Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were higher and slaughter cows steady and bulls 3-5 higher. Had a stock cow sale last Saturday had some really fancy f1 tiger stripe pairs with 100-500 lb. calves some were bred back bring$ 3-4000 a pair nice cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.23/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −139.32 against this barn's trailing median of $383.56.

Average price

$244.23

5 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$28.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.60

vs MS average

−27.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	253.39	1,348	3thin
Medium and Large 2	565	236.00	1,333	1thin
Medium and Large 3	550	225.00	1,238	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.39/cwt here — about $111 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.02, low $337.03, median $383.56 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

244.23

—

MS average11 barns · 206 hd

241.63

+2.60

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−27.68

This barn, trailing median31 sales

383.56

−139.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,810	133.15	2,409	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,133	123.76	1,402	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,011	86.28	872	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,042	$1,675	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	296.50/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	253.39/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,348	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	211.02/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	693	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	1,800.35/head	1,600.00–1,950.00	1,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,842	1
Bulls	—	—	1,953	135.68/cwt	133.00–139.00	2,650	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	87.79/cwt	82.00–91.00	931	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	117.14/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,441	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	74.14/cwt	71.00–78.00	707	2
Bulls	—	—	1,230	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,415	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	985	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	243.89/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	206.61/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	257.49/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	392.57/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	239.97/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	194.98/cwt	194.00–196.00	1,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,031	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	95.41/cwt	92.00–100.00	924	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	127.07/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,377	6
Bulls	—	—	2,093	146.27/cwt	142.00–151.00	3,061	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	193.48/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,490	2

How this sale compares

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Tue Mar 5, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 101Last week 418Year ago 34

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 61Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 39Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	380.00–400.00	392.57
2	500–550	505	292.00–301.00	296.50
1	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	405	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	505	278.00	278.00
1	550–600	560	276.00	276.00
2	600–650	623	240.00–248.00	243.89
1	650–700	695	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	750	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	352.00	352.00
1	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	580	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	315.00	315.00
1	250–300	285	328.00	328.00
1	300–350	335	326.00	326.00
2	400–450	413	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	532	250.00–260.00	253.39
2	600–650	610	236.00–244.00	239.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	565	236.00	236.00
1	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
2	700–750	718	210.00–212.00	211.02
2	750–800	773	200.00–213.00	206.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	460	257.00–258.00	257.49
1	550–600	550	225.00	225.00
2	700–750	733	194.00–196.00	194.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	283.00	283.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	258.00	258.00
1	600–650	615	264.00	264.00
2	750–800	770	192.00–195.00	193.48

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	985	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,070	1,600.00–1,950.00	1,800.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,600.00	1,600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,953	133.00–139.00	135.68
1	—	1,230	115.00	115.00
2	—	2,093	142.00–151.00	146.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,061	82.00–91.00	87.79
2	—	953	71.00–78.00	74.14
2	—	968	92.00–100.00	95.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,230	115.00–120.00	117.14
6	—	1,084	124.00–130.00	127.07

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

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Replacement Cattle

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