Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-03-12

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 12
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
▲ 246 vs last sale 101▲ 311 vs year ago 36 · +863.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 47▲ 34 vs year ago 23 · +147.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 13▲ 8 vs year ago 21 · +38.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, the market has heated up again. As compared to the last market feeder steers were 5-10 higher and heifers 10-15 higher. Slaughter cows were 3-5 higher and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.20/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −126.61 against this barn's trailing median of $380.81.
Average price
$254.20
6 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,418
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.57
vs MS average
−21.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528266.091,4052thin
Medium and Large 2574251.341,4423thin
Medium and Large 3570239.001,3621thin
One grade step is worth $27.09/cwt here — about $43 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 sale6 hd
254.20
—
MS average13 barns · 293 hd
249.63
+4.57
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−21.97
This barn, trailing median31 sales
380.81
−126.61
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—Average1,491141.812,1145thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,228129.691,59314
CowsLean 85-90%Low96197.639397thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,162$1,8423thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,065$1,5501thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$1,3751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,288$2,4914thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,250$2,0654thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235398.60/cwt398.00–400.009373
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324400.63/cwt394.00–420.001,2986
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328364.86/cwt355.00–374.001,1972
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333384.81/cwt380.00–390.001,2812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,4201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375396.00/cwt394.00–398.001,4852
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412378.28/cwt370.00–390.001,5593
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420354.91/cwt351.00–364.001,4914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,4271
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3459325.39/cwt320.00–326.001,49410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460349.01/cwt348.00–350.001,6052
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3523272.44/cwt270.00–275.001,4252
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525319.04/cwt305.00–320.001,67516
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578300.50/cwt300.00–301.001,7372
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,71722
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620268.02/cwt260.00–274.001,6623
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6881
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,84212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1222346.00/cwt346.00–346.007685
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322325.20/cwt318.00–336.001,0475
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330285.00/cwt285.00–285.009411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2341293.80/cwt292.00–308.001,0029
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,0731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378295.39/cwt291.00–301.001,1173
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425298.76/cwt290.00–305.001,2705
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,2311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,27410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463295.34/cwt292.00–299.001,3673
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485279.94/cwt274.00–286.001,35826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528266.09/cwt262.00–270.001,4052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3731
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588251.01/cwt248.00–254.001,4762
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,63531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635239.47/cwt236.00–243.001,5212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2808
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3461
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4571
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440345.43/cwt337.00–350.001,5203
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463334.92/cwt330.00–340.001,5512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468317.08/cwt314.00–320.001,4842
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480297.06/cwt294.00–300.001,4262
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4541
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523315.02/cwt310.00–320.001,6482
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565287.96/cwt284.00–292.001,6272
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580268.05/cwt260.00–274.001,5554
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6231
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6731
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8081
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,000126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2601
Bulls——1,550144.02/cwt142.00–145.002,2323
Bulls——1,805151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,7261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81578.98/cwt78.00–80.006442
Cows—Lean 85-90%895100.00/cwt100.00–100.008951
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,051106.37/cwt102.00–112.001,1184
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138118.71/cwt116.00–122.001,3514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202139.05/cwt137.00–141.001,6715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,327129.10/cwt127.00–132.001,7135
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29751,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0651,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1621,842.40/head1,700.00–2,025.001,8423
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2502,065.00/head1,825.00–2,325.002,0654
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2882,490.78/head2,450.00–2,525.002,4914

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.