Name: Lucedale Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks: Feeder steers Under 500 lbs sold 8.00-22.00 lower with under 300 lbs 45.00-50.00 lower; feeder Steers over 500#s sold mixed. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 35.00-60.00 lower; 400-500 lb heifers sold 1.00-12.00 higher; heifers over 500 lbs sold 12.00-40.00 lower. Feeder calf groups were reported as #1-2s and weaned groups had added value. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-19.00 lower. However, last week we only had one real good high yield bull that sold extremely high

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $405.10/cwt on 22 head, down $8.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 31 comparable sales and sits +16.57 against this barn's trailing median of $388.54.

Average price

$405.10

▼ 8.25 vs prior sale

22 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$31.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.42

vs MS average

−25.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	413.82	2,276	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	403.04	2,273	12thin
Medium and Large 2	525	382.62	2,009	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.20/cwt here — about $267 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.35, low $334.32, median $388.54 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

405.10

—

MS average14 barns · 205 hd

394.68

+10.42

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−25.31

This barn, trailing median31 sales

388.54

+16.57

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

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	—	Low	1,519	183.97	2,794	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,279	166.39	2,128	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	160.01	1,885	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	875	138.96	1,216	12

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)	978	$2,491	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	808	$1,648	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,425	$4,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	925	$3,197	10
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	624	$2,346	5

Every lot, as filed

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

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	374.20/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	540	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,241	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	443.07/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	427.63/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,031	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	639	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,658	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	629.20/cwt	605.00–650.00	2,045	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	458.57/cwt	415.00–495.00	1,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	598.32/cwt	590.00–605.00	1,346	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	583.82/cwt	565.00–600.00	1,897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	299	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	414.08/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,381	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	514.44/cwt	510.00–518.00	2,135	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,971	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	620.55/cwt	615.00–625.00	1,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	634.06/cwt	615.00–650.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	419.38/cwt	410.00–428.00	2,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	476.65/cwt	462.00–490.00	2,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	193	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	598	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	548.07/cwt	540.00–555.00	1,781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	783	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,764	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	386.55/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,416	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	568.36/cwt	549.00–585.00	1,847	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	404.50/cwt	404.50–404.50	2,330	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,438	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	329.88/cwt	319.00–340.00	2,227	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,216	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	136.08/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,215	7
Bulls	—	—	1,000	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,625	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,187	159.17/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,889	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,322	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	154.40/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,742	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,950	9
Bulls	—	—	1,995	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	4,040	2
Bulls	—	—	1,540	185.44/cwt	183.50–187.50	2,856	4
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1	—	925	159.86/cwt	145.00–170.00	1,479	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	227.31/cwt	186.50–253.00	2,500	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	624	2,345.96/head	2,325.00–2,410.00	2,346	5
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	773	1,410.03/head	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,410	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1	—	808	1,648.07/head	1,375.00–1,900.00	1,648	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1	—	925	2,316.89/head	1,975.00–2,550.00	2,317	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	3,024.43/head	2,825.00–3,150.00	3,024	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1	—	925	3,197.30/head	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,197	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	2,292	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,420	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	534.63/cwt	500.00–565.00	2,005	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,240	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	516.15/cwt	495.00–535.00	2,194	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	488.32/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	497.69/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,082	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	463.54/cwt	437.50–480.00	2,132	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	414.38/cwt	400.00–427.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	445.58/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	484.45/cwt	467.00–500.00	2,059	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	382.62/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	413.56/cwt	401.00–425.00	2,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	510.89/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	408.15/cwt	405.00–411.00	1,939	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	452.34/cwt	425.00–477.00	2,149	4

How this sale compares

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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 268Last week 282Year ago 336

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 44Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 55Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	500.00–520.00	510.89
2	300–350	348	500.00	500.00
6	350–400	375	475.00–500.00	488.32
8	400–450	425	467.00–500.00	484.45
4	450–500	475	425.00–477.00	452.34
4	500–550	525	401.00–425.00	413.56
4	550–600	575	400.00–427.00	414.08
5	600–650	614	374.00–375.00	374.20
1	650–700	675	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	795	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	415.00	415.00
7	550–600	581	394.50	394.50
21	650–700	654	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	435.00–450.00	443.07
2	350–400	375	400.00–427.00	414.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	415.00–495.00	458.57
4	300–350	325	495.00–500.00	497.69
4	400–450	425	435.00–455.00	445.58
4	450–500	475	405.00–411.00	408.15
2	500–550	525	380.00–385.00	382.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	497	419.00	419.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	550.00	550.00
4	300–350	325	540.00–555.00	548.07
1	350–400	350	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	475	425.00–430.00	427.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	615.00–625.00	620.55
2	250–300	275	615.00–650.00	634.06
8	300–350	325	605.00–650.00	629.20
1	350–400	399	572.50	572.50
6	400–450	449	540.00	540.00
2	500–550	525	462.00–490.00	476.65
4	550–600	575	410.00–428.00	419.38
1	600–650	625	430.00	430.00
1	650–700	675	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	428.00	428.00
7	600–650	639	416.00	416.00
4	750–800	783	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	590.00–605.00	598.32
3	250–300	299	595.00	595.00
6	300–350	325	565.00–600.00	583.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	193	600.00	600.00
13	400–450	415	510.00–518.00	514.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	549.00–585.00	568.36
8	350–400	375	500.00–565.00	534.63
8	400–450	425	495.00–535.00	516.15
5	550–600	599	407.00	407.00
6	600–650	625	372.00–400.00	386.55
2	650–700	675	319.00–340.00	329.88
1	700–750	715	337.50	337.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	460	437.50–480.00	463.54
3	500–550	518	432.50	432.50
8	550–600	576	404.50	404.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	850	143.00	143.00
7	—	893	131.00–140.00	136.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,187	157.00–160.00	159.17
9	—	1,350	172.00	172.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,128	154.00–156.00	154.40
9	—	1,200	162.50	162.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	162.50	162.50
2	—	1,995	202.50	202.50
4	—	1,540	183.50–187.50	185.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	925	145.00–170.00	159.86
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,100	186.50–253.00	227.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	624	2,325.00–2,410.00	2,345.96
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	773	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,410.03
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	808	1,375.00–1,900.00	1,648.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	925	1,975.00–2,550.00	2,316.89
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,100	2,825.00–3,150.00	3,024.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	925	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,197.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	4,000.00	4,000.00

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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