Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-03-08

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 8
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
14 vs last sale 73 64 vs year ago 123 · 52.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
7 vs last sale 17 6 vs year ago 18 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
4 vs last sale 17 16 vs year ago 37 · 43.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 4-7 cheaper, slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.75/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$163.75
12 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$766
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$269
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2350175.336143thin
Medium and Large 3348160.005562thin
Medium and Large 1552159.868837thin
One grade step is worth $15.48/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale12 hd
163.75
MS average13 barns · 909 hd
162.61
+1.14
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
BullsAverage1,765102.001,8001thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16875.868865thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02461.3862912

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1465150.33/cwt150.00–151.006993
BullsMedium and Large 1405150.00/cwt150.00–150.006081
BullsMedium and Large 1550157.00/cwt157.00–157.008641
BullsMedium and Large 3560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007391
HeifersMedium and Large 1425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1655136.00/cwt136.00–136.008911
SteersMedium and Large 2355170.00/cwt170.00–170.006041
SteersMedium and Large 3310165.00/cwt165.00–165.005121
SteersMedium and Large 1345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006901
SteersMedium and Large 1550159.00/cwt159.00–159.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1618140.00/cwt140.00–140.008652
SteersMedium and Large 1515159.00/cwt159.00–159.008191
SteersMedium and Large 3385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005971
SteersMedium and Large 2260188.00/cwt188.00–188.004891
SteersMedium and Large 2435168.00/cwt168.00–168.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 2573131.01/cwt129.00–133.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 2390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005661
HeifersMedium and Large 1483148.50/cwt148.00–149.007172
HeifersMedium and Large 2450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 2505131.00/cwt131.00–131.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 2428140.12/cwt135.00–145.006003
SteersMedium and Large 1410180.00/cwt180.00–180.007381
SteersMedium and Large 1810141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1421
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2730725.00/cwt725.00–725.005,2931
Bulls1,765102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,8001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16875.86/cwt72.50–80.008865
CowsLean 85-90%1,07368.58/cwt65.00–70.507363
CowsLean 85-90%1,00858.98/cwt55.00–62.505959

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.