Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-09-02

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 2
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
531 head
▼ 154 vs last sale 685▲ 53 vs year ago 478 · +11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 44▲ 3 vs year ago 42 · +7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 28▲ 92 vs year ago 9 · +1,022.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher and slaughter cattle sold steady. Had some really good stock cows that brought very good. And sold some really high grouped feeder calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $407.83/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −28.53 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$407.83
47 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.35
vs MS average
−8.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523408.002,13446
Medium and Large 1530400.002,1201thin
One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $14 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 sale47 hd
407.83
—
MS average13 barns · 360 hd
389.48
+18.35
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
−8.70
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−28.53
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—Low1,700188.003,1963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,220170.502,0815thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,543159.842,4663thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,103151.161,6678thin

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)1,430$3,5884thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,280$3,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,295$3,2876
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,490$2,9363thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,042$3,2576
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$2,9002thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215583.08/cwt570.00–595.001,2542
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,3001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2286550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,57316
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318587.99/cwt575.00–600.001,8702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7861
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0741
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414479.00/cwt479.00–479.001,98320
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9092
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,13446
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,36179
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,0871
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,60428
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808298.01/cwt296.00–300.002,4082
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2865288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,4911
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,1631
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4298
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3305400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,5591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,6763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,87045
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478396.98/cwt393.00–401.001,8982
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482388.60/cwt375.00–390.001,87310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,95758
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,1503
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,8403
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6641
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,16959
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3660279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,8411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0321
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,2661
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2915246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,2511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2381455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7349
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,87515
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8171
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,7321
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,0701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563345.48/cwt345.00–351.001,94513
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1051
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0321
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2658331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,17822
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1925270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,450179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,5961
Bulls——1,650196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,2341
Bulls——2,000189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,7801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%830140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1621
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,134156.47/cwt153.00–161.001,7744
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,152147.79/cwt146.00–150.001,7033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158166.06/cwt165.00–167.001,9232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262173.46/cwt171.00–175.002,1893
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543159.84/cwt155.00–165.002,4663
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0003,110.00/head3,000.00–3,200.003,1104
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0752,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1253,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0882,247.13/head2,050.00–2,400.002,2472
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2803,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3983,806.75/head3,550.00–4,150.003,8074
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4303,588.29/head3,300.00–3,900.003,5884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4902,935.57/head2,800.00–3,150.002,9363

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.