Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2025-12-02

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 2
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
314 head
▼ 431 vs last sale 745▼ 374 vs year ago 688 · −54.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 78▼ 18 vs year ago 93 · −19.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 126 vs last sale 141▼ 109 vs year ago 124 · −87.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: feeder calves steers sold 5.00-10.00 higher and heifers sold 5.00 higher, had some really good calves today. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $392.87/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −43.49 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$392.87
17 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.49
vs MS average
−36.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513417.512,1425thin
Medium and Large 2543392.242,1307thin
Medium and Large 3534369.131,9715thin
One grade step is worth $48.38/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale17 hd
392.87
—
MS average11 barns · 132 hd
376.39
+16.49
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−36.28
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
−43.49
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—High1,613183.832,9655thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,259160.252,0177thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,562147.742,3083thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,070130.481,39610

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,294$2,6124thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1238497.58/cwt495.00–500.001,1842
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273477.57/cwt470.00–485.001,3042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3305445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3571
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,5441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323510.72/cwt505.00–518.001,6504
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7821
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378488.57/cwt480.00–495.001,8473
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378462.35/cwt455.00–470.001,7482
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,89417
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413487.48/cwt485.00–490.002,0132
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9131
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9781
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8171
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513417.51/cwt406.00–430.002,1425
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523391.69/cwt380.00–400.002,0494
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3534369.13/cwt362.00–375.001,9715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570392.97/cwt391.00–396.002,2403
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613364.63/cwt360.00–368.002,2353
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630345.63/cwt340.00–355.002,1773
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3685317.08/cwt306.00–328.002,1722
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210455.00/cwt455.00–455.009561
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218475.06/cwt470.00–480.001,0362
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2308408.57/cwt400.00–416.001,2583
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318442.68/cwt435.00–450.001,4082
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5706
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8702
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428412.13/cwt400.00–425.001,7642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8901
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523373.70/cwt370.00–378.001,9543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,8751
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8431
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577347.30/cwt345.00–350.002,0043
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9071
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668294.87/cwt290.00–300.001,9702
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,2451
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,6377
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420434.88/cwt430.00–440.001,8262
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8491
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513379.85/cwt370.00–390.001,9492
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7941
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,8941
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,9591
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,5961
Bulls——1,622183.71/cwt181.00–186.002,9803
Bulls——1,725192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,3121
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%997118.07/cwt113.00–125.001,1773
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058129.52/cwt126.00–132.001,3703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,133140.51/cwt137.00–145.001,5924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223154.55/cwt154.00–155.001,8902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275160.67/cwt156.00–165.002,0494
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,562147.74/cwt145.00–150.002,3083
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2942,612.37/head2,450.00–2,800.002,6124

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.