Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-09-21

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 230▼ 31 vs year ago 200 · −15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 22▼ 8 vs year ago 35 · −22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 15▼ 14 vs year ago 67 · −20.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.66/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$136.66
51 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.33
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513142.9873319thin
Medium and Large 3395133.0952611thin
Medium and Large 2491132.8165221
One grade step is worth $10.17/cwt here — about $82 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 sale51 hd
136.66
—
MS average13 barns · 1,055 hd
145.99
−9.33
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—Average1,60587.001,3961thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18859.067028thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08747.7651914

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1—423136.08/cwt130.00–140.005763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565116.00/cwt116.00–116.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530119.42/cwt115.00–124.006332
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380136.64/cwt133.00–140.005192
SteersMedium and Large 3—366140.00/cwt140.00–140.005124
SteersMedium and Large 3—428125.31/cwt124.00–127.005363
SteersMedium and Large 3—470127.49/cwt127.00–128.005992
SteersMedium and Large 1—528130.93/cwt128.00–134.006912
SteersMedium and Large 1—355170.00/cwt170.00–170.006041
SteersMedium and Large 1—474151.01/cwt148.00–157.007166
SteersMedium and Large 1—670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
SteersMedium and Large 3—328136.56/cwt135.00–138.004482
SteersMedium and Large 2—472134.35/cwt127.00–140.006349
SteersMedium and Large 2—603123.50/cwt123.00–124.007452
SteersMedium and Large 2—345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
SteersMedium and Large 2—418138.58/cwt136.00–140.005793
SteersMedium and Large 2—570125.04/cwt124.00–126.007132
SteersMedium and Large 2—535121.98/cwt120.00–124.006532
SteersMedium and Large 2—370158.00/cwt158.00–158.005851
SteersMedium and Large 1—415151.21/cwt148.00–158.006283
SteersMedium and Large 2—675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007761
BullsMedium and Large 2—560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
BullsMedium and Large 2—470122.75/cwt119.00–125.005774
BullsMedium and Large 2—505117.00/cwt117.00–117.005911
BullsMedium and Large 1—705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
BullsMedium and Large 1—535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
BullsMedium and Large 1—420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
CowsLean 85-90%—91533.00/cwt33.00–33.003021
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06044.06/cwt43.00–45.004675
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12551.91/cwt48.00–55.005848
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18859.06/cwt56.00–64.007028
Bulls——1,60587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,3961
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,060865.45/cwt800.00–925.009,1742
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,358947.51/cwt800.00–1,100.0012,8672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,7701,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0022,5682
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,1751,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,9252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,027983.24/cwt925.00–1,075.0010,0986
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,6501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0019,8002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2001,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,2002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,7451,385.00/cwt1,385.00–1,385.0024,1682
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421117.51/cwt110.00–124.004957
HeifersMedium and Large 2—658107.51/cwt107.00–108.007072
HeifersMedium and Large 3—573104.00/cwt103.00–105.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007131
BullsMedium and Large 2—440122.00/cwt122.00–122.005371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—610107.00/cwt107.00–107.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 2—500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385119.00/cwt119.00–119.004581
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430108.00/cwt108.00–108.004641
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570110.92/cwt108.00–114.006322
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735106.00/cwt106.00–106.007791
SteersMedium and Large 1—620128.34/cwt126.00–130.007963
SteersMedium and Large 1—572136.66/cwt135.00–138.007823

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.