Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-07-09

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 9
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
385 head
▲ 180 vs last sale 205▲ 30 vs year ago 355 · +8.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 56▲ 135 vs year ago 47 · +287.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 24▼ 25 vs year ago 53 · −47.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were 5-7 higher, had some really good slaughter cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.67/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −110.14 against this barn's trailing median of $380.81.
Average price
$270.67
48 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,433
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$48.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.74
vs MS average
+1.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557278.001,54812thin
Medium and Large 1516269.831,39234
Medium and Large 2590252.001,4871thin
Medium and Large 3595230.001,3691thin
One grade step is worth $48.00/cwt here — about $180 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 sale48 hd
270.67
—
MS average11 barns · 317 hd
261.93
+8.74
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
+1.81
This barn, trailing median31 sales
380.81
−110.14
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—Average1,822165.893,02214
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,231154.001,89616
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,609142.452,2924thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,084127.031,37710

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)1,360$2,2751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,115$1,9763thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)940$1,6751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,187$2,0318
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)983$2,0004thin

Every lot

60 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 1200395.00/cwt395.00–395.007901
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280325.00/cwt325.00–325.009101
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,1015
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,1121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323334.08/cwt332.00–336.001,0792
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380329.12/cwt320.00–334.001,2514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,2452
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416330.11/cwt313.00–350.001,37327
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488307.49/cwt307.00–308.001,5012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540299.29/cwt294.00–310.001,61641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8056
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,82436
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283321.00/cwt321.00–321.009086
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,1621
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,17937
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468276.60/cwt270.00–283.001,2942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468266.52/cwt265.00–268.001,2472
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478250.38/cwt246.00–255.001,1972
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516269.83/cwt264.00–270.001,39234
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,54812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4871
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635212.48/cwt210.00–215.001,3492
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,4242
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1649240.97/cwt240.00–241.001,56431
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675242.48/cwt240.00–245.001,6372
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4151
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462303.62/cwt302.00–306.001,4033
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3391
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525254.74/cwt251.00–258.001,3374
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4381
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6471
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618248.97/cwt248.00–250.001,5392
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6231
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,680140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3521
Bulls——1,692153.92/cwt150.00–156.502,6043
Bulls——1,742163.27/cwt160.00–166.002,8443
Bulls——1,868172.96/cwt170.00–175.503,2315
Bulls——2,090183.07/cwt180.00–185.503,8262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022123.98/cwt120.00–127.001,2673
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083134.49/cwt130.00–140.001,4575
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,178112.94/cwt110.00–115.001,3302
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189145.11/cwt141.00–149.001,7255
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221161.98/cwt160.00–165.001,9784
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267155.78/cwt150.00–159.001,9747
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,609142.45/cwt140.00–148.002,2924
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29501,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0001,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0152,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2732,236.35/head2,050.00–2,400.002,2364
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19351,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29401,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29701,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1882,151.58/head2,100.00–2,200.002,1522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3602,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751

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.