Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-07-08

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 8
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
990 head
▲ 727 vs last sale 263▲ 605 vs year ago 385 · +157.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 79▼ 50 vs year ago 182 · −27.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
181 head
▲ 129 vs last sale 52▲ 153 vs year ago 28 · +546.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were stronger. And slaughter cows and bulls were 5-10 higher. Had some really good stock cows and pairs that brought all the money. Sold some short and solid 6 months bred cows from $2.10- 2.24 a pound. Had a really good offering of cattle today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $357.50/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −78.87 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$357.50
195 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,042
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.66
vs MS average
−21.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585365.812,14079
Medium and Large 1-2562352.001,978112
Medium and Large 2552347.271,9154thin
One grade step is worth $18.54/cwt here — about $225 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 sale195 hd
357.50
—
MS average10 barns · 469 hd
349.83
+7.66
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−21.63
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−78.87
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—High1,696197.663,35314
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,188179.952,13811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,533160.882,4665thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,113153.061,70414

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)1,115$2,8684thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$2,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,078$2,4382thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,370$4,10310
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,500$4,0502thin

Every lot

91 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3501
Steers250–300Small 1280480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2308457.36/cwt440.00–475.001,4092
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323487.56/cwt480.00–495.001,5752
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3981
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375417.50/cwt415.00–420.001,5662
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417393.40/cwt383.00–410.001,6403
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428372.51/cwt370.00–375.001,5942
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,5931
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,65057
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7161
Steers450–500Small 3475360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508358.48/cwt355.00–362.001,8212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8461
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2557348.02/cwt346.00–350.001,9383
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,978112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,14877
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625319.49/cwt319.00–320.001,9972
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3663274.51/cwt274.00–275.001,8202
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,21795
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0881
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0081
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760274.00/cwt270.00–278.002,0822
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765294.50/cwt285.00–304.002,2532
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1929
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3780265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0671
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2411
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,2271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3223410.11/cwt400.00–420.009152
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273462.61/cwt460.00–465.001,2632
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3751
Heifers250–300Small 1280525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,4701
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3283395.09/cwt385.00–405.001,1182
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315483.73/cwt445.00–525.001,5242
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338389.78/cwt380.00–400.001,3172
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3343372.52/cwt370.00–375.001,2782
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408372.50/cwt372.00–373.001,5202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455360.49/cwt360.00–361.001,6402
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,65457
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462347.98/cwt345.00–353.001,6083
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518384.81/cwt370.00–400.001,9933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,75675
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,8301
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,90754
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625305.68/cwt300.00–311.001,9112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8191
Heifers650–700Small 1660303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,0001
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674308.64/cwt308.00–316.002,08012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678286.99/cwt285.00–289.001,9462
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3735250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8381
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3765249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,9051
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 3870230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0011
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2980220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1561
Heifers950–1000Small 1990248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,4551
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,1941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,6191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7262
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,6531
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505357.50/cwt352.00–363.001,8052
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,7151
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520346.50/cwt345.00–348.001,8022
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608302.34/cwt293.00–325.001,8385
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3683269.98/cwt265.00–275.001,8442
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,9021
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3790245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,387182.64/cwt181.00–185.002,5333
Bulls——1,693190.99/cwt190.00–192.003,2333
Bulls——1,744199.05/cwt195.00–203.003,4714
Bulls——1,883212.54/cwt205.00–220.004,0024
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089162.00/cwt157.00–166.001,7647
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,107140.99/cwt135.00–147.001,5615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181174.47/cwt170.00–180.002,0607
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201189.54/cwt186.00–192.002,2764
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,213151.91/cwt150.00–154.001,8432
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533160.88/cwt157.00–165.002,4665
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19902,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0551,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1123,099.25/head3,000.00–3,200.003,0993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1252,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2253,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4064,303.78/head3,600.00–4,600.004,3048
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5004,050.00/head4,050.00–4,050.004,0502

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.