Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-09-07

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 7
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
170 vs last sale 170 105 vs year ago 235 · +44.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
11 vs last sale 9 2 vs year ago 18 · +11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
33 vs last sale 8 30 vs year ago 11 · +272.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 2-4 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady. Sold load of steers average weight 653 lbs. @ $1.45, 71 Head. Load of the heifer mates 655 lb. average @ $ 1.35, 71 head. Sold split load steers & heifers 628lb average on steers @$1.50 and 661 lb on heifers @$1.40.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.81/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$145.81
182 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$891
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.11
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2640147.46944128
Medium and Large 1574144.0082731
Medium and Large 2496142.5770715thin
Medium and Large 3501132.536638thin
One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about $281 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 sale182 hd
145.81
MS average13 barns · 1,195 hd
148.92
−3.11
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
BullsLow1,77284.451,4977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14060.656914thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07546.665018thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
SteersMedium and Large 1517144.00/cwt143.00–145.007448
SteersMedium and Large 1480152.34/cwt148.00–159.007313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628150.00/cwt150.00–150.0094256
SteersMedium and Large 3585124.27/cwt120.00–127.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 1524134.57/cwt132.00–137.007055
SteersMedium and Large 1735131.00/cwt131.00–131.009631
SteersMedium and Large 2428142.21/cwt137.00–146.006093
SteersMedium and Large 2325156.02/cwt155.00–157.005072
SteersMedium and Large 3335147.06/cwt145.00–149.004932
SteersMedium and Large 1550146.00/cwt146.00–146.008039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
SteersMedium and Large 2563139.50/cwt139.00–140.007852
SteersMedium and Large 2790123.00/cwt123.00–123.009721
SteersMedium and Large 3500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1910117.50/cwt115.00–120.001,0692
SteersMedium and Large 1875123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0761
SteersMedium and Large 3495139.00/cwt139.00–139.006881
SteersMedium and Large 1390175.00/cwt175.00–175.006831
SteersMedium and Large 1310174.00/cwt174.00–174.005391
SteersMedium and Large 2530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653145.00/cwt145.00–145.0094771
SteersMedium and Large 1680137.00/cwt137.00–137.009321
SteersMedium and Large 2390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 2775112.00/cwt112.00–112.008681
HeifersMedium and Large 2393131.99/cwt131.00–133.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 2670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007841
HeifersMedium and Large 2458127.03/cwt125.00–129.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 2418127.51/cwt127.00–128.005332
HeifersMedium and Large 1430134.00/cwt134.00–134.005761
CowsLean 85-90%1,07551.23/cwt50.00–54.005516
CowsLean 85-90%1,07332.95/cwt30.00–37.003542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14060.65/cwt57.00–65.506914
Bulls1,56876.04/cwt72.00–78.001,1923
Bulls1,97886.03/cwt85.00–87.001,7022
Bulls2,265100.00/cwt100.00–100.002,2651
Bulls1,48091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3471
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,085850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,2231
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,020800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,1601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2851,156.23/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0014,8582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2870850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,3951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1201,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,5601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1401,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0015,9602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4451,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0019,5082
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5481,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0025,9294
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5601,552.56/cwt1,500.00–1,600.0024,2204
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1201,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0015,6802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3351,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,0202
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4351,575.00/cwt1,575.00–1,575.0022,6012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2951,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0018,1302
SteersMedium and Large 1608144.48/cwt143.00–146.008782
SteersMedium and Large 1820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 1451130.00/cwt130.00–130.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2656136.06/cwt135.00–140.0089390
HeifersMedium and Large 2718107.02/cwt105.00–109.007682
HeifersMedium and Large 1365144.00/cwt144.00–144.005261
SteersMedium and Large 2482145.00/cwt142.00–147.006993
SteersMedium and Large 2610131.46/cwt129.00–134.008022
HeifersMedium and Large 1550129.00/cwt129.00–129.007101
SteersMedium and Large 1425153.00/cwt153.00–153.006501

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.