Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-11-18

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 18
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
745 head
▲ 251 vs last sale 494▲ 453 vs year ago 292 · +155.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 64▼ 5 vs year ago 83 · −6.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 42▲ 118 vs year ago 23 · +513.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder steers sold 5-10 higher and feeder heifers sold mostly steady but the lighter ones sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady and had some good bulls that were higher. Sold some fancy bred brangus heifers 7-9 months bred that brought $3750-4400. Sold some nice 18 month old Charolais bulls @ $6000-10,100.00. One more note the Ms. Hereford Association sold some nice weaned calves today one group of 522 lb. steers brought $ 4.92 heifer mates brought $3.78 @ 525 lbs. and 658 lb. steers @ $3.5050. Remember there want be any sales next week enjoy Thanksgiving.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $411.77/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −24.59 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$411.77
69 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$583
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$144.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.69
vs MS average
+1.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522492.002,56816thin
Medium and Large 1524420.502,20310thin
Medium and Large 2566382.332,16640
Medium and Large 3572347.321,9863thin
One grade step is worth $144.68/cwt here — about $583 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale69 hd
411.77
—
MS average14 barns · 301 hd
382.08
+29.69
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
+1.69
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−24.59
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—Low1,637180.542,95512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,282155.861,9977thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,525143.702,1914thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,084131.651,42810

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)1,113$3,1435
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,025$2,7501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,450$2,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,082$2,3913thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)915$2,2001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,072$3,9367
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,160$4,5002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$3,9502thin

Every lot

86 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,4961
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3871
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,5761
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328507.61/cwt500.00–515.001,6655
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368468.17/cwt450.00–485.001,7233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368442.24/cwt430.00–455.001,6272
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413474.55/cwt465.00–485.001,9603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428480.17/cwt475.00–482.002,05515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428418.32/cwt414.00–423.001,7902
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431449.43/cwt440.00–458.001,9374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468419.53/cwt413.00–426.001,9632
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,56816
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524420.50/cwt400.00–426.002,20310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534387.49/cwt383.00–392.002,0694
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570381.76/cwt377.00–396.002,17636
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585350.98/cwt350.00–352.002,0532
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613332.49/cwt330.00–335.002,0382
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620342.56/cwt340.00–345.002,1242
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,31018
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3663311.17/cwt302.00–320.002,0632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1151
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738322.51/cwt320.00–325.002,3802
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,53823
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,3431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,3371
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,3051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322464.72/cwt450.00–475.001,4963
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377439.82/cwt430.00–445.001,6583
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413423.87/cwt414.00–432.001,7513
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422394.45/cwt383.00–402.001,6653
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9237
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,7561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475364.38/cwt360.00–370.001,7314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523364.99/cwt364.00–366.001,9092
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523327.21/cwt320.00–336.001,7113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,9857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525347.69/cwt345.00–350.001,8253
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550332.50/cwt330.00–335.001,8292
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0818
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623317.92/cwt315.00–321.001,9812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670305.00/cwt300.00–310.002,0442
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3683282.49/cwt280.00–285.001,9292
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9881
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,20621
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9711
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1611
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3750260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9501
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3401
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,42729
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410439.00/cwt428.00–450.001,8002
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470371.36/cwt365.00–378.001,7452
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490387.53/cwt385.00–390.001,8992
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6321
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513360.99/cwt360.00–362.001,8522
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540339.50/cwt339.00–340.001,8332
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3555310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,9611
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9841
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8561
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0321
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675262.01/cwt260.00–264.001,7692
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3715266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,9021
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3750264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,9801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,4191
Bulls——1,617174.34/cwt171.00–177.002,8193
Bulls——1,636182.10/cwt178.00–186.002,9796
Bulls——1,750193.40/cwt190.00–197.003,3852
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%967118.21/cwt114.00–121.001,1433
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093140.79/cwt139.00–143.001,5394
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190132.91/cwt130.00–135.001,5823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234159.49/cwt154.00–164.001,9684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345151.01/cwt150.00–152.002,0313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525143.70/cwt140.00–146.002,1914
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19152,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0252,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0822,390.76/head2,000.00–2,750.002,3913
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1133,142.59/head3,000.00–3,250.003,1435
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,4502,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0723,936.38/head3,200.00–4,400.003,9367
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1604,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2253,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9502

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.