Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-01-07

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
255 head
▼ 228 vs last sale 483▼ 1,128 vs year ago 1,383 · −81.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 85▼ 93 vs year ago 137 · −67.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 48▼ 59 vs year ago 92 · −64.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, and happy new year. As compared to the last market feeder calves were steady to 10 higher in spots. Slaughter cattle sold really good 10 higher on them.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $294.87/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −141.50 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$294.87
21 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$51.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.41
vs MS average
−47.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520332.541,7294thin
Medium and Large 2540300.781,6244thin
Medium and Large 3573283.951,6272thin
Medium and Large 1-2594281.001,66911thin
One grade step is worth $51.54/cwt here — about $60 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale21 hd
294.87
—
MS average11 barns · 240 hd
294.45
+0.41
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
−47.21
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−141.50
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—Average1,759150.512,6485thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,329127.141,69011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,555115.001,7881thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,055107.161,1307thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,400$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,111$2,4834thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,048$2,1002thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,6001thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215450.00/cwt450.00–450.009681
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3225370.00/cwt370.00–370.008331
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,2631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3358365.07/cwt355.00–375.001,3072
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369402.24/cwt390.00–410.001,4844
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421356.94/cwt340.00–368.001,5034
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433377.49/cwt375.00–380.001,6352
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473390.08/cwt385.00–395.001,8452
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473317.38/cwt300.00–330.001,5013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,7541
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520332.54/cwt325.00–340.001,7294
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530301.71/cwt295.00–310.001,5993
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,6991
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3573283.95/cwt280.00–288.001,6272
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,66911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,7712
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633291.35/cwt290.00–293.001,8443
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9001
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,81827
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723256.01/cwt255.00–257.001,8512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225345.00/cwt345.00–345.007761
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0371
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2231
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1291
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375356.33/cwt350.00–363.001,3362
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0871
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423311.60/cwt308.00–315.001,3182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430329.30/cwt325.00–333.001,4163
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478292.30/cwt285.00–300.001,3972
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5041
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,5991
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509295.70/cwt282.00–303.001,5054
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3527264.34/cwt260.00–268.001,3933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4961
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555276.50/cwt275.00–278.001,5352
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5431
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6751
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678233.91/cwt230.00–237.001,58612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5071
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720236.62/cwt232.00–240.001,7043
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4561
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510311.58/cwt303.00–320.001,5892
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525290.05/cwt285.00–295.001,5232
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6511
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725234.11/cwt230.00–238.001,6972
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2875225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,680145.56/cwt144.00–147.002,4453
Bulls——1,878157.93/cwt156.00–159.502,9662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010103.56/cwt103.00–104.001,0462
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02090.00/cwt90.00–90.009181
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086113.25/cwt110.00–118.001,2304
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,5161
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308125.43/cwt123.00–128.001,6416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,371132.00/cwt130.00–135.001,8104
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7881
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1001,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1112,482.62/head2,150.00–2,950.002,4834
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1952,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001

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.