Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-08-17

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 148▼ 152 vs year ago 263 · −57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 7▲ 1 vs year ago 7 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 3-5 lower, slaughter cows and bulls were steady with just a small offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.02/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$117.02
30 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.37
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2548118.5364922
Medium and Large 3518112.875848thin
One grade step is worth $5.66/cwt here — about $65 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 sale30 hd
117.02
—
MS average13 barns · 1,182 hd
129.39
−12.37
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—Average1,53588.251,3552thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14560.736954thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,46083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2121
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14560.73/cwt58.00–63.006954
Bulls——1,61093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,5051
BullsMedium and Large 1—610112.95/cwt110.00–116.006892
SteersMedium and Large 1—625133.49/cwt132.00–135.008344
SteersMedium and Large 1—413154.70/cwt145.00–165.006392
BullsMedium and Large 2—490122.00/cwt122.00–122.005981
SteersMedium and Large 2—455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
BullsMedium and Large 2—765107.00/cwt107.00–107.008191
SteersMedium and Large 2—700116.00/cwt116.00–116.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1—528137.35/cwt135.00–140.007253
SteersMedium and Large 1—375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1—460148.00/cwt148.00–148.006811
SteersMedium and Large 2—445133.00/cwt133.00–133.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470121.33/cwt120.00–123.005703
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613115.28/cwt113.00–118.007073
BullsMedium and Large 2—515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006182
BullsMedium and Large 2—580118.49/cwt112.00–122.006874
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569118.50/cwt117.00–120.006744
HeifersMedium and Large 2—835102.00/cwt102.00–102.008521
HeifersMedium and Large 3—610102.00/cwt102.00–102.006221
BullsMedium and Large 3—520111.46/cwt110.00–113.005802
SteersMedium and Large 2—695122.50/cwt120.00–125.008512
SteersMedium and Large 2—534126.27/cwt124.00–130.006744
SteersMedium and Large 2—350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675105.97/cwt104.00–108.007152
HeifersMedium and Large 3—573107.99/cwt107.00–109.006192
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325124.00/cwt122.00–126.004032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—657115.67/cwt115.00–117.007603
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425120.95/cwt117.00–127.005145
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532123.34/cwt122.00–124.006563
SteersMedium and Large 3—390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
SteersMedium and Large 3—483122.38/cwt118.00–127.005912
BullsMedium and Large 2—740103.00/cwt103.00–103.007621
SteersMedium and Large 2—320152.00/cwt152.00–152.004861
SteersMedium and Large 1—590139.00/cwt138.00–140.008202
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811

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.