Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2026-06-23

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 23
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
434 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 399▲ 171 vs year ago 263 · +65.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 47▼ 25 vs year ago 79 · −31.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 62▼ 46 vs year ago 52 · −88.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves were on fire 7.00-10.00 higher. Had some really good groups of calves that will be in the 1/2 in the calf market. Slaughter cattle sold steady. No sales next week due to the Independence holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $481.56/cwt on 43 head, up $13.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 29 comparable sales and sits +45.19 against this barn's trailing median of $436.36.
Average price
$481.56
▲ 13.14 vs prior sale
43 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$66.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+44.18
vs MS average
+13.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538492.002,64732
Medium and Large 1542475.992,5803thin
Medium and Large 2560451.442,5295thin
Medium and Large 3575425.962,4493thin
One grade step is worth $66.04/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale43 hd
481.56
—
MS average11 barns · 254 hd
437.38
+44.18
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
+13.10
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.36
+45.19
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—Low1,495212.463,1764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,330189.232,5176thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,675175.302,9362thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,186161.961,92011

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,155$3,6432thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,9001thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,6201
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319593.24/cwt575.00–600.001,8924
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,8201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,1001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2358552.48/cwt550.00–555.001,9782
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9241
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2402508.00/cwt508.00–508.002,04217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427508.02/cwt500.00–509.002,16913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1446530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3646
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,3631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3479466.44/cwt450.00–475.002,23416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,3521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,4701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,64732
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,4911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553476.48/cwt473.00–480.002,6352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564450.05/cwt445.00–453.002,5384
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575425.96/cwt423.00–430.002,4493
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2604442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,67018
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614427.89/cwt420.00–441.002,6274
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628414.05/cwt410.00–418.002,6002
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653404.58/cwt403.00–409.002,6427
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5651
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,7071
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,76818
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315501.39/cwt498.00–505.001,5792
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,7753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380426.11/cwt422.00–430.001,6192
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418415.09/cwt410.00–420.001,7352
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422437.61/cwt430.00–440.001,84720
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,10216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440464.00/cwt464.00–464.002,0421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,1021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483406.67/cwt400.00–413.001,9642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1581
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,11512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0281
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532423.32/cwt417.00–428.002,2523
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,9871
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0081
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575384.47/cwt380.00–395.002,2116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,4541
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620373.96/cwt364.00–381.002,3195
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1941
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744354.42/cwt350.00–361.002,63710
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3780260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9711
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450468.00/cwt468.00–468.002,1061
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455474.00/cwt470.00–478.002,1572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0901
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,2351
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635364.92/cwt360.00–370.002,3172
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,440210.28/cwt208.00–213.003,0283
Bulls——1,660219.00/cwt219.00–219.003,6351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,156166.84/cwt162.00–170.001,9294
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180145.96/cwt142.00–151.001,7224
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,233176.80/cwt172.00–183.002,1803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308183.82/cwt180.00–188.002,4042
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,341191.94/cwt190.00–194.002,5744
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,675175.30/cwt174.00–177.002,9362
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1553,643.07/head3,600.00–3,700.003,6432
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.