Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-03-01

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
34 vs last sale 39 43 vs year ago 30 · +143.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
13 vs last sale 4 14 vs year ago 31 · 45.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
35 vs last sale 52 0 vs year ago 17 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, just a small offering of cattle today feeder calves sold good though, slaughter cows were a little better and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.74/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$152.74
35 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$297
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.00
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568155.3488229
Medium and Large 2467149.336973thin
Medium and Large 3447131.035863thin
One grade step is worth $24.32/cwt here — about $297 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 sale35 hd
152.74
MS average13 barns · 702 hd
147.75
+5.00
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
BullsAverage1,49190.031,3424thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20577.799376thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07462.156685thin

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 1460168.00/cwt168.00–168.007731
BullsMedium and Large 2475158.00/cwt158.00–158.007511
BullsMedium and Large 1510161.00/cwt161.00–161.008211
BullsMedium and Large 1420168.95/cwt168.00–170.007102
BullsMedium and Large 2590150.00/cwt150.00–150.008851
HeifersMedium and Large 1455170.00/cwt170.00–170.007741
SteersMedium and Large 2390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006631
SteersMedium and Large 2540155.00/cwt155.00–155.008371
SteersMedium and Large 1594173.63/cwt165.00–174.001,03123
HeifersMedium and Large 2350158.00/cwt158.00–158.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 1572154.82/cwt150.00–155.0088628
HeifersMedium and Large 2480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 3475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006181
HeifersMedium and Large 3433131.54/cwt130.00–133.005702
HeifersMedium and Large 2570140.00/cwt140.00–140.007981
SteersMedium and Large 2405155.00/cwt155.00–155.006281
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2031,149.53/cwt1,075.00–1,225.0013,8294
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1101,050.23/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0011,6584
Bulls1,61897.58/cwt95.00–100.001,5792
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20577.79/cwt75.50–81.509376
CowsLean 85-90%1,11567.78/cwt64.00–71.507562
CowsLean 85-90%1,04758.40/cwt57.00–60.006113
Bulls1,36382.48/cwt80.00–85.001,1242

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.