Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-09-14

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
230 head
110 vs last sale 340 1 vs year ago 229 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
2 vs last sale 20 7 vs year ago 15 · +46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
26 vs last sale 41 3 vs year ago 18 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last Weeks Sale Slaughter cattle and Bulls down 2-5 Lower. Steers and Heifers Down 2-5 Lower.

A Split Load of Heifers and Steers were sold today. Steers Avg Weight 568 x 49 Head @ $ 1.42. Heifers Avg Weight 552 x 44 Head @ $ 1.32.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.70/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$138.70
81 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$330
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.77
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557139.2377676
Medium and Large 1-2341130.604455thin
One grade step is worth $8.63/cwt here — about $330 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 sale81 hd
138.70
MS average13 barns · 1,039 hd
145.47
−6.77
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
BullsHigh1,34881.531,0994thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16559.4369213

Every lot, as filed

31 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
BullsMedium and Large 1405147.00/cwt147.00–147.005951
BullsMedium and Large 1540122.00/cwt122.00–122.006591
BullsMedium and Large 171599.00/cwt99.00–99.007081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468101.54/cwt100.00–103.004752
HeifersMedium and Large 1320132.00/cwt132.00–132.004221
SteersMedium and Large 1527136.31/cwt132.00–140.007183
SteersMedium and Large 1620125.56/cwt120.00–133.007785
SteersMedium and Large 1405149.88/cwt140.00–160.006072
SteersMedium and Large 1355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005151
SteersMedium and Large 1668123.78/cwt121.00–127.008275
HeifersMedium and Large 1554131.22/cwt115.00–132.0072747
HeifersMedium and Large 1685105.00/cwt105.00–105.007191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585123.00/cwt123.00–123.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1479139.50/cwt112.00–168.006687
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280132.50/cwt130.00–140.003714
SteersMedium and Large 1315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 1468112.97/cwt111.00–115.005292
HeifersMedium and Large 1378122.60/cwt115.00–133.004635
SteersMedium and Large 1567141.44/cwt130.00–142.0080252
HeifersMedium and Large 1523114.51/cwt114.00–115.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1427115.64/cwt112.00–121.004945
HeifersMedium and Large 1640112.00/cwt112.00–112.007171
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0251,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,5312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,115750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,3631
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,060925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,8052
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,170850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9451
Bulls1,38089.76/cwt87.00–91.001,2392
Bulls1,31573.29/cwt72.00–75.009642
CowsBoner 80-85%82068.00/cwt68.00–68.005581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17653.90/cwt53.00–55.006344
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20361.12/cwt58.00–63.007358

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.