Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder steers sold 5-10 higher and feeder heifers sold mostly steady but the lighter ones sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady and had some good bulls that were higher. Sold some fancy bred brangus heifers 7-9 months bred that brought $3750-4400. Sold some nice 18 month old Charolais bulls @ $6000-10,100.00. One more note the Ms. Hereford Association sold some nice weaned calves today one group of 522 lb. steers brought $ 4.92 heifer mates brought $3.78 @ 525 lbs. and 658 lb. steers @ $3.5050. Remember there want be any sales next week enjoy Thanksgiving.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.77/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 5 of 26 comparable sales and sits −54.48 against this barn's trailing median of $466.25.

Average price

$411.77

69 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$583

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$144.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.69

vs MS average

+1.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	492.00	2,568	16thin
Medium and Large 1	524	420.50	2,203	10thin
Medium and Large 2	566	382.33	2,166	40
Medium and Large 3	572	347.32	1,986	3thin

One grade step is worth $144.68/cwt here — about $583 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale69 hd

411.77

—

MS average14 barns · 301 hd

382.08

+29.69

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+1.69

This barn, trailing median26 sales

466.25

−54.48

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	—	Low	1,637	180.54	2,955	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,282	155.86	1,997	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	143.70	2,191	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	131.65	1,428	10

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	$3,143	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,450	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,082	$2,391	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	915	$2,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,072	$3,936	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$4,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$3,950	2thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	339.50/cwt	339.00–340.00	1,833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	387.53/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	394.45/cwt	383.00–402.00	1,665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	439.82/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,427	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,206	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,538	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,310	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	387.49/cwt	383.00–392.00	2,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	420.50/cwt	400.00–426.00	2,203	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,985	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	474.55/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	322.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,568	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	480.17/cwt	475.00–482.00	2,055	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	464.72/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	364.99/cwt	364.00–366.00	1,909	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	507.61/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	423.87/cwt	414.00–432.00	1,751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	360.99/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,852	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,082	2,390.76/head	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	439.00/cwt	428.00–450.00	1,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	342.56/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,081	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	151.01/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,031	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	159.49/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,968	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	140.79/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,539	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	118.21/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,143	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	132.91/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,582	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	143.70/cwt	140.00–146.00	2,191	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,450	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,113	3,142.59/head	3,000.00–3,250.00	3,143	5
Bulls	—	—	1,475	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,419	1
Bulls	—	—	1,617	174.34/cwt	171.00–177.00	2,819	3
Bulls	—	—	1,636	182.10/cwt	178.00–186.00	2,979	6
Bulls	—	—	1,750	193.40/cwt	190.00–197.00	3,385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	419.53/cwt	413.00–426.00	1,963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	418.32/cwt	414.00–423.00	1,790	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	915	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	3,936.38/head	3,200.00–4,400.00	3,936	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	282.49/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	332.50/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	364.38/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	327.21/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	442.24/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	311.17/cwt	302.00–320.00	2,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	350.98/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,053	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	371.36/cwt	365.00–378.00	1,745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,991	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	449.43/cwt	440.00–458.00	1,937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	468.17/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	381.76/cwt	377.00–396.00	2,176	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	347.69/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,825	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,902	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	262.01/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	317.92/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	332.49/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,038	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 Nov 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 745Last week 494Year ago 292

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 64Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 141Last week 42Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	470.00	470.00
1	300–350	325	485.00	485.00
3	350–400	368	450.00–485.00	468.17
4	400–450	431	440.00–458.00	449.43
4	500–550	534	383.00–392.00	387.49
36	550–600	570	377.00–396.00	381.76
2	600–650	613	330.00–335.00	332.49
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	428	475.00–482.00	480.17
16	500–550	522	492.00	492.00
18	650–700	658	351.00	351.00
23	750–800	753	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	525.00	525.00
5	300–350	328	500.00–515.00	507.61
1	350–400	385	495.00	495.00
3	400–450	413	465.00–485.00	474.55
10	500–550	524	400.00–426.00	420.50
2	600–650	620	340.00–345.00	342.56
2	700–750	738	320.00–325.00	322.51
1	800–850	805	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	430.00–455.00	442.24
2	400–450	428	414.00–423.00	418.32
2	450–500	468	413.00–426.00	419.53
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	585	350.00–352.00	350.98
2	650–700	663	302.00–320.00	311.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	385.00–390.00	387.53
2	500–550	540	339.00–340.00	339.50
1	550–600	570	344.00	344.00
1	600–650	640	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	428.00–450.00	439.00
2	500–550	513	360.00–362.00	360.99
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	675	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	365.00–378.00	371.36
1	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	675	260.00–264.00	262.01
1	700–750	715	266.00	266.00
1	750–800	750	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	428.00	428.00
3	350–400	377	430.00–445.00	439.82
3	400–450	422	383.00–402.00	394.45
1	450–500	455	386.00	386.00
3	500–550	525	345.00–350.00	347.69
4	550–600	577	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	623	315.00–321.00	317.92
2	650–700	670	300.00–310.00	305.00
1	700–750	710	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	440.00	440.00
7	500–550	525	378.00	378.00
21	700–750	721	306.00	306.00
29	800–850	837	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	495.00	495.00
3	300–350	322	450.00–475.00	464.72
1	350–400	365	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	413	414.00–432.00	423.87
2	500–550	523	364.00–366.00	364.99
8	550–600	570	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	780	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	410.00	410.00
4	450–500	475	360.00–370.00	364.38
3	500–550	523	320.00–336.00	327.21
2	550–600	550	330.00–335.00	332.50
2	650–700	683	280.00–285.00	282.49
1	700–750	730	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	750	260.00	260.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,082	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,390.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,113	3,000.00–3,250.00	3,142.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,450	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,072	3,200.00–4,400.00	3,936.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,225	3,950.00	3,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	4,500.00	4,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,345	150.00–152.00	151.01
4	—	1,234	154.00–164.00	159.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,093	139.00–143.00	140.79
3	—	967	114.00–121.00	118.21
3	—	1,190	130.00–135.00	132.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,525	140.00–146.00	143.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	164.00	164.00
3	—	1,617	171.00–177.00	174.34
6	—	1,636	178.00–186.00	182.10
2	—	1,750	190.00–197.00	193.40

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle