Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-07-22

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 22
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▼ 167 vs last sale 559▲ 105 vs year ago 287 · +36.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 65▲ 25 vs year ago 52 · +48.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 62▲ 38 vs year ago 3 · +1,266.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day. As compared to last weeks market: Feeder calves sold steady and slaughter cows and bulls sold steady as well. Stocker cows are still bringing very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.33/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −78.03 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$358.33
52 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.66
vs MS average
−17.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546358.331,95652
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale52 hd
358.33
—
MS average13 barns · 278 hd
347.67
+10.66
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−17.41
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−78.03
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—Average1,693184.043,1156thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,201164.421,9758thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,614155.302,5074thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average967139.531,35014

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,493$2,9462thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,370$2,9242thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,445$2,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,5592thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)860$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$3,1002thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2298450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,34113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,62823
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8141
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546358.33/cwt357.00–360.001,95652
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,21831
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,22150
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,4154
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2286415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1879
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,50827
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5264
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,81822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3539329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,77332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2646310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0038
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1647316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,04529
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,2193
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2442356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,57422
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7021
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,9291
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8471
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8591
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608309.99/cwt308.00–312.001,8852
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8831
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2945200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,618178.40/cwt175.00–181.002,8873
Bulls——1,738187.01/cwt185.00–189.003,2502
Bulls——1,825195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,5591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%938135.16/cwt131.00–140.001,2684
Cows—Lean 85-90%978128.19/cwt126.00–130.001,2544
Cows—Lean 85-90%980150.01/cwt145.00–155.001,4706
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110159.02/cwt158.00–160.001,7653
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256167.66/cwt162.00–175.002,1065
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,614155.30/cwt151.00–159.002,5074
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1153,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28602,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,558.70/head2,450.00–2,650.002,5592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3702,924.45/head2,900.00–2,950.002,9242
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4452,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4932,946.23/head2,800.00–3,100.002,9462

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.