Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold a little higher and the weaned groups sold really good. Slaughter cattle sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Top slaughter cow brought 2.00 and top bull brought 2.30 dang good. Sold two loads of steers majority black hided 60% #1s and 40% #2s weaned 975 lb. average @ $ 3.05

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.62/cwt on 119 head, up $49.72 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 26 comparable sales and sits +3.37 against this barn's trailing median of $466.25.

Average price

$469.62

▲ 49.72 vs prior sale

119 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$568

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

$136.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+33.28

vs MS average

+15.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	513.00	2,565	28
Medium and Large 1	553	465.35	2,575	80
Medium and Large 2	529	427.67	2,262	3thin
Medium and Large 3	531	376.27	1,997	8thin

One grade step is worth $136.74/cwt here — about $568 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 sale119 hd

469.62

—

MS average13 barns · 345 hd

436.34

+33.28

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

+15.90

This barn, trailing median26 sales

466.25

+3.37

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	1,773	214.72	3,806	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,322	190.86	2,522	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,739	179.49	3,121	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,136	164.55	1,869	9thin

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)	1,305	$3,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,373	$3,192	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,353	$3,107	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,640	$5,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,378	$3,821	12

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2	600–650	648	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,385	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,565	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,574	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	427.67/cwt	418.00–435.00	2,262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	352.29/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,177	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	520.12/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	354.09/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	356.96/cwt	354.00–360.00	2,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	391.95/cwt	388.00–398.00	2,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	392.33/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,159	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,145	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	324.98/cwt	324.00–326.00	2,697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	374.25/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,950	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,373	3,192.35/head	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,192	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	366.20/cwt	362.00–370.00	2,292	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	493.12/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,115	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,679	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	459.05/cwt	451.00–474.00	2,438	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,739	179.49/cwt	174.00–184.00	3,121	5
Bulls	—	—	2,450	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	5,635	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	181.98/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,220	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	197.53/cwt	196.00–200.00	2,661	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,901	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,239	174.77/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,165	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,640	5,000.00/head	5,000.00–5,000.00	5,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,155	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,333	208.58/cwt	207.00–210.00	2,780	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	213.72/cwt	212.00–215.00	3,932	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	190.40/cwt	187.00–195.00	2,565	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	153.22/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	353.95/cwt	352.00–356.00	1,869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	385.04/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,195	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	3,106.53/head	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,107	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,378	3,820.57/head	3,000.00–4,800.00	3,821	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	507	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	672	339.98/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	327.57/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	395.81/cwt	385.00–408.00	1,694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,228	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	373.02/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	364.75/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,032	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,157	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	337.48/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	346.64/cwt	340.00–353.00	1,969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	469.97/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,199	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,018	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,718	8

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 Jun 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 553Last week 344Year ago 434

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 82Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 77Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	500	513.00	513.00
53	600–650	648	368.00	368.00
27	700–750	711	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	505.00	505.00
2	450–500	468	465.00–475.00	469.97
3	500–550	529	418.00–435.00	427.67
2	600–650	633	354.00–360.00	356.96
2	650–700	670	350.00–358.00	354.09
2	700–750	725	325.00–330.00	327.57
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	555.00	555.00
1	250–300	260	550.00	550.00
4	350–400	386	515.00–530.00	520.12
4	400–450	429	485.00–500.00	493.12
34	500–550	531	451.00–474.00	459.05
46	550–600	570	470.00	470.00
4	600–650	626	362.00–370.00	366.20
1	700–750	705	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	755	344.00	344.00
2	800–850	830	324.00–326.00	324.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	485	451.00	451.00
5	500–550	507	371.00	371.00
3	550–600	570	380.00–390.00	385.04
3	650–700	672	335.00–345.00	339.98
1	700–750	740	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	385.00–408.00	395.81
1	450–500	465	388.00	388.00
1	500–550	515	368.00	368.00
20	550–600	557	360.00–365.00	364.75
2	600–650	615	335.00–340.00	337.48
3	650–700	673	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	465	428.00	428.00
4	500–550	521	370.00–378.00	374.25
3	600–650	618	350.00–355.00	352.29
1	700–750	705	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	452	380.00	380.00
20	500–550	531	380.00	380.00
11	550–600	563	381.00	381.00
6	600–650	603	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	427	370.00–375.00	373.02
1	450–500	465	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	568	340.00–353.00	346.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	625	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	670	322.00	322.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	485	390.00–395.00	392.33
3	500–550	512	388.00–398.00	391.95
1	550–600	560	392.00	392.00
1	600–650	610	338.00	338.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	352.00–356.00	353.95
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	645	310.00	310.00

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)	2	—	1,373	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,192.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	3,700.00	3,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,353	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,106.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,155	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,640	5,000.00	5,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,378	3,000.00–4,800.00	3,820.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,739	174.00–184.00	179.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	181.00–183.00	181.98
3	—	1,347	196.00–200.00	197.53
5	—	1,347	187.00–195.00	190.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	169.00	169.00
4	—	1,239	170.00–179.00	174.77
4	—	1,035	150.00–156.00	153.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,450	230.00	230.00
2	—	1,333	207.00–210.00	208.58
3	—	1,840	212.00–215.00	213.72

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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