Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-06-08

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 8
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
56 vs last sale 134 30 vs year ago 108 · 27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
9 vs last sale 10 2 vs year ago 21 · 9.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
10 vs last sale 32 16 vs year ago 38 · 42.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves steers were steady, heifers 3-5 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Small offering of cattle due to all the rain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.44/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$128.44
27 head · 727 lb average
Value per head Derived
$934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$335
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.06
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1765128.6598423
Medium and Large 2510127.256494thin
One grade step is worth $1.40/cwt here — about $335 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 sale27 hd
128.44
MS average13 barns · 1,353 hd
135.50
−7.06
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
BullsAverage1,39085.391,1873thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19366.017875thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00746.0246310

Every lot, as filed

28 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%1,09552.29/cwt38.00–60.005735
CowsLean 85-90%91839.75/cwt37.00–45.003655
Bulls1,40091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2741
Bulls1,38582.59/cwt80.00–85.001,1442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19366.01/cwt62.00–70.007875
BullsMedium and Large 1640111.00/cwt111.00–111.007101
SteersMedium and Large 1405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 3475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005462
BullsMedium and Large 2585116.00/cwt116.00–116.006791
BullsMedium and Large 2463129.00/cwt129.00–129.005972
BullsMedium and Large 1418138.06/cwt136.00–140.005772
BullsMedium and Large 1475131.97/cwt130.00–136.006274
SteersMedium and Large 2525128.49/cwt128.00–129.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 2370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004811
HeifersMedium and Large 1419144.28/cwt141.00–146.006054
SteersMedium and Large 1463132.95/cwt131.00–135.006162
SteersMedium and Large 1846128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,08314
SteersMedium and Large 1745128.00/cwt128.00–128.009545
SteersMedium and Large 1695131.00/cwt131.00–131.009101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,5951,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0018,3432
HeifersMedium and Large 2575123.00/cwt123.00–123.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 3585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,233811.31/cwt800.00–825.0010,0032
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,9151,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0027,7682
HeifersMedium and Large 2415129.54/cwt128.00–131.005382
SteersMedium and Large 2550127.00/cwt127.00–127.006991
SteersMedium and Large 2440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 3430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005161

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.