Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-02-02

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 2
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
1 vs last sale 19 98 vs year ago 118 · 83.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
2 vs last sale 17 1 vs year ago 14 · +7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
2 vs last sale 12 9 vs year ago 19 · 47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market, feeder calves steers were 5-7 higher heifers steady, slaughter cows and bulls 3-5 higher. Just a small offering of cattle today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.57/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$150.57
7 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$45.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.31
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1363175.006363thin
Medium and Large 2510134.506862thin
Medium and Large 3440130.005722thin
One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $64 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
150.57
MS average13 barns · 1,169 hd
143.26
+7.31
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
BullsHigh1,55887.231,3596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32157.947655thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95039.003712thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,000900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2965900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,6852
BullsMedium and Large 2510118.00/cwt118.00–118.006021
HeifersMedium and Large 1420130.33/cwt127.00–134.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 2390128.00/cwt128.00–128.004991
SteersMedium and Large 1220190.00/cwt190.00–190.004181
SteersMedium and Large 3500118.00/cwt118.00–118.005901
SteersMedium and Large 3380142.00/cwt142.00–142.005401
SteersMedium and Large 2450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006081
SteersMedium and Large 2570134.00/cwt134.00–134.007641
HeifersMedium and Large 1655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 1390132.00/cwt132.00–132.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 1790104.00/cwt104.00–104.008221
SteersMedium and Large 1515151.00/cwt151.00–151.007781
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy355184.00/cwt184.00–184.006531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32157.94/cwt56.00–60.007655
CowsLean 85-90%88530.00/cwt30.00–30.002661
CowsLean 85-90%1,01548.00/cwt48.00–48.004871
Bulls2,00595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,9051
Bulls1,46985.68/cwt84.00–88.001,2595

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.