Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-02-09

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 9
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
14 vs last sale 20 3 vs year ago 31 · +9.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
2 vs last sale 15 7 vs year ago 6 · +116.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
13 vs last sale 10 19 vs year ago 4 · +475.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady as well.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.08/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$129.08
11 head · 392 lb average
Value per head Derived
$506
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.21
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437129.585667thin
Medium and Large 2313128.214014thin
One grade step is worth $1.37/cwt here — about $165 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 sale11 hd
129.08
MS average13 barns · 1,034 hd
123.87
+5.21
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
BullsAverage1,80591.561,6533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37858.738097thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27354.366923thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Bulls1,79593.34/cwt91.00–95.001,6752
Bulls1,82588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37858.73/cwt56.00–62.008097
CowsLean 85-90%1,27354.36/cwt54.00–55.006923
BullsMedium and Large 1515123.00/cwt123.00–123.006331
BullsMedium and Large 1775103.00/cwt103.00–103.007981
SteersMedium and Large 2375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
SteersMedium and Large 3320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004161
SteersMedium and Large 3685106.00/cwt106.00–106.007261
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0501,157.74/cwt1,100.00–1,225.0012,1564
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2933937.67/cwt925.00–950.008,7482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0261,109.80/cwt900.00–1,300.0011,3877
HeifersMedium and Large 1330135.00/cwt135.00–135.004461
HeifersMedium and Large 1395136.00/cwt136.00–136.005371
BullsMedium and Large 2455115.00/cwt115.00–115.005231
HeifersMedium and Large 1495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006291
HeifersMedium and Large 2313128.21/cwt123.00–130.004014
SteersMedium and Large 2315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 1555113.00/cwt113.00–113.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 1428132.03/cwt130.00–136.005653
SteersMedium and Large 1470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051

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.