Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady and slaughter cattle sold 2.00-4.00 higher and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $438.03/cwt on 40 head, down $28.55 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 26 comparable sales and sits −28.22 against this barn's trailing median of $466.25.

Average price

$438.03

▼ 28.55 vs prior sale

40 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$75.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.50

vs MS average

−40.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	496.35	2,512	6thin
Medium and Large 2	570	471.33	2,687	3thin
Medium and Large 3	553	447.03	2,474	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	592	421.00	2,492	28

One grade step is worth $75.35/cwt here — about $19 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale40 hd

438.03

—

MS average13 barns · 213 hd

450.53

−12.50

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−40.06

This barn, trailing median26 sales

466.25

−28.22

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	1,767	201.49	3,560	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,228	186.41	2,290	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	168.20	2,444	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,100	156.40	1,721	5thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,220	$3,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,118	$3,386	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,186	$3,033	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,270	$4,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,218	$4,299	8

Every lot, as filed

80 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	1,931	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	473.50/cwt	470.00–477.00	2,770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	559.68/cwt	550.00–562.00	2,457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,164	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	627.02/cwt	600.00–633.00	2,119	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	326.50/cwt	325.00–328.00	2,997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	445.55/cwt	440.00–451.00	2,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	402.66/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	461.54/cwt	458.00–465.00	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,470	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	619.91/cwt	605.00–625.00	2,418	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,505	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	524.06/cwt	513.00–535.00	2,447	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	643.26/cwt	635.00–650.00	2,155	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,492	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	496.35/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,590	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	672	361.31/cwt	358.00–366.00	2,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	379.50/cwt	379.00–380.00	2,448	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	410.16/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	582.50/cwt	575.00–590.00	2,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	593.73/cwt	585.00–600.00	2,440	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	385.01/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,387	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	537.65/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,312	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	398.85/cwt	392.00–410.00	2,465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	402.45/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,306	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	193.51/cwt	192.00–195.00	2,521	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	184.21/cwt	181.00–188.00	2,264	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	141.46/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,468	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	166.36/cwt	161.00–171.00	1,900	3
Bulls	—	—	1,983	209.59/cwt	202.00–219.00	4,156	3
Bulls	—	—	1,510	184.50/cwt	184.00–185.00	2,786	2
Bulls	—	—	1,325	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,306	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	197.59/cwt	195.00–200.00	3,399	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	168.20/cwt	166.00–171.00	2,444	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	176.63/cwt	174.00–180.00	1,904	2
Bulls	—	—	1,968	223.96/cwt	223.00–225.00	4,408	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,186	3,032.93/head	2,750.00–3,250.00	3,033	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	3,385.91/head	3,000.00–3,750.00	3,386	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,218	4,298.97/head	4,200.00–4,400.00	4,299	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	353.94/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,389	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	457.23/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	421.01/cwt	415.00–438.00	2,038	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	377.54/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,937	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	520.19/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	353.47/cwt	350.00–357.00	2,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	449.95/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	497.57/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	337.29/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,089	1

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 Mar 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 435Last week 148Year ago 341

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 26Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 23Year ago 36

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady and slaughter cattle sold 2.00-4.00 higher and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	404	478.00	478.00
13	550–600	568	381.00	381.00
6	650–700	690	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
10	450–500	484	415.00–438.00	421.01
1	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	623	330.00–345.00	337.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	500.00–540.00	520.19
1	300–350	335	505.00	505.00
2	350–400	370	495.00–500.00	497.57
2	400–450	420	458.00–465.00	461.54
1	450–500	450	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	507	400.00–405.00	402.66
1	550–600	570	393.00	393.00
1	600–650	630	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	710	346.00	346.00
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	480.00	480.00
1	300–350	345	485.00	485.00
1	350–400	355	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	415	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	475	445.00–455.00	449.95
2	500–550	513	370.00–385.00	377.54
1	550–600	560	373.00	373.00
2	600–650	620	350.00–357.00	353.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	600.00–633.00	627.02
6	350–400	390	605.00–625.00	619.91
5	400–450	439	550.00–562.00	559.68
1	500–550	540	467.00	467.00
2	550–600	585	470.00–477.00	473.50
2	600–650	645	379.00–380.00	379.50
1	650–700	675	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	655.00	655.00
3	300–350	335	635.00–650.00	643.26
5	400–450	411	585.00–600.00	593.73
6	500–550	506	495.00–500.00	496.35
2	600–650	615	400.00–420.00	410.16
1	650–700	650	425.00	425.00
1	700–750	710	355.00	355.00
1	750–800	760	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	805	342.00	342.00
1	850–900	885	330.00	330.00
2	900–950	918	325.00–328.00	326.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	570.00	570.00
2	350–400	365	575.00–590.00	582.50
3	450–500	467	513.00–535.00	524.06
1	500–550	540	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	560	440.00–451.00	445.55
3	650–700	672	358.00–366.00	361.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	499	502.00	502.00
28	550–600	592	421.00	421.00
18	650–700	659	393.00	393.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	510.00	510.00
1	550–600	570	372.00	372.00
3	600–650	620	380.00–390.00	385.01
1	650–700	695	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	525.00–550.00	537.65
1	500–550	540	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	573	400.00–405.00	402.45
4	600–650	618	392.00–410.00	398.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	465.00	465.00
3	450–500	462	450.00–470.00	457.23
2	650–700	675	350.00–358.00	353.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,303	192.00–195.00	193.51
4	—	1,229	181.00–188.00	184.21
2	—	1,078	174.00–180.00	176.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	138.00–145.00	141.46
3	—	1,142	161.00–171.00	166.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,453	166.00–171.00	168.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,983	202.00–219.00	209.59
2	—	1,510	184.00–185.00	184.50
1	—	1,325	174.00	174.00
2	—	1,720	195.00–200.00	197.59
2	—	1,968	223.00–225.00	223.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,270	4,600.00	4,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,218	4,200.00–4,400.00	4,298.97
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,186	2,750.00–3,250.00	3,032.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	3,400.00	3,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,118	3,000.00–3,750.00	3,385.91

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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle