Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-02-23

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 23
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
57 vs last sale 0 16 vs year ago 41 · +39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
24 vs last sale 0 12 vs year ago 12 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 11 · 9.1%
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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.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.94/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$166.94
18 head · 363 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.24
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1335174.4458511thin
Medium and Large 2407155.156327thin
One grade step is worth $19.29/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale18 hd
166.94
MS average10 barns · 563 hd
147.70
+19.24
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
BullsAverage1,70282.071,3973thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36459.3180918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63056.009131thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls1,70282.07/cwt80.00–85.501,3973
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36459.31/cwt55.00–62.0080918
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63056.00/cwt56.00–56.009131
BullsMedium and Large 1580129.00/cwt129.00–129.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1620132.00/cwt132.00–132.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1360136.00/cwt136.00–136.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1395180.00/cwt180.00–180.007111
SteersMedium and Large 1280182.54/cwt180.00–185.005112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3111,091.23/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0014,3065
SteersMedium and Large 1420165.51/cwt165.00–166.006952
SteersMedium and Large 1308179.58/cwt175.00–187.005533
SteersMedium and Large 2390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006632
SteersMedium and Large 2230170.00/cwt170.00–170.003911
SteersMedium and Large 2295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
HeifersMedium and Large 1485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006691
HeifersMedium and Large 2405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 2545113.00/cwt113.00–113.006161
SteersMedium and Large 2495152.00/cwt152.00–152.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 1400137.50/cwt135.00–140.005502
HeifersMedium and Large 1668109.49/cwt106.00–113.007312
SteersMedium and Large 1515144.00/cwt144.00–144.007421
SteersMedium and Large 2525132.03/cwt131.00–133.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 2565108.00/cwt108.00–108.006101
SteersMedium and Large 1228180.00/cwt180.00–180.004102

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.