Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-10-07

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 7
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
543 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 396▲ 80 vs year ago 463 · +17.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 62▼ 16 vs year ago 129 · −12.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 33▼ 40 vs year ago 86 · −46.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market: feeder cattle sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady. Sold eleven 685 lb heifers replacement quality @ $2325.00 per head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $407.18/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −29.18 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$407.18
80 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,111
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.21
vs MS average
−38.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555410.002,27620
Medium and Large 1-2506406.602,05759
Medium and Large 2530385.002,0411thin
One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $235 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 sale80 hd
407.18
—
MS average14 barns · 399 hd
382.97
+24.21
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−38.67
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−29.18
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—Average1,622186.403,0236thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,209160.571,9417thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,443155.562,2454thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,104145.241,60310

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,098$2,9602thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,7502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,7501thin

Every lot

52 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1288550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5848
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,8691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2332484.14/cwt461.00–500.001,6078
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2404494.00/cwt494.00–494.001,99630
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1251
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,8311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468459.00/cwt459.00–459.002,1487
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506406.60/cwt397.00–435.002,05759
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,27620
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,12726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,37718
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,43530
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,73432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,0762
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281458.00/cwt458.00–458.001,28713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,3653
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2404429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,73348
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5151
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462401.47/cwt401.00–404.001,85513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7391
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7941
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528359.28/cwt355.00–365.001,89738
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,01115
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,11517
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,1906
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1448386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,72915
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,8277
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,9771
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8721
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9831
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2619308.23/cwt300.00–312.001,90810
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0851
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585185.48/cwt183.00–188.002,9403
Bulls——1,625175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,8441
Bulls——1,675193.48/cwt192.00–195.003,2412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5011
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,045145.07/cwt144.00–146.001,5162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080150.93/cwt147.00–155.001,6304
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,197137.84/cwt135.00–141.001,6503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203162.31/cwt159.00–165.001,9533
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,213159.26/cwt157.00–162.001,9324
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443155.56/cwt150.00–160.002,2454
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0752,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0982,959.91/head2,800.00–3,100.002,9602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2253,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501

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.