Lucedale Stockyard Market Report

Lucedale, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 7, 2025

701 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $380.45/cwt +29.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,944/hd at 511 lb · 50 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $400.00/cwt +62.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,536/hd at 384 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $413.75/cwt +43.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,709/hd at 413 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	701	611	611
Feeder cattle	561	485	485
Slaughter cattle	62	46	46
Replacement cattle	78	80	80

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale Feeder steers under 400# sold Steady ,feeder steers over 400# sold 1.00 -25.00 Higher ; feeder Heifers sold firmer ; feeder yearling groups were weaned with shots ,this gave them added value and groups were reported as #1-2s ; slaughter cows sold steady ; slaughter bulls sold steady with one bull selling 18.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397 value added	397	9	397.00	$397.00	$1,576	—
413 value added	413	20	413.75	$413.75	$1,709	+43.75
490 value added	490	2	376.00	$376.00	$1,842	—
503–512 value added	511	50	380.00–380.50	$380.45	$1,944	+29.95
570–592 value added	582	11	340.00–360.50	$349.13	$2,032	+21.13
612–645 value added	623	12	331.00–340.00	$336.89	$2,099	+26.39
663–697 value added	690	13	284.00–328.00	$320.22	$2,210	—
715 value added	715	2	291.00	$291.00	$2,081	—
810–823 value added	815	5	270.00–275.50	$273.28	$2,227	—
1063 value added	1063	2	229.00	$229.00	$2,434	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–299	275	8	455.00–480.00	$468.62	$1,289	-0.44
350–399	375	4	400.00–417.50	$409.32	$1,535	-3.33
400–449	425	8	390.00–413.75	$402.56	$1,711	+65.80
450–499	475	6	370.00–390.00	$380.52	$1,807	+8.26
500–549	525	6	361.00–380.50	$371.21	$1,949	+18.12
550–599	575	8	325.00–350.00	$338.03	$1,944	+12.82
600–649	625	2	320.00–340.00	$330.39	$2,065	+17.75
650–699	675	4	295.00–328.00	$312.10	$2,107	+14.81
700–749	725	6	245.00–294.00	$270.33	$1,960	-5.35
800–815	808	2	251.00–263.00	$257.06	$2,077	-5.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–299	275	4	375.00–410.00	$394.06	$1,084	+32.83
300–349	325	6	350.00–390.00	$368.49	$1,198	—
400–449	433	6	347.00–375.00	$366.37	$1,586	+5.61
450–499	475	4	337.00–352.00	$344.89	$1,638	—
550–599	575	6	270.00–313.00	$292.42	$1,681	—
600–649	625	2	251.00–253.00	$252.04	$1,575	—
650–699	675	4	265.00–273.00	$269.15	$1,817	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–299	275	4	437.00–447.00	$442.45	$1,217	—
300–349	325	6	413.00–437.00	$424.09	$1,378	+3.71
400–449	425	8	370.00–390.00	$380.58	$1,617	±0.00
600–649	625	6	290.00–300.00	$295.20	$1,845	-1.63

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384 value added	384	20	400.00	$400.00	$1,536	+62.50
427 value added	427	9	385.50	$385.50	$1,646	—
497 value added	497	3	321.00	$321.00	$1,595	+0.07
642 value added	642	2	274.75	$274.75	$1,764	-10.25
670–680 value added	676	10	268.50–279.50	$275.14	$1,860	+3.46
726–740 value added	731	6	263.00–726.00	$569.70	$4,165	+296.70
793 value added	793	2	253.00	$253.00	$2,006	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–299	275	4	415.00–435.00	$425.89	$1,171	+22.27
300–349	325	2	390.00–400.00	$395.38	$1,285	-5.38
350–399	375	2	372.00–400.00	$386.92	$1,451	+1.93
450–499	475	8	322.00–331.00	$326.73	$1,552	-13.79
500–549	525	8	315.00–320.00	$317.62	$1,668	+4.29
550–599	575	2	291.00–293.00	$292.04	$1,679	-3.60
600–649	625	2	287.00–296.00	$291.68	$1,823	+6.56
650–699	675	2	262.00–279.00	$270.81	$1,828	-1.00
750–765	758	2	249.00–275.00	$262.13	$1,987	+14.39
810–815	813	2	239.00–241.00	$240.00	$1,951	+5.00
985	985	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,167	—
1075	1075	1	193.00	$193.00	$2,075	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	225	6	400.00–445.00	$424.96	$956	—
250–299	275	2	400.00–425.00	$413.62	$1,137	—
300–349	325	4	342.00–380.00	$362.43	$1,178	-19.95
350–399	375	4	342.00–375.00	$359.58	$1,348	-8.08
400–449	425	8	310.00–350.00	$331.15	$1,407	—
450–499	475	6	315.00–322.00	$318.68	$1,514	+0.79
550–599	575	4	250.00–282.00	$266.68	$1,533	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	225	2	350.00–355.00	$352.77	$794	+29.68
250–299	275	4	375.00–400.00	$388.62	$1,069	—
300–349	325	2	350.00–365.00	$358.07	$1,164	+16.56
350–399	375	4	341.00–352.00	$346.86	$1,301	—
450–499	475	4	302.00–330.00	$316.72	$1,504	—
500–549	525	2	270.00–275.00	$272.62	$1,431	-11.04
550–599	575	2	220.00–245.00	$233.03	$1,340	—
600–649	625	8	250.00–266.00	$258.31	$1,614	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–399	375	10	387.00–397.00	$392.33	$1,471	+11.02
400–449	425	10	360.00–390.00	$375.87	$1,597	-8.01
450–499	475	10	330.00–340.00	$335.26	$1,592	-16.31
500–549	525	6	340.00–370.00	$355.70	$1,867	+38.94
550–599	575	6	310.00–340.00	$325.64	$1,872	+10.00
650–699	675	6	265.00–290.00	$277.95	$1,876	+14.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488 value added	488	2	348.00	$348.00	$1,698	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1200	1025	80-85%	10	133.00–139.00	$136.51	$1,399	-2.21
1200–1350	1275	80-85%	16	139.50–150.00	$145.06	$1,850	-2.70

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1200	1025	85-90%	14	120.00–137.00	$129.95	$1,332	+1.58

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1590	1373	75-80%	4	130.00–136.50	$133.77	$1,837	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–2175	1695	20	152.00–194.50	$179.27	$3,039	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1350	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	139.00–177.00	$162.32	$1,786

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
823–850 fancy	828	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,698.70

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
850–1350	986	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,900.00–2,380.00	$2,079.17

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1100	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,525.00–2,025.00	$1,822.30

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–800	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	525.00–825.00	$696.43

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1300	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,200.00–2,800.00	$2,562.79	+19.77
850–1300	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,700.00–3,650.00	$3,274.42	+731.40

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1100	867	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	2,000.00–2,850.00	$2,359.62	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.