Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady, and the lighter calves a little stronger. Slaughter cattle were steady. Had a really good run of cattle today, stock cows sold really good and had some good weaned calves that sold high.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.79/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −121.46 against this barn's trailing median of $466.25.

Average price

$344.79

7 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$17.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.77

vs MS average

−33.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	357.50	1,939	2thin
Medium and Large 2	550	339.71	1,870	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about $70 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

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 sale7 hd

344.79

—

MS average13 barns · 393 hd

347.56

−2.77

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−33.26

This barn, trailing median26 sales

466.25

−121.46

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	1,815	180.09	3,269	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	159.32	2,059	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,376	140.45	1,933	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,093	132.71	1,451	11

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,425	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,525	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$2,433	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,108	$2,387	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,160	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,233	$1,950	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,425	$3,750	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,306	$3,045	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,188	$2,727	8

Every lot, as filed

90 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 3	600–650	615	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	371.03/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	296.47/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	524.12/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,158	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	388.06/cwt	384.00–392.00	1,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	412.66/cwt	408.00–420.00	1,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	316.33/cwt	311.00–321.00	2,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	293.76/cwt	290.00–308.00	2,100	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	329.72/cwt	325.00–334.00	2,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,375	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,544	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,949	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,300	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	473.18/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,311	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	330.47/cwt	328.00–333.00	1,778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	326.55/cwt	323.00–330.00	1,855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	284.99/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	390.51/cwt	388.00–393.00	1,691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	346.34/cwt	332.00–348.00	1,468	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	410.64/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	278.94/cwt	270.00–282.00	2,159	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	338.50/cwt	332.00–348.00	1,902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	438.54/cwt	438.00–448.00	1,588	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	341.52/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	604	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,951	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	303	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	275.96/cwt	270.00–282.00	2,125	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	296.97/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	376.24/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,836	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	366.52/cwt	363.00–370.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	360.39/cwt	358.00–363.00	1,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	310.71/cwt	307.00–311.00	1,783	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	2,387.25/head	2,050.00–2,650.00	2,387	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,303	3,078.02/head	3,000.00–3,150.00	3,078	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	805	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	409.86/cwt	405.00–413.00	1,557	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	140.45/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,933	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	126.37/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,390	3
Bulls	—	—	1,920	186.30/cwt	180.00–190.00	3,577	4
Bulls	—	—	1,710	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,907	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,233	1,950.10/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	139.94/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,600	6
Bulls	—	—	1,710	175.17/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,995	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	120.54/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,125	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	157.96/cwt	154.00–163.00	2,060	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	169.08/cwt	165.00–173.00	2,163	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	149.48/cwt	146.50–153.00	1,925	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	404.85/cwt	395.00–413.00	1,704	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,308	3,023.57/head	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,024	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,188	2,726.84/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,727	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,203	2,524.95/head	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,525	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,233	2,774.85/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	313.25/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,967	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	278.04/cwt	276.00–280.00	2,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	355.03/cwt	354.00–356.00	1,846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	292.99/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,225	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	381.46/cwt	380.00–383.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	333.49/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	358.70/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	474.89/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	452.94/cwt	450.00–456.00	1,622	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 May 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 608Last week 335Year ago 712

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 80Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 161Last week 30Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	405.00–413.00	409.86
16	450–500	488	360.00–380.00	376.24
1	600–650	615	306.00	306.00
4	650–700	668	290.00–303.00	296.97
1	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	770	270.00–282.00	275.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	221	500.00–535.00	524.12
1	250–300	255	503.00	503.00
2	300–350	328	470.00–480.00	474.89
2	350–400	358	450.00–456.00	452.94
3	400–450	407	408.00–420.00	412.66
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	570	365.00	365.00
3	600–650	615	325.00–334.00	329.72
1	650–700	665	324.00	324.00
3	700–750	717	311.00–321.00	316.33
1	750–800	765	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	277	460.00–480.00	473.18
1	300–350	320	433.00	433.00
19	350–400	362	438.00–448.00	438.54
2	400–450	433	388.00–393.00	390.51
2	500–550	533	338.00–345.00	341.52
3	550–600	562	332.00–348.00	338.50
55	600–650	604	323.00	323.00
1	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
50	700–750	715	290.00–308.00	293.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	800–850	819	290.00	290.00
44	1000–1050	1,030	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	430.00	430.00
2	250–300	273	400.00–420.00	410.64
1	300–350	315	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	375	370.00–372.00	371.03
17	400–450	424	332.00–348.00	346.34
1	450–500	490	339.00	339.00
1	500–550	545	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	633	290.00–303.00	296.47
7	750–800	774	270.00–282.00	278.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	455.00	455.00
1	250–300	250	490.00	490.00
2	300–350	310	384.00–392.00	388.06
2	350–400	365	380.00–383.00	381.46
4	400–450	414	350.00–365.00	358.70
2	500–550	520	332.00–335.00	333.49
1	550–600	550	334.00	334.00
3	600–650	628	308.00–320.00	313.25
1	650–700	660	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	875	274.00	274.00
1	1200–1250	1,225	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	679	287.00	287.00
12	850–900	855	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	385.00	385.00
4	300–350	303	357.00	357.00
3	350–400	373	358.00–363.00	360.39
14	550–600	574	307.00–311.00	310.71
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	805	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	363.00–370.00	366.52
1	550–600	550	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	538	328.00–333.00	330.47
2	550–600	568	323.00–330.00	326.55
1	600–650	610	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	693	282.00–288.00	284.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	395.00–413.00	404.85
2	500–550	520	354.00–356.00	355.03
2	650–700	653	291.00–295.00	292.99
2	700–750	720	276.00–280.00	278.04
1	750–800	765	270.00	270.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,425	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,108	2,050.00–2,650.00	2,387.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,200.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,233	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,203	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,524.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,233	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,774.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,303	3,000.00–3,150.00	3,078.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,308	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,023.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,425	3,750.00	3,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,188	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,726.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,376	135.00–145.00	140.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	124.00–130.00	126.37
6	—	1,143	135.00–144.00	139.94
2	—	933	120.00–121.00	120.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,304	154.00–163.00	157.96
5	—	1,279	165.00–173.00	169.08
4	—	1,288	146.50–153.00	149.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,920	180.00–190.00	186.30
1	—	1,710	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,710	172.00–179.00	175.17

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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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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