Brookhaven Stockyard Market Report

Brookhaven, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 6, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	254	968	347
Feeder cattle	175	912	266
Slaughter cattle	40	40	50
Replacement cattle	39	16	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves 10-15 lower and slaughter cattle were 2-4 higher. Had a sell out of cows that brought really good pairs $2600-3200. Also we did not have the weaned calves we normally have in the calf run.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,004	—
405–410	408	2	278.00–288.00	$282.97	$1,155	-34.68
490	490	1	278.00	$278.00	$1,362	—
505–520	513	3	271.00–275.00	$272.98	$1,400	-27.02
610–635	620	4	230.00–235.00	$232.23	$1,440	—
800	800	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,600	-12.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	265.00–273.00	$269.00	$1,305	—
505–525	515	2	264.00–265.00	$264.51	$1,362	—
610–630	620	3	222.00–228.00	$224.98	$1,395	—
650	650	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,430	—
735	735	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,668	-7.00
765	765	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,714	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–480	465	2	258.00–260.00	$258.97	$1,204	—
505–545	525	2	249.00–258.00	$253.33	$1,330	—
550–585	568	2	250.00–259.00	$254.36	$1,445	-5.64
730	730	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,533	-7.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	285.00	$285.00	$912	-8.00
415–425	420	2	244.00–250.00	$246.96	$1,037	—
485–490	488	2	247.00–253.00	$250.02	$1,220	—
525–530	528	2	225.00–230.00	$227.49	$1,201	-17.51
595	595	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,357	-17.00
605	605	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,258	—
745	745	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,475	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	303.00	$303.00	$924	-27.00
540	540	1	247.00	$247.00	$1,334	—
570	570	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,368	-13.73
625–635	630	2	218.00–226.00	$221.97	$1,398	-13.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–365	363	2	264.00–270.00	$267.02	$969	—
405–415	410	2	238.00–240.00	$239.01	$980	—
585	585	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,258	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–480	475	3	264.00–268.00	$265.99	$1,263	-33.55
545	545	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,319	-33.99
585	585	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,346	-48.00
610	610	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,281	-16.00
705	705	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,382	—
850	850	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,606	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,148	-48.99
480	480	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,320	—
560	560	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,456	—
605–630	617	3	220.00–230.00	$226.27	$1,396	-21.25

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	247.00	$247.00	$1,210	—
745	745	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,341	-17.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1250	1191	80-85%	4	130.00–137.00	$134.30	$1,600	—
1140–1380	1258	80-85%	5	138.00–146.00	$142.08	$1,787	+5.54

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1230	1070	85-90%	2	113.00–117.00	$115.30	$1,234	—
1025–1240	1133	85-90%	2	128.00–129.00	$128.55	$1,456	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1410	1257	75-80%	3	129.00–135.00	$131.96	$1,659	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680	1680	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,688	+1.34
1690	1690	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,535	-8.66

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,135	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1240	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00

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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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1150–1395	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,811.83	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1120	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,425.00–2,525.00	$2,473.39	—

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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.