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Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 19

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117

← Aug 12Aug 19Aug 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

677 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 599▲ 243 vs year ago 434 · +56.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 101▲ 42 vs year ago 42 · +100.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

136 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 26▲ 111 vs year ago 25 · +444.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder steers sold steady and heifers sold 5-8 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3-5 lower and bulls steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.65/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −47.71 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.

Average price

$388.65

83 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$40.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.72

vs MS average

−11.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	391.99	1,991	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	510	390.00	1,989	74
Medium and Large 2	545	367.50	2,003	2thin
Medium and Large 3	540	351.50	1,898	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.49/cwt here — about $93 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 sale83 hd

388.65

—

MS average13 barns · 359 hd

372.93

+15.72

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−11.24

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.36

−47.71

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,547	196.34	3,036	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	173.32	2,268	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	164.20	2,430	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	153.10	1,730	10

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,265	$3,675	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,468	$3,556	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,285	$3,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,345	$3,150	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,380	$3,050	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,180	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$2,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,475	$4,002	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,375	$3,950	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,405	$3,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$3,300	2thin

Every lot

74 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	544.97/cwt	530.00–555.00	1,482	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	277	515.00/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,427	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,752	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,457	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	511.87/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,689	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,825	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,817	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	432.96/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,827	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	459	407.41/cwt	407.00–420.00	1,870	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	452.47/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,104	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	430.58/cwt	428.00–433.00	2,002	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	391.99/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,991	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	74
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,836	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,057	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	363.19/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,332	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,410	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,543	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	902	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,426	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	208	503.40/cwt	495.00–515.00	1,047	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,248	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	278	477.03/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,326	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,348	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,519	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	441.49/cwt	420.00–462.00	1,589	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,478	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,594	52
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,731	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,256	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,795	62
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,937	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,854	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,073	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	328.98/cwt	328.00–330.00	2,073	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,261	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,067	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	298.51/cwt	298.00–299.00	2,000	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	284.54/cwt	281.00–288.00	2,029	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,422	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,100	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,301	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,673	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,751	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,858	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	344.39/cwt	340.00–349.00	1,818	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,993	31
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,525	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,730	1
Bulls	—	—	1,528	204.56/cwt	200.00–208.00	3,126	3
Bulls	—	—	1,585	192.68/cwt	190.00–195.00	3,054	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,100	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,980	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	150.62/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,687	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	143.52/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,619	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,141	160.36/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,830	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	174.13/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,326	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	167.97/cwt	167.00–169.00	2,259	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	164.20/cwt	162.00–166.00	2,430	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,375	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,405	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,450	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,488	4,128.15/head	4,050.00–4,200.00	4,128	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,180	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,185	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Large 1	1,265	3,675.00/head	3,675.00–3,675.00	3,675	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,285	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,345	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,380	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,468	3,555.54/head	3,500.00–3,600.00	3,556	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Tue Aug 19, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 677Last week 599Year ago 434

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 101Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 136Last week 26Year ago 25

As compared to the last market: Feeder steers sold steady and heifers sold 5-8 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3-5 lower and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	470.00–485.00	477.03
1	450–500	475	475.00	475.00
2	600–650	630	328.00–330.00	328.98
1	650–700	650	318.00	318.00
2	700–750	713	281.00–288.00	284.54
1	750–800	750	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	400–450	424	376.00	376.00
62	500–550	528	340.00	340.00
43	600–650	617	336.00	336.00
13	700–750	743	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	208	495.00–515.00	503.40
1	250–300	260	480.00	480.00
1	300–350	310	490.00	490.00
9	400–450	445	389.00	389.00
2	600–650	637	355.00	355.00
1	750–800	780	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	442.00	442.00
3	350–400	360	420.00–462.00	441.49
1	400–450	405	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	580	334.00	334.00
1	600–650	610	304.00	304.00
2	650–700	670	298.00–299.00	298.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	413	440.00	440.00
74	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
56	600–650	605	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	735	346.00	346.00
6	900–950	902	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	530.00–555.00	544.97
1	300–350	310	565.00	565.00
1	400–450	410	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	465	450.00–455.00	452.47
5	500–550	508	380.00–395.00	391.99
11	600–650	642	360.00–365.00	363.19
11	700–750	726	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
40	450–500	459	407.00–420.00	407.41
1	500–550	520	353.00	353.00
1	550–600	560	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	500.00–525.00	515.00
3	300–350	330	500.00–520.00	511.87
3	400–450	422	430.00–435.00	432.96
2	450–500	465	428.00–433.00	430.58
1	500–550	540	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	550	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	408.00	408.00
1	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	528	340.00–349.00	344.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	498	373.00	373.00
31	600–650	621	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	389.00	389.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,405	3,600.00	3,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,488	4,050.00–4,200.00	4,128.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	3,300.00	3,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,450	3,750.00	3,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,375	3,950.00	3,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	2,750.00	2,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	2,950.00	2,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	3,675.00	3,675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	3,150.00	3,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	3,250.00	3,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,380	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,468	3,500.00–3,600.00	3,555.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,480	162.00–166.00	164.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,336	170.00–177.00	174.13
2	—	1,345	167.00–169.00	167.97
1	—	1,100	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,141	157.00–163.00	160.36
2	—	1,128	140.00–147.00	143.52
4	—	1,120	148.00–155.00	150.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	179.00	179.00
2	—	1,585	190.00–195.00	192.68
3	—	1,528	200.00–208.00	204.56

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.