Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder steers were 2-4 higher, heifers were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady with just a small offering. Sold mixed load of steers and heifers, steers weighed 689lbs. @ $ 1.4025 and heifers 646 lbs. @ $ 1.3025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.75/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$142.75

63 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$446

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1-2

$14.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.60

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	340	155.00	527	1thin
Medium and Large 2	456	145.67	664	9thin
Medium and Large 1	573	143.97	825	24
Medium and Large 1-2	693	140.41	973	29

One grade step is worth $14.59/cwt here — about −$446 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 sale63 hd

142.75

—

MS average13 barns · 1,182 hd

149.35

−6.60

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,611	87.07	1,403	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,035	61.00	631	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,103	48.32	533	4thin

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,963	94.68/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,859	2
Bulls	—	—	1,377	82.00/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,129	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	41.07/cwt	36.00–45.00	430	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	55.56/cwt	55.00–56.00	643	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	147.27/cwt	146.00–149.00	610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	148.50/cwt	145.00–152.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	139.01/cwt	137.00–141.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,181	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	148.65/cwt	145.00–151.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	146.39/cwt	142.00–151.00	839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	162.92/cwt	161.00–165.00	526	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	840	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	965	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	137.65/cwt	133.00–141.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	130.71/cwt	127.00–136.00	631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	134.72/cwt	129.00–139.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	129.02/cwt	128.00–130.00	397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	777.36/cwt	700.00–850.00	8,629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	605	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Tue Jul 20, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 178Year ago 286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 19Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 13Year ago 24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,963	93.00–96.00	94.68
3	—	1,377	80.00–83.00	82.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	36.00–45.00	41.07
2	—	1,158	55.00–56.00	55.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	61.00	61.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	125.00	125.00
1	—	625	128.00	128.00
1	—	655	124.00	124.00
2	—	423	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	127.00	127.00
4	—	414	146.00–149.00	147.27
2	—	480	145.00–152.00	148.50
1	—	610	148.00	148.00
1	—	655	146.00	146.00
1	—	240	176.00	176.00
1	—	285	170.00	170.00
1	—	845	120.00	120.00
1	—	960	123.00	123.00
2	—	865	115.00–120.00	117.49
3	—	527	145.00–151.00	148.65
6	—	573	142.00–151.00	146.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	137.00–141.00	139.01
1	—	365	163.00	163.00
2	—	323	161.00–165.00	162.92
3	—	575	129.00–139.00	134.72
1	—	510	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	144.00	144.00
26	—	689	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
6	—	483	127.00–136.00	130.71
3	—	428	130.00–132.00	131.00
2	—	308	128.00–130.00	129.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	646	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	133.00–141.00	137.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	124.00	124.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,110	700.00–850.00	777.36

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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