.21
▲ 28.90 vs prior sale
24 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,279
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.91
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554411.212,27924
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale24 hd
411.21
—
MS average14 barns · 167 hd
400.30
+10.91
This barn, trailing median29 sales
382.31
+28.90
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

29 sales
460409358308median 382.3103/0404/2907/2209/0910/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $446.48, low $321.50, median $382.31 across 29 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—High1,533205.133,14412
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,243177.342,20442
CowsLean 85-90%Low869159.381,38524

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)1,068$2,94444
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$1,7924thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$4,4814thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)838$3,12318
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)739$2,23716

Every lot

70 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,2941
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275569.06/cwt550.00–585.001,5654
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325564.20/cwt540.00–585.001,83410
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325443.07/cwt435.00–450.001,4406
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added340560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9042
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375561.96/cwt530.00–590.002,1074
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375475.65/cwt465.00–485.001,7842
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375413.64/cwt395.00–430.001,5512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457458.98/cwt457.50–460.002,09810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475469.09/cwt457.00–480.002,2282
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475447.63/cwt445.00–450.002,1264
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475413.92/cwt385.00–440.001,9664
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517449.00/cwt447.00–450.002,32112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525446.65/cwt432.00–460.002,3454
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550419.00/cwt418.00–420.002,3052
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616383.51/cwt380.00–390.002,3623
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625348.19/cwt330.00–365.002,1762
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675373.74/cwt367.00–380.002,5232
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730334.44/cwt330.00–339.002,4412
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,7611
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1990311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,0791
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,057303.00/cwt303.00–303.003,20331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,2151
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,1621
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325470.71/cwt425.00–510.001,5306
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added350490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,7154
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375468.64/cwt450.00–485.001,7576
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375437.66/cwt435.00–440.001,6412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375412.99/cwt405.00–420.001,5494
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425443.80/cwt420.00–465.001,8868
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425432.84/cwt422.00–442.501,8406
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425393.51/cwt375.00–410.001,6726
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added441442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,9514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9874
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475416.83/cwt405.00–427.501,9806
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475398.94/cwt395.00–402.501,8952
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525399.04/cwt387.00–410.002,0956
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525362.85/cwt355.00–370.001,9052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,1793
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575379.87/cwt377.00–382.502,1846
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625388.95/cwt377.00–400.002,4314
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675346.15/cwt342.00–350.002,3372
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,4891
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,8771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325552.10/cwt540.00–562.501,7948
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375534.63/cwt500.00–565.002,00516
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417459.97/cwt430.00–500.001,91834
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475451.03/cwt430.00–470.002,14220
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525431.19/cwt427.00–435.002,26410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575396.94/cwt380.00–412.502,28214
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,4874
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625353.95/cwt342.00–365.002,2128
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675346.11/cwt343.00–349.002,3362
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,3691
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785329.06/cwt324.00–334.002,5832
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,000174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,7403
Bulls——1,503209.76/cwt205.00–215.003,1536
Bulls——2,125227.00/cwt227.00–227.004,8243
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%850162.53/cwt160.00–166.501,38218
Cows—Lean 85-90%925149.93/cwt142.50–155.001,3876
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200174.27/cwt173.50–174.502,09130
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,49812
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 19252,406.08/head1,975.00–2,700.002,4068
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 19251,791.89/head1,450.00–2,025.001,7924
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1003,063.64/head2,450.00–3,450.003,06436
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 18053,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 18163,069.43/head2,900.00–3,570.003,06916
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1004,480.68/head4,450.00–4,500.004,4814
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2303,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy7392,236.97/head2,000.00–2,350.002,23716

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.