Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-08-24

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
59 vs last sale 111 19 vs year ago 189 · 10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
1 vs last sale 8 13 vs year ago 22 · 59.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady, and slaughter cows and bulls were also. Sold split load of steers and heifers the steers averaged 577 lbs. @ $ 1.46 per lb. and heifers weighed 547 and brought $ 1.36 per lb. 90 total head in the load.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.41/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$132.41
66 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.19
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547136.0074443
Medium and Large 1500132.156616thin
Medium and Large 2448126.0056412thin
Medium and Large 3546117.196405thin
One grade step is worth $18.81/cwt here — about $104 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
132.41
MS average13 barns · 1,353 hd
132.60
−0.19
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
BullsAverage1,85592.001,7071thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28763.578185thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04350.505262thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1410134.00/cwt134.00–134.005491
HeifersMedium and Large 1590129.00/cwt129.00–129.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 2469122.00/cwt120.00–124.005725
HeifersMedium and Large 3525119.00/cwt119.00–119.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 2365136.00/cwt136.00–136.004961
HeifersMedium and Large 2535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
SteersMedium and Large 2322155.91/cwt153.00–160.005023
SteersMedium and Large 1475156.48/cwt155.00–158.007432
SteersMedium and Large 1585140.97/cwt139.00–143.008252
SteersMedium and Large 2395150.00/cwt150.00–150.005931
SteersMedium and Large 2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
SteersMedium and Large 2540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
SteersMedium and Large 2590132.00/cwt132.00–132.007791
SteersMedium and Large 1420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577146.00/cwt146.00–146.0084247
HeifersMedium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547136.00/cwt136.00–136.0074443
HeifersMedium and Large 2740112.00/cwt112.00–112.008291
HeifersMedium and Large 3578114.48/cwt114.00–115.006622
HeifersMedium and Large 2320135.00/cwt135.00–135.004323
SteersMedium and Large 1368176.33/cwt174.00–180.006493
HeifersMedium and Large 1378142.97/cwt142.00–144.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 1623121.98/cwt121.00–123.007602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2951,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0014,5692
Bulls1,85592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,7071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28763.57/cwt61.00–67.508185
CowsLean 85-90%1,08057.00/cwt57.00–57.006161
CowsLean 85-90%1,00544.00/cwt44.00–44.004421

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.