Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, and slaughter cattle sold 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $453.71/cwt on 9 head, down $40.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 26 comparable sales and sits −12.54 against this barn's trailing median of $466.25.

Average price

$453.71

▼ 40.26 vs prior sale

9 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,463

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$48.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.95

vs MS average

−37.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	481.80	2,603	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	540	441.00	2,381	5thin
Medium and Large 3	565	433.00	2,446	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.80/cwt here — about $157 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 sale9 hd

453.71

—

MS average12 barns · 209 hd

461.67

−7.95

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−37.12

This barn, trailing median26 sales

466.25

−12.54

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	—	High	1,433	210.49	3,017	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,267	191.27	2,423	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	184.00	2,677	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	155.74	1,715	12

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,273	$3,000	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,207	$2,968	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$3,464	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$3,275	4thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1	550–600	558	485.20/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	679.69/cwt	665.00–695.00	2,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	552.41/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,512	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,245	2,575.10/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,575	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	396.00–404.00	2,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	391.01/cwt	390.00–392.00	2,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	445.03/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	380.02/cwt	377.00–385.00	2,197	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	400.47/cwt	393.00–408.00	2,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,281	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	167.72/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,959	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,677	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,372	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	198.24/cwt	195.00–202.00	2,514	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	190.94/cwt	186.00–194.00	2,396	5
Bulls	—	—	1,618	217.70/cwt	215.00–220.00	3,522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	627.50/cwt	625.00–630.00	2,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	412.51/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	293	462.52/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,355	2
Bulls	—	—	1,310	205.69/cwt	200.00–214.00	2,695	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	135.38/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,297	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	152.12/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	460.60/cwt	456.00–465.00	1,981	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	447.46/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	516.38/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,446	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	3,463.80/head	3,250.00–3,700.00	3,464	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	512.49/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,178	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	400.47/cwt	398.00–403.00	2,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	697.54/cwt	695.00–700.00	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	425.93/cwt	422.00–430.00	2,428	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,188	3,164.84/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,165	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,445	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	384.32/cwt	374.00–395.00	2,798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	478.83/cwt	475.00–483.00	2,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,245	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,381	5

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 Apr 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 239Last week 500Year ago 252

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 29Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 16Year ago 31

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, and slaughter cattle sold 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	695.00–700.00	697.54
1	300–350	340	660.00	660.00
2	350–400	358	665.00–695.00	679.69
1	400–450	440	600.00	600.00
1	500–550	505	475.00	475.00
2	550–600	558	470.00–500.00	485.20
1	650–700	670	414.00	414.00
2	700–750	728	374.00–395.00	384.32
1	750–800	770	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	625.00	625.00
1	300–350	345	655.00	655.00
1	350–400	350	645.00	645.00
2	400–450	425	550.00–555.00	552.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	360	625.00–630.00	627.50
3	450–500	470	500.00–530.00	516.38
1	550–600	565	433.00	433.00
1	650–700	670	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	460	488.00	488.00
5	500–550	540	441.00	441.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	595.00	595.00
1	250–300	275	560.00	560.00
1	300–350	335	508.00	508.00
2	400–450	430	456.00–465.00	460.60
1	450–500	450	455.00	455.00
2	550–600	570	422.00–430.00	425.93
1	600–650	605	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	650	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	520.00	520.00
1	300–350	315	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	380	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	453	440.00–450.00	445.03
2	500–550	525	396.00–404.00	400.00
2	550–600	558	390.00–392.00	391.01
1	600–650	640	366.00	366.00
1	650–700	655	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	460.00–465.00	462.52
1	300–350	345	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	483	410.00–415.00	412.51
4	550–600	578	377.00–385.00	380.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	475	475.00–483.00	478.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	453.00	453.00
2	550–600	573	393.00–408.00	400.47
1	600–650	610	374.00	374.00
1	650–700	675	369.00	369.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	500.00–525.00	512.49
2	500–550	518	445.00–450.00	447.46
2	600–650	623	398.00–403.00	400.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,245	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,575.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,188	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,164.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,445	3,150.00	3,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,105	3,250.00–3,700.00	3,463.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,140	3,800.00	3,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,168	164.00–172.00	167.72
3	—	958	132.00–140.00	135.38
3	—	1,110	149.00–158.00	152.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	184.00	184.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	179.00	179.00
2	—	1,268	195.00–202.00	198.24
5	—	1,255	186.00–194.00	190.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,618	215.00–220.00	217.70
3	—	1,310	200.00–214.00	205.69

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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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle