Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-06-15

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 78▼ 95 vs year ago 172 · −55.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 19▼ 47 vs year ago 69 · −68.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 22▼ 114 vs year ago 139 · −82.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market, feeder calves were 3-5 higher and slaughter cows and bulls were 2-4 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.25/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$125.25
23 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.51
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464132.366149thin
Medium and Large 2518120.6862514thin
One grade step is worth $11.67/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale23 hd
125.25
—
MS average13 barns · 993 hd
129.76
−4.51
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—Average1,69099.481,6813thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20569.578386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38861.438532thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05756.4759710

Every lot, as filed

41 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——1,69099.48/cwt96.00–102.001,6813
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20569.57/cwt65.00–73.008386
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38861.43/cwt60.00–63.008532
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04560.37/cwt56.00–63.006317
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11850.54/cwt49.00–52.005652
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01541.00/cwt41.00–41.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420130.51/cwt130.00–131.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471132.05/cwt130.00–136.006224
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,5601,331.73/cwt1,250.00–1,400.0020,7754
SteersMedium and Large 1—340160.00/cwt160.00–160.005441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380137.00/cwt137.00–137.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510133.00/cwt133.00–133.006781
BullsMedium and Large 1—485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
SteersMedium and Large 1—600144.00/cwt144.00–144.008641
BullsMedium and Large 1—563134.99/cwt131.00–139.007604
BullsMedium and Large 2—430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005591
BullsMedium and Large 1—619127.21/cwt124.00–132.007874
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425125.02/cwt124.00–127.005313
SteersMedium and Large 1—575147.00/cwt147.00–147.008451
BullsMedium and Large 2—483131.61/cwt127.00–134.006363
SteersMedium and Large 1—516144.03/cwt138.00–148.007434
SteersMedium and Large 2—523130.61/cwt127.00–136.006833
SteersMedium and Large 1—411151.50/cwt150.00–155.006234
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007391
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568120.95/cwt117.00–125.006874
SteersMedium and Large 1—665137.00/cwt137.00–137.009111
SteersMedium and Large 2—688127.99/cwt125.00–131.008812
BullsMedium and Large 2—640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665102.00/cwt102.00–102.006781
SteersMedium and Large 3—350142.00/cwt142.00–142.004971
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529119.34/cwt117.00–126.006315
SteersMedium and Large 2—400132.00/cwt132.00–132.005281
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,1831,373.15/cwt1,250.00–1,500.0016,2444
SteersMedium and Large 2—465138.50/cwt137.00–140.006442
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—825700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,7751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,3751,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0014,7811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,240875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,8501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,100875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,6251
BullsMedium and Large 1—517133.62/cwt131.00–137.006913
SteersMedium and Large 2—565127.00/cwt127.00–127.007181

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.