Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-03-05

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 5
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 317 vs last sale 418▲ 67 vs year ago 34 · +197.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 61▲ 32 vs year ago 15 · +213.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 39▼ 9 vs year ago 22 · −40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were higher and slaughter cows steady and bulls 3-5 higher. Had a stock cow sale last Saturday had some really fancy f1 tiger stripe pairs with 100-500 lb. calves some were bred back bring$ 3-4000 a pair nice cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.23/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −136.58 against this barn's trailing median of $380.81.
Average price
$244.23
5 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.60
vs MS average
−27.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532253.391,3483thin
Medium and Large 2565236.001,3331thin
Medium and Large 3550225.001,2381thin
One grade step is worth $28.39/cwt here — about $111 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 sale5 hd
244.23
—
MS average11 barns · 206 hd
241.63
+2.60
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
−27.68
This barn, trailing median31 sales
380.81
−136.58
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

31 sales
436397358318median 380.8103/0304/2106/2309/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.02, low $332.26, median $380.81 across 31 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—Average1,810133.152,4096thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,133123.761,4029thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01186.288728thin

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 (2-4 yrs)1,042$1,6753thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$1,1501thin

Every lot

48 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326392.57/cwt380.00–400.001,2804
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,3901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1751
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505296.50/cwt292.00–301.001,4972
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,4041
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5461
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4731
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623243.89/cwt240.00–248.001,5192
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7281
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7381
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220315.00/cwt315.00–315.006931
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285328.00/cwt328.00–328.009351
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,0921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1562
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460257.49/cwt257.00–258.001,1842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2871
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532253.39/cwt250.00–260.001,3483
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3331
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610239.97/cwt236.00–244.001,4642
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4721
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718211.02/cwt210.00–212.001,5152
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3733194.98/cwt194.00–196.001,4292
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2773206.61/cwt200.00–213.001,5972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,1461
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4321
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2871
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,6241
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770193.48/cwt192.00–195.001,4902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,230115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4151
Bulls——1,535120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8421
Bulls——1,953135.68/cwt133.00–139.002,6502
Bulls——2,093146.27/cwt142.00–151.003,0612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95374.14/cwt71.00–78.007072
Cows—Lean 85-90%96895.41/cwt92.00–100.009242
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06187.79/cwt82.00–91.009314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,084127.07/cwt124.00–130.001,3776
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230117.14/cwt115.00–120.001,4413
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29251,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29851,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0701,800.35/head1,600.00–1,950.001,8002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3001,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.