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Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 1

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

265 head

▼ 76 vs last sale 341▼ 29 vs year ago 294 · −9.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

92 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 61▼ 1 vs year ago 93 · −1.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

138 head

▲ 102 vs last sale 36▲ 90 vs year ago 48 · +187.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were on fire steers 10-12 higher and heifers 15-20 higher. Slaughter cattle and bulls steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.54/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −63.27 against this barn's trailing median of $380.81.

Average price

$317.54

7 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$23.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.50

vs MS average

−3.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	327.46	1,743	4thin
Medium and Large 2	549	304.32	1,670	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.14/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

317.54

—

MS average12 barns · 154 hd

296.04

+21.50

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−3.84

This barn, trailing median31 sales

380.81

−63.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.02, low $332.26, median $380.81 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,795	169.82	3,049	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,283	146.23	1,876	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	132.24	2,006	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,090	125.26	1,365	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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,375	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,200	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$1,825	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$2,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	860	$2,550	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,063	$2,528	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,750	$4,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,815	$4,271	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$3,140	10
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,025	$2,818	6

Every lot

84 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	516.05/cwt	500.00–528.00	1,135	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	263	487.71/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,283	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	499.43/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,558	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	338	408.74/cwt	403.00–419.00	1,382	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	437.83/cwt	426.00–450.00	1,554	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	402.55/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,502	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	394.53/cwt	393.00–396.00	1,696	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	412.43/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,786	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,812	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	374.79/cwt	362.00–384.00	1,750	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	353.32/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,890	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	334.00/cwt	333.00–335.00	1,787	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,915	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	316.04/cwt	312.00–321.00	1,937	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,882	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,133	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,188	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	453.91/cwt	450.00–458.00	1,044	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	984	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	240	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	900	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	437.45/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,137	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,105	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,042	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	413.43/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,315	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	388.72/cwt	383.00–395.00	1,244	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	380.05/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,342	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,505	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	349.82/cwt	332.00–360.00	1,277	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	368.04/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,513	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,454	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,411	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	357.97/cwt	356.00–360.00	1,729	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	494	316.18/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,562	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	321.61/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,682	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	304.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,626	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,757	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,924	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	274.89/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,842	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	263.02/cwt	259.00–267.00	1,789	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	850	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,023	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	404.04/cwt	402.00–406.00	1,669	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,601	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	337.14/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,618	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,597	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	308.27/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,748	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	324.10/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,864	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,769	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,876	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,642	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,828	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	163.00/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,396	2
Bulls	—	—	1,658	151.95/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,519	2
Bulls	—	—	1,927	174.74/cwt	171.00–178.00	3,367	3
Bulls	—	—	2,060	187.14/cwt	184.00–190.00	3,855	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	124.62/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,290	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	133.88/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,451	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	111.55/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,288	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	140.48/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,760	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	149.52/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,944	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,517	132.24/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,006	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	980	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	2,200.00/head	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,135	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,205	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,038	2,776.51/head	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,777	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,063	2,527.65/head	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,528	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,183	2,916.90/head	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,917	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,750	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,815	4,270.52/head	4,000.00–4,400.00	4,271	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,875	4,250.00/head	4,250.00–4,250.00	4,250	2

This sale against other markets

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 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 265Last week 341Year ago 294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 61Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 138Last week 36Year ago 48

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were on fire steers 10-12 higher and heifers 15-20 higher. Slaughter cattle and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	375.00	375.00
1	250–300	280	372.00	372.00
4	350–400	365	332.00–360.00	349.82
1	400–450	445	317.00	317.00
12	450–500	494	314.00–330.00	316.18
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	680	259.00–267.00	263.02
1	850–900	850	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	410.00	410.00
1	250–300	265	417.00	417.00
2	300–350	320	383.00–395.00	388.72
3	350–400	353	375.00–385.00	380.05
1	400–450	425	342.00	342.00
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	533	300.00–310.00	304.98
1	550–600	580	303.00	303.00
2	650–700	670	270.00–280.00	274.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	450.00–458.00	453.91
2	250–300	260	435.00–440.00	437.45
4	300–350	318	405.00–420.00	413.43
1	350–400	360	418.00	418.00
4	400–450	411	365.00–372.00	368.04
2	450–500	483	356.00–360.00	357.97
3	500–550	523	315.00–330.00	321.61
1	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	635	303.00	303.00
1	650–700	660	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	500.00–528.00	516.05
5	300–350	312	490.00–510.00	499.43
2	400–450	433	400.00–425.00	412.43
7	450–500	453	400.00	400.00
12	500–550	535	350.00–360.00	353.32
1	550–600	565	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	613	312.00–321.00	316.04
1	800–850	805	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	875	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	480.00–495.00	487.71
2	350–400	355	426.00–450.00	437.83
2	400–450	430	393.00–396.00	394.53
2	500–550	535	333.00–335.00	334.00
1	550–600	565	339.00	339.00
1	600–650	625	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	705	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	403.00–419.00	408.74
2	350–400	373	395.00–410.00	402.55
5	450–500	467	362.00–384.00	374.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	402.00–406.00	404.04
1	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	575	320.00–328.00	324.10
1	600–650	610	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	670	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	368.00	368.00
1	500–550	515	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	567	300.00–313.00	308.27
1	750–800	765	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	480	320.00–355.00	337.14
1	650–700	670	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	745	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	107.00–115.00	111.55
3	—	1,035	122.00–127.00	124.62
5	—	1,084	130.00–138.00	133.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,517	130.00–135.00	132.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	139.00–142.00	140.48
7	—	1,300	145.00–155.00	149.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	150.00–154.00	151.95
2	—	2,060	184.00–190.00	187.14
3	—	1,927	171.00–178.00	174.74
2	—	1,470	162.00–164.00	163.00

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,050	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	980	2,375.00	2,375.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	1,825.00	1,825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	2,900.00	2,900.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,038	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,776.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,527.65
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	2,750.00	2,750.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	860	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,750	4,500.00	4,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,815	4,000.00–4,400.00	4,270.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,183	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,916.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,875	4,250.00	4,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	2,700.00	2,700.00

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.