Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-07-13

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 13
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
28 vs last sale 150 74 vs year ago 104 · +71.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
2 vs last sale 17 5 vs year ago 24 · 20.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
4 vs last sale 17 35 vs year ago 48 · 72.9%
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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 also. Sold split load of steers and heifers 50,000 plus lbs. Steers average weight was 641 lbs @ $ 1.4150 and heifers 635 lbs @ $ 1.3150

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.70/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$141.70
72 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$258
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$3.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.58
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3378144.495462thin
Medium and Large 1-2641142.0091039
Medium and Large 2474141.3766914thin
Medium and Large 1571140.9580417thin
One grade step is worth $3.54/cwt here — about −$258 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 sale72 hd
141.70
MS average11 barns · 996 hd
150.28
−8.58
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,87489.171,6715thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25367.408453thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94840.983888thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2413127.52/cwt127.00–128.005272
SteersMedium and Large 2335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005191
SteersMedium and Large 2375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005932
BullsMedium and Large 1425133.01/cwt132.00–134.005653
BullsMedium and Large 1710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
SteersMedium and Large 2466141.27/cwt138.00–144.006584
SteersMedium and Large 2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006022
BullsMedium and Large 2578124.00/cwt124.00–124.007172
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,5351,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0018,4202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2890700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,2301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2501,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0014,6882
Bulls2,12093.66/cwt90.00–98.001,9862
Bulls1,71086.18/cwt84.00–88.001,4743
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25367.40/cwt66.00–70.008453
CowsLean 85-90%89544.77/cwt43.00–47.004012
CowsLean 85-90%90633.24/cwt30.00–36.003014
CowsLean 85-90%1,08352.66/cwt50.00–55.005702
SteersMedium and Large 1905120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0861
HeifersMedium and Large 1477131.35/cwt130.00–133.006273
SteersMedium and Large 1415148.37/cwt145.00–152.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 1530132.96/cwt131.00–135.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635132.00/cwt132.00–132.0083839
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641142.00/cwt142.00–142.0091039
SteersMedium and Large 1630137.50/cwt136.00–139.008662
SteersMedium and Large 1720128.00/cwt128.00–128.009221
SteersMedium and Large 1785132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0361
SteersMedium and Large 2580131.53/cwt127.00–135.007634
HeifersMedium and Large 2775112.00/cwt112.00–112.008681
HeifersMedium and Large 2370125.51/cwt125.00–126.004642
BullsMedium and Large 1672115.66/cwt113.00–118.007773
BullsMedium and Large 1523129.50/cwt129.00–130.006774
HeifersMedium and Large 1620122.50/cwt122.00–123.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 2725113.97/cwt112.00–116.008262
HeifersMedium and Large 2535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 2645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007421
SteersMedium and Large 1835129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0771
SteersMedium and Large 1325174.00/cwt174.00–174.005661
SteersMedium and Large 1480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 2593122.99/cwt120.00–126.007292
SteersMedium and Large 2500137.00/cwt137.00–137.006851
SteersMedium and Large 3378144.49/cwt144.00–145.005462
SteersMedium and Large 1524141.34/cwt140.00–143.007416
HeifersMedium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 1880103.00/cwt103.00–103.009061

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.