Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-06-11

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
▲ 218 vs last sale 209▲ 307 vs year ago 120 · +255.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 107▲ 32 vs year ago 54 · +59.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 37▼ 18 vs year ago 40 · −45.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 5-7 higher and slaughter cattle 2-3 higher. Had some really nice groups of weaned calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $295.83/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −140.53 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$295.83
60 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$383
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$58.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.47
vs MS average
−3.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538310.001,66837
Medium and Large 2539274.001,47722
Medium and Large 3510252.001,2851thin
One grade step is worth $58.00/cwt here — about $383 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale60 hd
295.83
—
MS average12 barns · 353 hd
284.36
+11.47
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
−3.59
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−140.53
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
508447385324median 436.3603/1705/1907/1409/0810/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.97, low $337.72, median $436.36 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—Average1,667162.142,7026thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,246144.401,79913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,345128.901,7343thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,060110.311,16910

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,740$2,7002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,305$2,2002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,060$2,1126

Every lot

54 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240385.00/cwt385.00–385.009241
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3240325.00/cwt325.00–325.007801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265355.00/cwt355.00–355.009411
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,2801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440311.62/cwt291.00–319.001,37122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2851
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,66837
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,47722
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,73132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,67972
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3665243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,61629
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0764
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265323.00/cwt323.00–323.008561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320265.00/cwt265.00–265.008481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,0331
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,0011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0223
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,17814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1971
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2281
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,38532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3001
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,4441
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602234.69/cwt234.00–235.001,41346
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6206
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1826199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6444
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2875170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,48812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3231
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,3871
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,4061
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4931
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570249.89/cwt241.00–255.001,4243
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4401
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663245.02/cwt244.00–246.001,6242
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3690210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4491
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740216.49/cwt215.00–218.001,6022
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,508155.25/cwt150.00–160.002,3413
Bulls——1,825169.02/cwt165.00–172.003,0853
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91393.35/cwt90.00–100.008523
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045110.13/cwt105.00–115.001,1513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,181123.17/cwt120.00–126.001,4554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210132.25/cwt130.00–135.001,6003
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256142.05/cwt139.00–145.001,7845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257154.03/cwt150.00–160.001,9365
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345128.90/cwt125.00–132.001,7343
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29832,042.43/head1,975.00–2,100.002,0424
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2152,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3052,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,7402,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002

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.