Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-03-30

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 30
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
67 vs last sale 119 19 vs year ago 71 · 26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
6 vs last sale 16 24 vs year ago 34 · 70.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
4 vs last sale 15 7 vs year ago 18 · 38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 2-4 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls were steady. A small offering of cattle today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.00/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$140.00
18 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.68
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582143.478358thin
Medium and Large 2542137.2374410thin
One grade step is worth $6.24/cwt here — about $91 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
140.00
MS average12 barns · 790 hd
153.68
−13.68
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
BullsLow1,69581.421,3802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16459.396915thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls1,69581.42/cwt80.00–83.001,3802
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16459.39/cwt55.00–63.006915
BullsMedium and Large 1475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006891
BullsMedium and Large 1520145.00/cwt145.00–145.007541
BullsMedium and Large 1590136.00/cwt136.00–136.008021
BullsMedium and Large 1630127.00/cwt127.00–127.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1270137.00/cwt137.00–137.003701
HeifersMedium and Large 1630116.00/cwt115.00–117.007312
SteersMedium and Large 1655138.00/cwt138.00–138.009041
HeifersMedium and Large 1420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005462
HeifersMedium and Large 1355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004791
SteersMedium and Large 1623135.96/cwt133.00–139.008472
HeifersMedium and Large 1570126.00/cwt126.00–126.007181
BullsMedium and Large 2583126.09/cwt122.00–130.007352
SteersMedium and Large 1465147.00/cwt147.00–147.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 2630108.00/cwt108.00–108.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1720121.00/cwt121.00–121.008711
SteersMedium and Large 1725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009791
HeifersMedium and Large 1485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
SteersMedium and Large 2523138.12/cwt133.00–143.007222
HeifersMedium and Large 1675118.03/cwt116.00–120.007972
HeifersMedium and Large 2360127.00/cwt127.00–127.004572
HeifersMedium and Large 1520130.96/cwt129.00–133.006812
SteersMedium and Large 1522151.94/cwt148.00–155.007933
BullsMedium and Large 2610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007141
SteersMedium and Large 2635127.05/cwt124.00–130.008072
SteersMedium and Large 2425142.00/cwt142.00–142.006041
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2051,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0016,8702
BullsMedium and Large 1665125.67/cwt125.00–127.008363
SteersMedium and Large 2568140.00/cwt140.00–140.007953
SteersMedium and Large 2488139.98/cwt137.00–143.006832

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.