Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 2-7 higher, and slaughter cows were 2-5 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.50/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$132.50

46 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$1.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.58

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	603	132.78	801	36
Medium and Large 2	527	131.52	693	10thin

One grade step is worth $1.26/cwt here — about $108 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 sale46 hd

132.50

—

MS average13 barns · 740 hd

137.08

−4.58

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,262	62.80	793	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	59.50	884	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	50.07	512	22

Every lot, as filed

44 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	126.22/cwt	123.00–127.00	650	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	123.35/cwt	120.00–127.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,135	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	138.75/cwt	137.00–140.00	601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	121.77/cwt	120.00–124.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	122.77/cwt	120.00–126.00	575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	798	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	127.19/cwt	125.00–130.00	811	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,720	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,198	1,025.47/cwt	950.00–1,100.00	12,285	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	124.98/cwt	124.00–126.00	787	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	54.85/cwt	50.00–59.00	579	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	884	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,011	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	62.06/cwt	60.00–67.00	770	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	39.82/cwt	34.00–44.00	378	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	118.27/cwt	112.00–119.00	717	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	110.35/cwt	109.00–112.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	125.48/cwt	122.00–129.00	860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	132.35/cwt	128.00–136.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	121.99/cwt	121.00–123.00	433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,384	1,534.30/cwt	1,100.00–1,900.00	21,235	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	718	108.53/cwt	107.00–110.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	841	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,464	1,432.17/cwt	1,200.00–1,600.00	20,967	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	118.03/cwt	117.00–119.00	549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,340	961.80/cwt	925.00–1,000.00	12,888	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,153	972.56/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	11,214	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Tue May 11, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 34Year ago 160

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 20Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 185Last week 37Year ago 12

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 2-7 higher, and slaughter cows were 2-5 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
1	—	640	106.00	106.00
2	—	718	107.00–110.00	108.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	124.00–126.00	124.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	515	123.00–127.00	126.22
2	—	418	120.00–127.00	123.35
1	—	735	119.00	119.00
3	—	468	120.00–126.00	122.77
10	—	606	112.00–119.00	118.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	136.00	136.00
3	—	560	109.00–112.00	110.35
1	—	440	118.00	118.00
1	—	545	116.00	116.00
2	—	355	121.00–123.00	121.99
2	—	465	117.00–119.00	118.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	137.00–140.00	138.75
1	—	230	183.00	183.00
2	—	515	140.00	140.00
4	—	728	120.00–124.00	121.77
1	—	910	112.00	112.00
14	—	587	136.00	136.00
5	—	638	125.00–130.00	127.19
4	—	685	122.00–129.00	125.48
1	—	755	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	160.00	160.00
2	—	773	110.00–115.00	112.56
3	—	457	128.00–136.00	132.35
1	—	270	165.00	165.00
2	—	725	115.00–117.00	116.00
1	—	415	136.00	136.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,198	950.00–1,100.00	1,025.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,340	925.00–1,000.00	961.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,153	950.00–1,000.00	972.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,384	1,100.00–1,900.00	1,534.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,464	1,200.00–1,600.00	1,432.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,056	50.00–59.00	54.85
7	—	950	34.00–44.00	39.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	59.50	59.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	69.50	69.50
9	—	1,241	60.00–67.00	62.06

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle