Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-02-22

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 22
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
5 vs last sale 44 18 vs year ago 57 · 31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
12 vs last sale 16 20 vs year ago 24 · 83.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
27 vs last sale 25 42 vs year ago 10 · +420.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, just a small offering of cattle today. To few feeder calves to get a trend and the same with slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.49/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 52.00 against this barn's trailing median of $201.49.
Average price
$149.49
9 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.54
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585153.699003thin
Medium and Large 2522147.397696thin
One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about $130 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
231216200185median 201.4902/1702/1703/2404/1404/14
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.10, low $198.56, median $201.49 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
149.49
MS average13 barns · 384 hd
138.94
+10.54
This barn, trailing median3 sales
201.49
−52.00
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02559.166062thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1510178.00/cwt178.00–178.009081
BullsMedium and Large 1623141.53/cwt140.00–143.008822
BullsMedium and Large 2472151.75/cwt150.00–155.007163
BullsMedium and Large 2535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007761
BullsMedium and Large 2590142.03/cwt138.00–146.008382
HeifersMedium and Large 1345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
SteersMedium and Large 2560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1440200.00/cwt200.00–200.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 1580137.00/cwt137.00–137.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1365209.16/cwt205.00–213.007632
HeifersMedium and Large 1420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 2438142.03/cwt140.00–144.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 1845105.00/cwt105.00–105.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 1465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006741
SteersMedium and Large 2420168.00/cwt168.00–168.007061
SteersMedium and Large 3365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006021
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4101,511.73/cwt1,440.00–1,585.0021,3154
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0801,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0013,7702
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,7001,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0025,9252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0015,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2291,010.29/cwt750.00–1,225.0012,4165
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2949949.41/cwt775.00–1,100.009,0104
CowsLean 85-90%1,02559.16/cwt56.00–62.006062

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.