Brookhaven Stockyard Market Report

Brookhaven, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 16, 2024

613 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $291.96/cwt -8.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,562/hd at 535 lb · 74 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $289.61/cwt +1.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,213/hd at 419 lb · 56 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $258.00/cwt ≈ $1,654/hd at 641 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	613	275	135
Feeder cattle	481	131	117
Slaughter cattle	107	81	11
Replacement cattle	25	63	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Good day, had a good offering of cattle today. Some really nice weaned calves sold in groups and brought good money. Also had some good stock cows as well. Feeder calves were steady and slaughter cows 3-5 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	355.00	$355.00	$728	—
340	340	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,088	-48.00
375	375	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,275	-30.59
410–433	432	38	335.00	$335.00	$1,447	+1.88
519–545	535	74	285.00–296.00	$291.96	$1,562	-8.04
640	640	1	246.00	$246.00	$1,574	-12.85
650–663	662	14	238.00–240.00	$238.14	$1,576	-11.86
815	815	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,548	-30.00
895	895	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,629	—
915	915	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,876	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	29	345.00	$345.00	$1,546	—
540	540	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,728	—
641	641	42	258.00	$258.00	$1,654	—
793	793	26	224.00	$224.00	$1,776	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	310.00	$310.00	$790	-20.00
330	330	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,089	—
440	440	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,320	-3.34
545	545	1	268.00	$268.00	$1,461	-7.00
669	669	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,539	-14.39

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,035	—
410	410	1	282.00	$282.00	$1,156	-8.00
470	470	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,340	—
505	505	1	249.00	$249.00	$1,257	+9.00
775	775	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,395	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	320.00	$320.00	$832	—
335–340	338	2	300.00–302.00	$301.01	$1,017	-18.04
408–438	419	56	289.00–290.00	$289.61	$1,213	+1.06
619–620	619	6	230.00–232.00	$231.67	$1,434	-8.33
715	715	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,680	+5.00
828	828	15	193.00	$193.00	$1,598	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	322	3	278.00–285.00	$282.37	$909	-40.63
350	350	1	288.00	$288.00	$1,008	+3.43
470	470	1	268.00	$268.00	$1,260	-5.00
550	550	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,238	+0.48
605	605	2	206.00–210.00	$208.00	$1,258	—
655–674	658	28	214.00–216.00	$215.63	$1,419	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516–549	533	25	270.00–275.00	$272.68	$1,453	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	370	3	266.00–270.00	$268.65	$994	-13.35
440	440	1	253.00	$253.00	$1,113	—
450	450	1	244.00	$244.00	$1,098	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	473	2	255.00–260.00	$257.57	$1,218	—
580–595	588	2	231.00–237.00	$234.04	$1,376	—
735	735	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,396	—
780	780	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,451	-24.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–540	528	2	240.00–250.00	$245.12	$1,294	—
615	615	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,353	—
685	685	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,507	—
730	730	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,533	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,206	—
730	730	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,314	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1120	983	85-90%	3	80.00–90.00	$84.74	$833	—
985–1325	1169	85-90%	4	100.00–111.00	$106.74	$1,248	—
1050–1360	1184	85-90%	6	112.00–121.00	$117.06	$1,386	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1300	1190	80-85%	5	141.00–150.00	$143.61	$1,709	+21.29
1075–1345	1235	80-85%	3	136.50–140.00	$137.69	$1,700	—
1285–1485	1393	80-85%	3	128.50–130.00	$129.16	$1,799	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1655	1558	75-80%	4	115.00–125.00	$120.39	$1,876	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1925	1701	4	145.00–155.00	$151.21	$2,572	—
1720–1930	1825	2	140.00–144.00	$142.12	$2,594	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1660–1750	1705	2	130.00–135.00	$132.43	$2,258	—
1770	1770	1	125.00	$125.00	$2,212	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00	+136.46
1175–1250	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,200.00–2,450.00	$2,328.87	-34.67
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.