Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2026-05-05

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 5
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 383▼ 138 vs year ago 479 · −28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 47▼ 14 vs year ago 50 · −28.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 28▲ 15 vs year ago 26 · +57.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, to higher in spots. Slaughter cattle sold for sure steady were surely not cheaper. Had a high yield bull bring $2.26 @ 2260 lbs. just 5,107.60 pretty dang good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $383.56/cwt on 48 head, up $0.25 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 19 of 31 comparable sales and sits +2.74 against this barn's trailing median of $380.81.
Average price
$383.56
▲ 0.25 vs prior sale
48 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.94
vs MS average
−44.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520395.202,0575thin
Medium and Large 1-2572391.002,23720
Medium and Large 2542375.452,03522
Medium and Large 3570355.002,0241thin
One grade step is worth $40.20/cwt here — about $33 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 sale48 hd
383.56
—
MS average14 barns · 276 hd
401.50
−17.94
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
−44.34
This barn, trailing median31 sales
380.81
+2.74
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
436397358318median 380.8103/0304/2106/2309/0811/03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,754206.503,6225thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,405185.532,6075thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,555169.552,6373thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,198142.781,7115thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$3,1272thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,172$3,0943thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,345$2,7001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,260$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$3,5736

Every lot

64 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2230580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,3341
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,6251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288573.38/cwt555.00–600.001,6513
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325597.50/cwt595.00–600.001,9422
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340505.00/cwt500.00–510.001,7172
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,0701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373527.05/cwt520.00–535.001,9662
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9951
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430553.45/cwt545.00–565.002,3803
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,2881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,3991
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505484.85/cwt470.00–500.002,4482
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518452.44/cwt450.00–455.002,3442
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3578414.90/cwt400.00–425.002,3983
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620403.30/cwt400.00–420.002,5009
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,4771
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4701
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3670364.96/cwt360.00–370.002,4452
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,73417
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,7211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7507
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,9961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275551.82/cwt540.00–565.001,5182
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328487.92/cwt480.00–500.001,6003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373472.45/cwt470.00–475.001,7622
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390482.00/cwt482.00–482.001,8801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423477.49/cwt475.00–480.002,0202
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455445.96/cwt442.00–450.002,0292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465432.47/cwt430.00–435.002,0112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513395.50/cwt388.00–404.002,0294
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526373.68/cwt373.00–379.001,9669
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,1671
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553376.67/cwt370.00–380.002,08313
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,23720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613371.46/cwt368.00–375.002,2772
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,2001
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668355.29/cwt350.00–360.002,3733
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675384.93/cwt380.00–390.002,5982
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725340.50/cwt340.00–341.002,4692
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,7671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,3161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465482.45/cwt480.00–485.002,2432
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465434.84/cwt420.00–450.002,0222
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518460.05/cwt450.00–470.002,3832
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,54822
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650367.50/cwt365.00–370.002,3892
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,400204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,8561
Bulls——1,630213.24/cwt210.00–217.003,4762
Bulls——1,850176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,2561
Bulls——2,260226.00/cwt226.00–226.005,1081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143156.95/cwt155.00–159.001,7942
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,235133.33/cwt130.00–137.001,6473
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385186.91/cwt184.00–190.002,5894
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,485180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,6731
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555169.55/cwt166.00–173.002,6373
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0502,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0703,127.34/head3,000.00–3,250.003,1272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1723,093.53/head2,850.00–3,400.003,0943
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2602,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3452,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1503,573.19/head3,350.00–3,750.003,5736

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.