Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-08-20

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 20
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
434 head
▲ 225 vs last sale 209▲ 131 vs year ago 303 · +43.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 69▼ 66 vs year ago 108 · −61.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 12▼ 44 vs year ago 69 · −63.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady and slaughter cattle were steady as well. Did not have the high yielding cows we did last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $272.52/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −163.85 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$272.52
79 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,425
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.12
vs MS average
+2.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523273.001,42878
Medium and Large 3515235.001,2101thin
One grade step is worth $38.00/cwt here — about $218 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 sale79 hd
272.52
—
MS average13 barns · 482 hd
260.40
+12.12
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
+2.02
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−163.85
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—Low1,573168.082,6443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,168145.761,7029thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,418139.621,9803thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,059125.881,3348thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,225$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,212$1,7813thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,143$2,4604thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,3002thin

Every lot

57 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 2230310.00/cwt310.00–310.007131
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,2331
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,3211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,1181
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430298.02/cwt296.00–300.001,2812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4741
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,31436
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,42878
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3341
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643223.01/cwt220.00–226.001,4342
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3665217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4431
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2706244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,72362
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6281
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3760205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5581
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,0091
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,0551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330292.95/cwt290.00–296.009672
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,2101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435222.00/cwt222.00–222.009661
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,10144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564230.11/cwt230.00–237.001,29865
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1697226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,57540
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,50210
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1341
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435293.00/cwt292.00–294.001,2752
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3488255.03/cwt250.00–260.001,2452
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2101
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2881
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3671
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,3431
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5111
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,8561
Bulls——1,780172.12/cwt171.00–173.003,0642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%885107.00/cwt107.00–107.009471
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045121.50/cwt117.00–125.001,2702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,064141.80/cwt140.00–144.001,5094
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100131.41/cwt129.00–135.001,4465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251148.93/cwt145.00–153.001,8635
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418139.62/cwt138.00–142.001,9803
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29001,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2121,780.81/head1,725.00–1,825.001,7813
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2251,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1432,460.18/head2,400.00–2,525.002,4604
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002

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.