Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-10-15

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 15
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
569 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 463▲ 402 vs year ago 167 · +240.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 129▲ 44 vs year ago 26 · +169.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 86▲ 13 vs year ago 15 · +86.7%
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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. Just need some rain to help things out.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $255.64/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −180.72 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$255.64
42 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,455
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.84
vs MS average
−43.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513268.521,3782thin
Medium and Large 2572255.001,45940
One grade step is worth $13.52/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale42 hd
255.64
—
MS average12 barns · 317 hd
256.48
−0.84
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−43.69
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−180.72
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—Average1,786146.412,61511
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,262124.711,57311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,539115.551,7784thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,072100.921,0829thin

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)1,012$1,8203thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,088$1,6002thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)825$1,4522thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,121$2,3898

Every lot

64 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230377.50/cwt355.00–400.008682
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333329.51/cwt320.00–335.001,0973
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429292.93/cwt290.00–304.001,25710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453300.94/cwt300.00–301.001,36317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2831
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,41539
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513268.52/cwt267.00–270.001,3782
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,45940
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3551
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,70435
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692228.04/cwt228.00–230.001,57852
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5621
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763225.46/cwt221.00–230.001,7202
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6001
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330262.03/cwt260.00–264.008652
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333295.58/cwt290.00–300.009843
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340282.00/cwt282.00–282.009591
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,0721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375279.93/cwt275.00–285.001,0502
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439265.73/cwt265.00–272.001,16722
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463253.99/cwt253.00–255.001,1762
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,32637
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,1871
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2561
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569230.78/cwt230.00–240.001,31361
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2061
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,48710
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,41325
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730204.38/cwt200.00–210.001,4923
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,67418
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468276.52/cwt275.00–278.001,2942
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512266.68/cwt262.00–270.001,3653
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4361
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3571
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615226.98/cwt225.00–229.001,3962
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720183.55/cwt180.00–187.001,3222
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5651
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2818182.55/cwt180.00–185.001,4932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,565130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0351
Bulls——1,748144.01/cwt140.00–148.002,5173
Bulls——1,750137.39/cwt136.00–139.002,4042
Bulls——1,867154.74/cwt150.00–159.002,8895
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96385.04/cwt82.00–88.008193
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100119.11/cwt117.00–121.001,3104
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10099.40/cwt94.00–105.001,0932
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140113.58/cwt110.00–117.001,2954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,354127.91/cwt124.00–132.001,7327
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,539115.55/cwt113.00–118.001,7784
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0752,353.49/head2,200.00–2,500.002,3534
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1852,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18251,451.52/head1,400.00–1,500.001,4522
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29751,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0302,030.46/head1,675.00–2,400.002,0302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0751,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.