Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-02-18

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 18
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 254 vs last sale 349▼ 354 vs year ago 449 · −78.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 60▼ 64 vs year ago 109 · −58.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 16▼ 59 vs year ago 65 · −90.8%
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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 higher. Sold 5 loads 50,000 lb. loads, first load were steers 750 average 75% black brought $ 2.63. Load 2 was heifers 75% black 700 lb. average @ $2.5250. Load 3 was steers 85% black 825 lb. average @ $2.52. The last were two loads of heifers black and black baldies 1/4 to 3/8 ear 775 lb. average @ $ 2.43.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.02/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −116.80 against this barn's trailing median of $380.81.
Average price
$264.02
8 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,426
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.22
vs MS average
−33.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510280.521,4312thin
Medium and Large 2550267.041,4693thin
Medium and Large 3550249.991,3753thin
One grade step is worth $30.53/cwt here — about $56 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 sale8 hd
264.02
—
MS average11 barns · 156 hd
260.79
+3.22
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
−33.82
This barn, trailing median31 sales
380.81
−116.80
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—Average1,586166.852,6468thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,172144.811,69715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,470125.001,8381thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,067123.031,3134thin

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)1,030$2,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,125$2,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,0501thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245400.00/cwt400.00–400.009801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335376.06/cwt372.00–380.001,2602
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3321
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3387351.00/cwt348.00–355.001,3583
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505304.00/cwt300.00–308.001,5352
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508327.49/cwt325.00–330.001,6642
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,013201.00/cwt200.00–202.002,0362
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275320.00/cwt320.00–320.008801
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,1991
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,1621
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2231
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2151
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470284.32/cwt284.00–285.001,3363
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510280.52/cwt278.00–283.001,4312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3671
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2991
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560252.48/cwt250.00–255.001,4142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570266.56/cwt263.00–270.001,5192
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,5971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5541
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,4371
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,5661
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,4991
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,5911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560256.47/cwt253.00–260.001,4362
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5681
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5491
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620260.64/cwt258.00–264.001,6163
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3680237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6121
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7131
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718231.87/cwt225.00–236.001,6653
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7351
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8481
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2875200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,285157.34/cwt155.00–159.002,0222
Bulls——1,480169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,5011
Bulls——1,560140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1841
Bulls——1,598173.14/cwt170.00–177.002,7672
Bulls——1,940182.40/cwt180.00–185.003,5392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033125.71/cwt123.00–131.001,2993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,052136.70/cwt136.00–138.001,4383
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115152.70/cwt150.00–157.001,7034
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,170115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245143.91/cwt139.00–148.001,7928
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8381
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1252,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1652,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501

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.