Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-10-19

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 19
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
45 vs last sale 184 69 vs year ago 208 · 33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
20 vs last sale 7 5 vs year ago 32 · 15.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
25 vs last sale 24 37 vs year ago 12 · +308.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 2-5 higher, slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.19/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$145.19
36 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2405173.007011thin
Medium and Large 1489152.2074412thin
Medium and Large 2502141.2370920
Medium and Large 3487134.336543thin
One grade step is worth $38.67/cwt here — about $47 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 sale36 hd
145.19
MS average11 barns · 895 hd
143.56
+1.63
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
BullsAverage1,59085.001,3521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32653.227067thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14144.525089thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46643.346354thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1405158.00/cwt158.00–158.006401
SteersMedium and Large 2395155.00/cwt155.00–155.006121
SteersMedium and Large 1508153.65/cwt149.00–158.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 1333130.00/cwt130.00–130.004332
SteersMedium and Large 2568140.49/cwt140.00–141.007982
SteersMedium and Large 3480133.00/cwt133.00–133.006381
SteersMedium and Large 2615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
SteersMedium and Large 3400139.00/cwt139.00–139.005561
SteersMedium and Large 3580131.00/cwt131.00–131.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 2320126.02/cwt125.00–127.004032
SteersMedium and Large 1590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007671
SteersMedium and Large 1710121.00/cwt121.00–121.008591
SteersMedium and Large 2488143.35/cwt140.00–147.007003
SteersMedium and Large 2521141.32/cwt139.00–143.007366
SteersMedium and Large 2400149.00/cwt148.00–150.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 2384128.03/cwt126.00–129.004924
SteersMedium and Large 2790112.00/cwt112.00–112.008851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2405173.00/cwt173.00–173.007011
SteersMedium and Large 1475157.42/cwt153.00–165.007484
SteersMedium and Large 1370163.36/cwt160.00–167.006042
BullsMedium and Large 1705106.00/cwt106.00–106.007472
BullsMedium and Large 2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005721
BullsMedium and Large 1523139.01/cwt138.00–140.007273
BullsMedium and Large 1800110.00/cwt110.00–110.008801
BullsMedium and Large 1650111.00/cwt111.00–111.007221
BullsMedium and Large 1435142.00/cwt142.00–142.006181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32653.22/cwt50.00–57.507067
CowsLean 85-90%1,14144.52/cwt41.50–48.005089
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46643.34/cwt40.00–49.006354
Bulls1,59085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2993762.42/cwt700.00–825.007,5713
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0901,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2980869.20/cwt825.00–900.008,5182
HeifersMedium and Large 1630106.00/cwt106.00–106.006681
HeifersMedium and Large 1371132.22/cwt130.00–139.004915
BullsMedium and Large 2615104.00/cwt104.00–104.006401
BullsMedium and Large 2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
BullsMedium and Large 3575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006561
BullsMedium and Large 3530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 2610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 2578116.99/cwt115.00–119.006762
HeifersMedium and Large 1875107.00/cwt107.00–107.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 2460122.00/cwt122.00–122.005611
BullsMedium and Large 1457141.36/cwt140.00–144.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 2518117.66/cwt113.00–120.006093
HeifersMedium and Large 1410129.30/cwt127.00–132.005303
HeifersMedium and Large 1535123.96/cwt122.00–126.006632
HeifersMedium and Large 1470134.52/cwt134.00–135.006322
HeifersMedium and Large 2415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
HeifersMedium and Large 3545105.00/cwt105.00–105.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 2695102.00/cwt102.00–102.007091
SteersMedium and Large 2323154.28/cwt150.00–158.004982
SteersMedium and Large 2675123.00/cwt123.00–123.008301

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.