Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-06-29

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 29
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
19 vs last sale 131 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
34 vs last sale 51 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
1 vs last sale 18 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady as well. No sales next week for Independence day. We sold a split load of steers and heifers, steers average weight was 682 lbs. @ $1.4025 and heifers 633 lbs. @ $1.3025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.56/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$140.56
60 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.28
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516146.6175711thin
Medium and Large 1-2682140.0095540
Medium and Large 2483136.396598thin
Medium and Large 3465130.006051thin
One grade step is worth $16.61/cwt here — about $152 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 sale60 hd
140.56
MS average12 barns · 1,135 hd
145.84
−5.28
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
BullsAverage1,98094.001,8611thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25665.698254thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92049.554568thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Bulls1,98094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,8611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25665.69/cwt63.00–70.008254
CowsLean 85-90%99360.45/cwt59.00–62.506003
CowsLean 85-90%93353.57/cwt53.00–54.005002
CowsLean 85-90%83735.98/cwt34.00–37.003013
BullsMedium and Large 1488132.01/cwt130.00–134.006442
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,4651,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0017,5802
SteersMedium and Large 1528145.30/cwt140.00–149.007673
HeifersMedium and Large 1610131.00/cwt126.00–136.007992
SteersMedium and Large 1490145.99/cwt145.00–147.007152
BullsMedium and Large 1710119.01/cwt117.00–121.008452
BullsMedium and Large 1820106.37/cwt101.00–112.008722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682140.00/cwt140.00–140.0095540
BullsMedium and Large 2435129.00/cwt129.00–129.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 1520139.62/cwt138.00–142.007263
SteersMedium and Large 1345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005521
SteersMedium and Large 1425154.00/cwt154.00–154.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1570139.02/cwt136.00–141.007923
SteersMedium and Large 2435138.99/cwt138.00–140.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 2650123.00/cwt123.00–123.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1510134.00/cwt133.00–135.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 1430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006021
HeifersMedium and Large 1480141.00/cwt141.00–141.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 2700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008401
SteersMedium and Large 3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 3655109.00/cwt109.00–109.007141
BullsMedium and Large 1688121.52/cwt120.00–123.008362
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2301,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,3752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2858785.13/cwt725.00–850.006,7362
SteersMedium and Large 2500128.00/cwt128.00–128.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 2465134.00/cwt134.00–134.006231
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0851,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,5632
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0851,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0012,2612
SteersMedium and Large 2565131.00/cwt131.00–131.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 2335132.00/cwt132.00–132.004421
BullsMedium and Large 2588126.49/cwt126.00–127.007442
SteersMedium and Large 1578144.27/cwt140.00–149.008343
HeifersMedium and Large 3575111.00/cwt111.00–111.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 3415122.00/cwt122.00–122.005061
SteersMedium and Large 2665129.00/cwt129.00–129.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 2410132.51/cwt132.00–133.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2530127.00/cwt127.00–127.006731
SteersMedium and Large 1610138.00/cwt138.00–138.008421
SteersMedium and Large 2320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004801
SteersMedium and Large 2473137.56/cwt136.00–139.006512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2633130.00/cwt130.00–130.0082339

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.