Brookhaven Stockyard Market Report

Brookhaven, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 19, 2025

897 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Brookhaven Stockyard report →

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $390.00/cwt +5.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,989/hd at 510 lb · 74 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $340.00/cwt ≈ $1,795/hd at 528 lb · 62 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $340.00/cwt -4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,057/hd at 605 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	897	726	501
Feeder cattle	677	599	434
Slaughter cattle	84	101	42
Replacement cattle	136	26	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

As compared to the last market: Feeder steers sold steady and heifers sold 5-8 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3-5 lower and bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	36	440.00	$440.00	$1,817	+15.00
510	510	74	390.00	$390.00	$1,989	+5.00
605	605	56	340.00	$340.00	$2,057	—
735	735	4	346.00	$346.00	$2,543	+17.00
902	902	6	269.00	$269.00	$2,426	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,457	—
420	420	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,680	+7.00
458–490	459	40	407.00–420.00	$407.41	$1,870	+18.41
520	520	1	353.00	$353.00	$1,836	+1.00
560	560	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,960	+0.17

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	272	3	530.00–555.00	$544.97	$1,482	-38.70
310	310	1	565.00	$565.00	$1,752	+2.70
410	410	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,824	-35.09
460–470	465	2	450.00–455.00	$452.47	$2,104	—
508–510	508	5	380.00–395.00	$391.99	$1,991	—
638–645	642	11	360.00–365.00	$363.19	$2,332	—
726	726	11	332.00	$332.00	$2,410	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	277	3	500.00–525.00	$515.00	$1,427	—
320–340	330	3	500.00–520.00	$511.87	$1,689	-25.16
405–430	422	3	430.00–435.00	$432.96	$1,827	-21.04
450–480	465	2	428.00–433.00	$430.58	$2,002	-14.42
540	540	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,998	+4.95
550	550	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,008	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	52	376.00	$376.00	$1,594	-7.00
528	528	62	340.00	$340.00	$1,795	—
617	617	43	336.00	$336.00	$2,073	—
743	743	13	326.00	$326.00	$2,422	+10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–210	208	3	495.00–515.00	$503.40	$1,047	+3.40
260	260	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,248	—
310	310	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,519	+37.44
445	445	9	389.00	$389.00	$1,731	-20.83
637	637	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,261	—
780	780	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,301	-3.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	470.00–485.00	$477.03	$1,326	+44.19
475	475	1	475.00	$475.00	$2,256	+98.00
620–640	630	2	328.00–330.00	$328.98	$2,073	—
650	650	1	318.00	$318.00	$2,067	+23.02
705–720	713	2	281.00–288.00	$284.54	$2,029	—
750	750	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,100	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	442.00	$442.00	$1,348	+36.81
350–370	360	3	420.00–462.00	$441.49	$1,589	—
405	405	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,478	—
580	580	1	334.00	$334.00	$1,937	+7.00
610	610	1	304.00	$304.00	$1,854	—
660–680	670	2	298.00–299.00	$298.51	$2,000	+28.51

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	17	373.00	$373.00	$1,858	-17.00
621	621	31	321.00	$321.00	$1,993	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	408.00	$408.00	$1,673	—
460	460	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,794	-30.00
515–540	528	2	340.00–349.00	$344.39	$1,818	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,912	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	389.00	$389.00	$1,750	+3.82

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1200	1120	85-90%	4	148.00–155.00	$150.62	$1,687	—
1120–1135	1128	85-90%	2	140.00–147.00	$143.52	$1,619	—
1035–1190	1141	85-90%	4	157.00–163.00	$160.36	$1,830	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	80-85%	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,980	—
1250–1465	1336	80-85%	5	170.00–177.00	$174.13	$2,326	—
1305–1385	1345	80-85%	2	167.00–169.00	$167.97	$2,259	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1580	1480	75-80%	4	162.00–166.00	$164.20	$2,430	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1600	1528	3	200.00–208.00	$204.56	$3,126	—
1470–1700	1585	2	190.00–195.00	$192.68	$3,054	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	1	179.00	$179.00	$2,730	-1.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00
1345	1345	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,150.00	$3,150.00
1380	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00
1305–1630	1468	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,500.00–3,600.00	$3,555.54

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,675.00	$3,675.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

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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	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1375	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,950.00	$3,950.00	—
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00	$3,600.00	+600.00
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,750.00	$3,750.00	—
1425–1550	1488	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	4,050.00–4,200.00	$4,128.15	—

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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.