Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-01-26

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 26
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
19 head
120 vs last sale 139 85 vs year ago 104 · 81.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
35 vs last sale 52 15 vs year ago 32 · 46.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
0 vs last sale 12 4 vs year ago 16 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, just a small offering of cattle. Feeder calves were steady, and slaughter cows and bulls were as well.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.71/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$114.71
7 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$525
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.38
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444120.245344thin
Medium and Large 2477107.335123thin
One grade step is worth $12.91/cwt here — about $22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
114.71
MS average12 barns · 742 hd
121.09
−6.38
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,81886.931,5802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23053.346563thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,83044.008051thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97432.883209thin

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 2490109.00/cwt109.00–109.005341
HeifersMedium and Large 2505109.00/cwt109.00–109.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 2435104.00/cwt104.00–104.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 1325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
HeifersMedium and Large 1520113.00/cwt113.00–113.005881
Bulls1,81886.93/cwt84.00–90.001,5802
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23053.34/cwt51.50–55.006563
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,83044.00/cwt44.00–44.008051
CowsLean 85-90%1,06043.90/cwt42.50–45.004652
CowsLean 85-90%96831.23/cwt30.00–33.003025
CowsLean 85-90%90526.00/cwt26.00–26.002352
HeifersMedium and Large 1465118.98/cwt118.00–120.005532
SteersMedium and Large 1500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006751
SteersMedium and Large 1437142.01/cwt138.00–144.006213
SteersMedium and Large 1320167.00/cwt167.00–167.005341
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2990900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,9102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,015764.35/cwt700.00–825.007,7582

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.