Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-10-21

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
586 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 642▲ 28 vs year ago 558 · +5.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 48▲ 8 vs year ago 87 · +9.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 21▲ 6 vs year ago 26 · +23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: feeder calves, the good groups of calves sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady. Sold a group of nice cross bred heifers open 1009 lb. average @ $ 2500.00 each. And just to show what a group of good weaned black steers brought 659 lb. average @ $4.06 = 2,675.54 each

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $420.25/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −16.12 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$420.25
77 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,258
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$59.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.68
vs MS average
−37.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557424.002,36230
Medium and Large 1524419.002,19646
Medium and Large 3560365.002,0441thin
One grade step is worth $59.00/cwt here — about $318 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
420.25
—
MS average12 barns · 338 hd
389.56
+30.68
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−37.89
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−16.12
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—Average1,666187.693,1275thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,290165.182,1318thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,558153.022,3843thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,143140.921,61111

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,248$2,5772thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,5001thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)940$2,3002thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2304550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,67212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,7456
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3398425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,69217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,7331
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,7601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,96217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435408.48/cwt407.00–410.001,7772
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,19646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,36230
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0441
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,41252
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3618306.55/cwt304.00–309.001,8942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,6766
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,58111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,21012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4566
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,5401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410409.65/cwt400.00–410.001,68053
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1493404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,9927
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,78568
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9388
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2609320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,94932
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3075
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2448391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,75221
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,91719
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1612320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,95812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,528177.80/cwt175.00–181.002,7172
Bulls——1,758194.29/cwt192.00–196.003,4163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,111148.32/cwt145.00–151.001,6485
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,162138.17/cwt136.00–142.001,6063
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,178131.35/cwt129.00–135.001,5473
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205156.46/cwt155.00–158.001,8852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317165.70/cwt162.00–170.002,1825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3851
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,558153.02/cwt150.00–155.002,3843
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 29402,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2482,576.75/head2,450.00–2,700.002,5772

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.