Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-10-05

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 5
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
36 vs last sale 189 2 vs year ago 223 · +0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
18 vs last sale 29 30 vs year ago 41 · 73.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
17 vs last sale 8 20 vs year ago 45 · 44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were also steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.88/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$138.88
56 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.33
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475143.1568034
Medium and Large 2527133.6270418thin
Medium and Large 3560126.237074thin
One grade step is worth $16.92/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale56 hd
138.88
MS average13 barns · 1,044 hd
143.21
−4.33
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
BullsAverage1,79585.501,5351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28051.946654thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03736.323764thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 2573109.96/cwt108.00–112.006302
SteersMedium and Large 2483141.00/cwt141.00–141.006812
SteersMedium and Large 2380145.01/cwt144.00–146.005512
HeifersMedium and Large 1340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1518120.10/cwt118.00–123.006229
HeifersMedium and Large 1560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 1460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
SteersMedium and Large 2700122.00/cwt122.00–122.008541
SteersMedium and Large 3570126.64/cwt123.00–129.007223
SteersMedium and Large 2663118.98/cwt117.00–121.007892
SteersMedium and Large 2605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
SteersMedium and Large 2428138.04/cwt134.00–140.005913
SteersMedium and Large 1323150.64/cwt150.00–152.004873
SteersMedium and Large 1469144.96/cwt142.00–151.006807
SteersMedium and Large 2574132.50/cwt131.00–134.007614
SteersMedium and Large 1413146.80/cwt144.00–152.006066
SteersMedium and Large 1618127.52/cwt125.00–133.007884
SteersMedium and Large 1517142.49/cwt140.00–148.007378
SteersMedium and Large 1369153.89/cwt150.00–158.005684
BullsMedium and Large 1708111.00/cwt111.00–111.007862
BullsMedium and Large 1520133.37/cwt130.00–137.006943
BullsMedium and Large 2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
BullsMedium and Large 1563132.00/cwt132.00–132.007432
BullsMedium and Large 1438135.02/cwt134.00–136.005912
BullsMedium and Large 1650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
CowsLean 85-90%1,08030.89/cwt30.00–32.003342
CowsLean 85-90%99341.74/cwt37.50–46.504142
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28051.94/cwt49.50–55.006654
Bulls1,79585.50/cwt85.50–85.501,5351
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2999955.57/cwt775.00–1,100.009,5464
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1901,144.68/cwt1,025.00–1,275.0013,6223
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,5951,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0018,3431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,0191
BullsMedium and Large 1615116.47/cwt113.00–120.007162
BullsMedium and Large 1482133.02/cwt131.00–135.006413
BullsMedium and Large 2730102.00/cwt102.00–102.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 2430122.01/cwt120.00–123.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 1374133.01/cwt130.00–135.004974
BullsMedium and Large 2467124.01/cwt122.00–128.005793
SteersMedium and Large 1673127.00/cwt126.00–128.008552
HeifersMedium and Large 2375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004501
BullsMedium and Large 2574122.21/cwt119.00–126.007014
HeifersMedium and Large 1423129.48/cwt126.00–133.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 2475119.88/cwt112.00–124.005694
BullsMedium and Large 2526124.52/cwt118.00–128.006554
SteersMedium and Large 3530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
SteersMedium and Large 2515136.33/cwt135.00–138.007023
HeifersMedium and Large 1613114.99/cwt114.00–116.007053
HeifersMedium and Large 2529114.79/cwt113.00–117.006075
HeifersMedium and Large 2620107.48/cwt107.00–108.006662

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.