Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-05-18

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 124▲ 77 vs year ago 112 · +68.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 39▲ 0 vs year ago 9 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 185▲ 16 vs year ago 30 · +53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves steady and slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 2-3 higher. Sold some nice Brangus open heifers 7-820 lbs. $785.00-1050.00. Also sold split load steers and heifers 32 steers average wt. 917lbs @ $1.18 per lb. And 21 heifers average wt. 938 lbs. @ $ 1.12 per lb.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.11/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$126.11
87 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$295
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.15
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2502128.5764521
Medium and Large 1750125.3294066
One grade step is worth $3.25/cwt here — about −$295 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 sale87 hd
126.11
—
MS average13 barns · 1,189 hd
133.26
−7.15
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—Average1,72590.911,5683thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17565.267673thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97939.903903thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bulls——1,82097.36/cwt95.00–100.001,7722
Bulls——1,53578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1971
CowsLean 85-90%—95337.35/cwt36.50–38.003562
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03045.00/cwt45.00–45.004641
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17565.26/cwt60.00–70.007673
BullsMedium and Large 1—440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
SteersMedium and Large 1—917118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,08232
SteersMedium and Large 1—513138.06/cwt132.00–141.0070812
SteersMedium and Large 1—435137.02/cwt135.00–138.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 1—543123.07/cwt122.00–130.006687
SteersMedium and Large 1—569137.98/cwt136.00–139.007854
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,095900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,8554
SteersMedium and Large 1—785122.00/cwt122.00–122.009581
BullsMedium and Large 2—588118.50/cwt118.00–119.006972
SteersMedium and Large 1—473139.44/cwt138.00–141.006602
BullsMedium and Large 2—512121.34/cwt120.00–124.006213
SteersMedium and Large 1—617129.99/cwt125.00–135.008023
BullsMedium and Large 1—450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 1—650112.00/cwt112.00–112.007281
HeifersMedium and Large 2—540116.00/cwt116.00–116.006261
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483128.01/cwt127.00–129.006182
SteersMedium and Large 2—378136.66/cwt135.00–138.005176
SteersMedium and Large 1—718121.99/cwt120.00–124.008762
SteersMedium and Large 1—835118.00/cwt118.00–118.009851
BullsMedium and Large 2—435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
SteersMedium and Large 2—413133.03/cwt132.00–134.005492
BullsMedium and Large 2—485122.04/cwt120.00–126.005923
SteersMedium and Large 2—676119.16/cwt117.00–122.008066
SteersMedium and Large 2—585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
SteersMedium and Large 1—868114.96/cwt112.00–118.009983
SteersMedium and Large 2—705119.00/cwt119.00–119.008391
HeifersMedium and Large 1—400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
SteersMedium and Large 2—340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004592
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365120.95/cwt119.00–123.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565113.00/cwt113.00–113.006382
SteersMedium and Large 1—658126.01/cwt124.00–127.008293
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423118.82/cwt115.00–120.005034
SteersMedium and Large 2—520126.00/cwt126.00–126.006551
SteersMedium and Large 2—450132.00/cwt132.00–132.005942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2501,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0018,1251
BullsMedium and Large 1—525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007091
BullsMedium and Large 1—770111.00/cwt111.00–111.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 1—938112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,05121

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.