Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-07-27

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 27
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
31 vs last sale 139 5 vs year ago 175 · 2.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
8 vs last sale 10 12 vs year ago 14 · 85.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
7 vs last sale 6 2 vs year ago 15 · 13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady to 2-3 higher. No slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Sold mixed load of feeder calves the steers average weight was 685 lbs. @ $1.45 per lb. and heifers 632 lbs. @ $ 1.35 per lb.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.30/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$145.30
66 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.38
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539147.3579425
Medium and Large 1-2685145.0099336
Medium and Large 2559137.207675thin
One grade step is worth $10.15/cwt here — about $27 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 sale66 hd
145.30
MS average13 barns · 1,256 hd
151.68
−6.38
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
BullsAverage1,82892.001,6822thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls1,82892.00/cwt92.00–92.001,6822
BullsMedium and Large 1410134.00/cwt134.00–134.005491
BullsMedium and Large 1555133.00/cwt133.00–133.007381
BullsMedium and Large 1665119.02/cwt117.00–121.007912
BullsMedium and Large 1820105.49/cwt105.00–106.008652
BullsMedium and Large 1517129.68/cwt128.00–131.006703
BullsMedium and Large 1473134.24/cwt130.00–136.006354
SteersMedium and Large 1573144.14/cwt142.00–146.008267
HeifersMedium and Large 1577133.49/cwt131.00–135.007706
HeifersMedium and Large 2615114.00/cwt114.00–114.007011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2701,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0015,5582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2915650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,9481
HeifersMedium and Large 1735117.00/cwt117.00–117.008601
SteersMedium and Large 2525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2940700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,5801
HeifersMedium and Large 1520138.00/cwt138.00–138.007182
SteersMedium and Large 1265168.00/cwt168.00–168.004451
HeifersMedium and Large 1481137.27/cwt135.00–139.006604
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2632135.00/cwt135.00–135.0085342
HeifersMedium and Large 3520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005981
SteersMedium and Large 1475147.48/cwt147.00–148.007012
HeifersMedium and Large 1365144.00/cwt144.00–144.005261
HeifersMedium and Large 1605127.00/cwt127.00–127.007681
SteersMedium and Large 1606143.00/cwt141.00–145.008677
BullsMedium and Large 2635111.01/cwt110.00–112.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 3570118.00/cwt118.00–118.006731
SteersMedium and Large 1655140.00/cwt140.00–140.009171
SteersMedium and Large 1300167.50/cwt165.00–170.005032
SteersMedium and Large 1427151.96/cwt150.00–154.006493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685145.00/cwt145.00–145.0099336
SteersMedium and Large 1730140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0222
SteersMedium and Large 2580141.00/cwt141.00–141.008182
BullsMedium and Large 2780111.49/cwt111.00–112.008702
HeifersMedium and Large 2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 2385128.00/cwt128.00–128.004931
SteersMedium and Large 2740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
BullsMedium and Large 2585112.00/cwt112.00–112.006551
BullsMedium and Large 2740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
SteersMedium and Large 2370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005551
BullsMedium and Large 2535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006151

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.