Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2026-03-24

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 24
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
435 head
▲ 287 vs last sale 148▲ 94 vs year ago 341 · +27.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 26▲ 11 vs year ago 61 · +18.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 23▲ 13 vs year ago 36 · +36.1%
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

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 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +1.67 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
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

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506496.352,5126thin
Medium and Large 2570471.332,6873thin
Medium and Large 3553447.032,4743thin
Medium and Large 1-2592421.002,49228
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.

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 median29 sales
436.36
+1.67
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

29 sales
508447385324median 436.3603/1705/1907/1409/0810/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.97, low $337.72, median $436.36 across 29 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,767201.493,56010
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,228186.412,29010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,453168.202,4443thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,100156.401,7215thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,220$3,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,118$3,3862thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,186$3,0334thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$4,6002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,218$4,2998

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295655.00/cwt655.00–655.001,9321
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8811
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335643.26/cwt635.00–650.002,1553
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338627.02/cwt600.00–633.002,1199
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365582.50/cwt575.00–590.002,1262
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390619.91/cwt605.00–625.002,4186
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411593.73/cwt585.00–600.002,4405
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2439559.68/cwt550.00–562.002,4575
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3467524.06/cwt513.00–535.002,4473
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2499502.00/cwt502.00–502.002,50513
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506496.35/cwt495.00–500.002,5126
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,5221
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4301
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560445.55/cwt440.00–451.002,4952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585473.50/cwt470.00–477.002,7702
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,49228
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615410.16/cwt400.00–420.002,5222
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645379.50/cwt379.00–380.002,4482
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,7631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,59018
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3672361.31/cwt358.00–366.002,4283
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4981
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6221
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,7531
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,9211
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918326.50/cwt325.00–328.002,9972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2481
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268520.19/cwt500.00–540.001,3942
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6921
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370497.57/cwt495.00–500.001,8412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6881
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2404478.00/cwt478.00–478.001,9316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8681
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420461.54/cwt458.00–465.001,9382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8491
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0701
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475449.95/cwt445.00–455.002,1372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3484421.01/cwt415.00–438.002,03810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507402.66/cwt400.00–405.002,0413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513377.54/cwt370.00–385.001,9372
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,0891
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,16413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,2401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620353.47/cwt350.00–357.002,1922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623337.29/cwt330.00–345.002,1012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,4706
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,4571
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430537.65/cwt525.00–550.002,3122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,1931
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3462457.23/cwt450.00–470.002,1123
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3221
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,1201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573402.45/cwt400.00–405.002,3062
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618398.85/cwt392.00–410.002,4654
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620385.01/cwt380.00–390.002,3873
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675353.94/cwt350.00–358.002,3892
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,325174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,3061
Bulls——1,510184.50/cwt184.00–185.002,7862
Bulls——1,720197.59/cwt195.00–200.003,3992
Bulls——1,968223.96/cwt223.00–225.004,4082
Bulls——1,983209.59/cwt202.00–219.004,1563
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038141.46/cwt138.00–145.001,4682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,078176.63/cwt174.00–180.001,9042
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,142166.36/cwt161.00–171.001,9003
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229184.21/cwt181.00–188.002,2644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303193.51/cwt192.00–195.002,5214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453168.20/cwt166.00–171.002,4443
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2184,298.97/head4,200.00–4,400.004,2998
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2704,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1183,385.91/head3,000.00–3,750.003,3862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1863,032.93/head2,750.00–3,250.003,0334
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2203,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001

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.