Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-10-14

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 14
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
642 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 543▲ 73 vs year ago 569 · +12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 113▼ 22 vs year ago 70 · −31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 46▼ 7 vs year ago 28 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared too last weeks market: feeder cattle were 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cattle were a little stronger.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $423.32/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −13.04 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$423.32
77 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$307
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$77.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.95
vs MS average
−45.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505431.002,17738
Medium and Large 1536421.002,25736
Medium and Large 3528354.001,8693thin
One grade step is worth $77.00/cwt here — about $307 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 sale77 hd
423.32
—
MS average13 barns · 437 hd
390.37
+32.95
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
−45.72
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−13.04
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—Average1,565187.502,9342thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,371161.702,2176thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,535155.212,3823thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,094137.031,5008thin

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)1,135$3,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,363$2,9462thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)975$2,8252thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,125$2,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,140$2,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)918$2,4062thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2212500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0603
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1298605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,80310
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3352400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,40812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378528.49/cwt528.00–529.001,9982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381473.78/cwt472.00–485.001,8057
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385527.00/cwt527.00–527.002,02967
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413518.00/cwt518.00–518.002,13928
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442500.13/cwt490.00–501.002,21112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450501.00/cwt501.00–501.002,2551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8863
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480462.63/cwt450.00–475.002,2212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,37694
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,17738
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3528354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,8693
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,25736
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2603355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,14135
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0165
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,41819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5531
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4651
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,6581
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,0401
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2282400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1285
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2307500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,53511
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335434.06/cwt430.00–438.001,4542
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4151
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412424.42/cwt407.00–425.001,74933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2449403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,80915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479461.00/cwt461.00–461.002,2089
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3492369.87/cwt365.00–371.001,82039
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9061
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,84521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,0011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3585340.91/cwt340.00–341.001,99411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,97617
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1221
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754306.72/cwt300.00–309.002,3134
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3785270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1201
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 3850264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,2441
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,073194.10/cwt188.00–200.002,0832
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,450181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,6251
Bulls——1,680194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,2591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050135.70/cwt133.00–140.001,4253
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085148.08/cwt145.00–152.001,6073
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,175122.45/cwt120.00–125.001,4392
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355156.46/cwt155.00–158.002,1204
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,403172.18/cwt170.00–175.002,4162
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535155.21/cwt150.00–161.002,3823
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29182,406.27/head2,300.00–2,500.002,4062
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29402,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0103,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1252,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1353,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1402,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3632,945.50/head2,900.00–3,000.002,9462

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.