Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 3-5 higher slaughter cows 3-5 higher and bulls 3-8 higher. Just wanted to show you a few figures from today a 1760 lb. bull brought 1.65 per lb. that is $ 2,904.00 and a 1540 lb. cow @ 1.45 a lb. is $ 2,233.00 that just shows that these stock cows are not to high. Some calf figures, a group of 628 lb. weaned steers @ 3.00 a lb. that is $ 1,884.00 per calf 680 lb. heifer calf @ 2.45 per lb. = $ 1,666.00 and last a group of 549 lb. steers @ $ 3.10= $ 1,702 pretty good money for these calves. The markets really good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.82/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −168.43 against this barn's trailing median of $466.25.

Average price

$297.82

51 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$36.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.43

vs MS average

−20.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	310.00	1,702	25
Medium and Large 1	554	292.65	1,622	17thin
Medium and Large 2	563	273.77	1,541	9thin

One grade step is worth $36.23/cwt here — about $161 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.59, low $369.81, median $466.25 across 26 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 sale51 hd

297.82

—

MS average12 barns · 202 hd

299.25

−1.43

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−20.47

This barn, trailing median26 sales

466.25

−168.43

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	—	High	1,559	148.74	2,319	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	130.66	1,666	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	119.06	1,935	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	958	99.28	951	7thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,113	$1,593	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	948	$1,325	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	885	$1,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	900	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$2,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$2,363	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$2,100	2thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2	650–700	670	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,324	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	346.56/cwt	346.00–350.00	1,497	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,645	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	388.88/cwt	381.00–390.00	1,229	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	269.20/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,456	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,448	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,702	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	297.50/cwt	293.00–302.00	1,502	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,435	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	350.25/cwt	350.00–363.00	1,492	57
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	322.46/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,045	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	268.05/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	281.22/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,305	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,542	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,113	1,592.70/head	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,482	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	297.07/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,666	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	130.28/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,656	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	110.66/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,243	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	728	81.15/cwt	80.00–82.00	591	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	119.06/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,935	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	118.72/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,495	1
Bulls	—	—	1,724	160.94/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,775	4
Bulls	—	—	1,491	148.88/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,220	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	143.60/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,884	3
Bulls	—	—	1,440	127.84/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,841	2
Bulls	—	—	1,475	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,638	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	282.66/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	297.80/cwt	288.00–304.00	1,120	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	265.09/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,449	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	322.97/cwt	318.00–335.00	1,327	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	885	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	292.88/cwt	288.00–298.00	1,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	281.28/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	273.77/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,544	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	366.89/cwt	360.00–374.00	1,137	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,680	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,191	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	885	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,373	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,591	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	298.45/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,874	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	307.38/cwt	304.00–311.00	1,269	53

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 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 541Last week 347Year ago 64

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 57Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 29Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	360.00–374.00	366.89
5	400–450	411	318.00–335.00	322.97
16	450–500	468	330.00	330.00
9	550–600	563	270.00–284.00	273.77
1	650–700	670	258.00	258.00
13	750–800	778	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	394.00	394.00
43	400–450	432	346.00–350.00	346.56
25	500–550	549	310.00	310.00
33	600–650	628	283.00–300.00	298.45
2	700–750	733	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	395.00	395.00
1	250–300	265	380.00	380.00
8	300–350	316	381.00–390.00	388.88
1	350–400	350	384.00	384.00
57	400–450	426	350.00–363.00	350.25
2	500–550	505	293.00–302.00	297.50
15	550–600	561	292.00	292.00
2	600–650	615	265.00–271.00	268.05
1	650–700	670	270.00	270.00
5	1050–1100	1,085	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	420	288.00–298.00	292.88
2	450–500	460	275.00–290.00	282.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	278.00	278.00
3	450–500	482	275.00–285.00	281.28
1	500–550	530	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	630	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	294.00–300.00	297.07
1	500–550	530	282.00	282.00
1	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	297	401.00	401.00
53	400–450	413	304.00–311.00	307.38
18	450–500	487	299.00	299.00
26	500–550	526	261.00	261.00
18	600–650	639	249.00	249.00
8	750–800	751	219.00	219.00
5	900–950	933	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	324	315.00–327.00	322.46
1	400–450	420	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	464	276.00–290.00	281.22
5	500–550	513	266.00–270.00	269.20
6	550–600	568	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	605	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	680	245.00	245.00
3	1000–1050	1,001	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	310.00	310.00
4	350–400	376	288.00–304.00	297.80
1	400–450	430	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	480	262.00–268.00	265.09
3	550–600	575	252.00	252.00
1	650–700	655	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	284.00	284.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,435	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	2,175.00	2,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,170	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,113	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,592.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	885	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	885	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	1,650.00	1,650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,271	125.00–135.00	130.28
3	—	1,248	115.00–122.00	118.72
3	—	1,312	140.00–146.00	143.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	90.00	90.00
4	—	1,123	108.00–115.00	110.66
2	—	728	80.00–82.00	81.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	118.00–120.00	119.06
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,724	158.00–165.00	160.94
5	—	1,491	145.00–154.00	148.88
2	—	1,440	126.00–130.00	127.84
1	—	1,475	141.00	141.00

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

Steers · 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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