Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-04-06

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 6
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
0 vs last sale 52 15 vs year ago 37 · +40.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
3 vs last sale 10 3 vs year ago 4 · +75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
2 vs last sale 11 11 vs year ago 2 · +550.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves steers were 2-5 higher, heifers were steady and slaughter cows were steady no bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.07/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$158.07
20 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.40
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430158.7168216thin
Medium and Large 2353156.505522thin
Medium and Large 3380154.505872thin
One grade step is worth $4.21/cwt here — about $95 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 sale20 hd
158.07
MS average13 barns · 1,000 hd
155.67
+2.40
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41565.009201thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98746.124555thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41565.00/cwt65.00–65.009201
CowsLean 85-90%1,06056.00/cwt56.00–56.005942
CowsLean 85-90%93839.54/cwt35.00–43.003713
BullsMedium and Large 1430145.00/cwt145.00–145.006241
BullsMedium and Large 1560144.00/cwt144.00–144.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1635131.00/cwt131.00–131.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006281
SteersMedium and Large 1326169.13/cwt165.00–172.005515
HeifersMedium and Large 1425137.56/cwt135.00–142.005854
HeifersMedium and Large 1315134.67/cwt134.00–135.004243
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3651,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,6982
SteersMedium and Large 1635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 1370136.39/cwt135.00–139.005053
BullsMedium and Large 2485133.00/cwt133.00–133.006451
BullsMedium and Large 2558121.99/cwt120.00–124.006812
HeifersMedium and Large 2380131.00/cwt131.00–131.004981
SteersMedium and Large 1705124.00/cwt124.00–124.008741
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2851,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0014,7782
SteersMedium and Large 1478157.49/cwt155.00–160.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 2318130.00/cwt130.00–130.004132
SteersMedium and Large 1275180.00/cwt180.00–180.004951
SteersMedium and Large 2305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004881
SteersMedium and Large 1523153.39/cwt151.00–156.008022
HeifersMedium and Large 1505131.00/cwt131.00–131.006621
SteersMedium and Large 1408160.75/cwt155.00–164.006564
HeifersMedium and Large 1630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
SteersMedium and Large 2400153.00/cwt153.00–153.006121
SteersMedium and Large 3380154.50/cwt154.00–155.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 2580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 1860103.00/cwt103.00–103.008861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,223876.87/cwt850.00–910.0010,7242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2890850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,5651

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.