Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-03-02

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 2
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
27 vs last sale 57 3 vs year ago 33 · 9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
7 vs last sale 24 23 vs year ago 8 · +287.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
7 vs last sale 10 4 vs year ago 21 · 19.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady. And slaughter cows were 3-5 higher and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.80/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$161.80
12 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.58
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2373164.286133thin
Medium and Large 1441162.357178thin
Medium and Large 3360150.005401thin
One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about $73 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 sale12 hd
161.80
MS average13 barns · 853 hd
147.22
+14.58
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
BullsAverage1,91581.001,5511thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35162.0483815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60858.979482thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06641.7644510

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls1,91581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,5511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36070.00/cwt70.00–70.009521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35061.47/cwt58.50–65.0083014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60858.97/cwt58.00–60.009482
CowsLean 85-90%1,12850.60/cwt45.00–55.005714
CowsLean 85-90%1,05339.28/cwt35.00–44.004144
SteersMedium and Large 1333170.00/cwt170.00–170.005662
BullsMedium and Large 1565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 2410128.00/cwt128.00–128.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 2475128.00/cwt128.00–128.006081
SteersMedium and Large 1370180.00/cwt180.00–180.006661
SteersMedium and Large 3360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1655136.00/cwt136.00–136.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 1530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
SteersMedium and Large 1410167.41/cwt160.00–175.006862
CowsLean 85-90%96829.05/cwt28.00–30.002812
SteersMedium and Large 1455164.00/cwt164.00–164.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 1433133.33/cwt132.00–135.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 1330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1478130.49/cwt129.00–132.006242
SteersMedium and Large 1565144.00/cwt144.00–144.008141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,154834.94/cwt750.00–900.009,6355
SteersMedium and Large 2373164.28/cwt162.00–167.006133

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.