Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-05-04

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 95▼ 51 vs year ago 85 · −60.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 21▲ 5 vs year ago 15 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 102▼ 52 vs year ago 89 · −58.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, to few calves to get trends. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.51/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$122.51
12 head · 651 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$308
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$22.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.21
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3370140.005181thin
Medium and Large 1634126.508024thin
Medium and Large 2702117.738267thin
One grade step is worth $22.27/cwt here — about −$308 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
122.51
—
MS average13 barns · 1,170 hd
132.72
−10.21
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
Bulls—Average1,57385.001,3372thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25260.8976210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,86055.001,0231thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99447.704744thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00342.24/cwt42.00–42.504242
CowsLean 85-90%—98553.15/cwt50.00–56.005242
Bulls——1,73090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5571
Bulls——1,41580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1321
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25260.89/cwt58.00–65.0076210
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,86055.00/cwt55.00–55.001,0231
SteersMedium and Large 1—580132.00/cwt132.00–132.007661
SteersMedium and Large 1—635127.00/cwt127.00–127.008061
SteersMedium and Large 1—815117.00/cwt117.00–117.009541
SteersMedium and Large 3—370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005181
BullsMedium and Large 2—568112.00/cwt112.00–112.006362
SteersMedium and Large 2—735114.04/cwt111.00–117.008382
SteersMedium and Large 2—555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
SteersMedium and Large 2—680119.01/cwt117.00–121.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613114.50/cwt114.00–115.007022
BullsMedium and Large 2—520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
SteersMedium and Large 1—505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,2131,110.57/cwt1,075.00–1,150.0013,4714
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,3101,085.38/cwt1,000.00–1,125.0014,21810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,145825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,4461
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,010840.01/cwt800.00–875.008,4844
SteersMedium and Large 2—763119.02/cwt118.00–120.009082
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565116.65/cwt115.00–119.006593

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.