Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-03-15

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
1 vs last sale 59 0 vs year ago 58 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
10 vs last sale 24 2 vs year ago 16 · 12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
3 vs last sale 21 14 vs year ago 10 · +140.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 3-7 higher, slaughter cows 2-4 higher and bulls 2-8 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.41/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$171.41
15 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.42
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465172.4780211thin
Medium and Large 2413171.677103thin
Medium and Large 3435159.006921thin
One grade step is worth $13.47/cwt here — about $110 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 sale15 hd
171.41
MS average13 barns · 715 hd
170.99
+0.42
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
BullsAverage1,920115.132,2102thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30978.651,0304thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23051.366326thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1528162.58/cwt160.00–165.008582
BullsMedium and Large 2690140.00/cwt140.00–140.009661
BullsMedium and Large 1635148.53/cwt145.00–152.009432
BullsMedium and Large 1485172.00/cwt172.00–172.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 1405147.00/cwt147.00–147.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 2422140.34/cwt140.00–141.005923
SteersMedium and Large 1340185.00/cwt185.00–185.006291
SteersMedium and Large 3435159.00/cwt159.00–159.006921
SteersMedium and Large 2360175.00/cwt175.00–175.006301
SteersMedium and Large 2440170.00/cwt170.00–170.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 1470149.00/cwt149.00–149.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 3385135.00/cwt135.00–135.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1528144.65/cwt140.00–149.007642
SteersMedium and Large 1373180.51/cwt180.00–181.006732
SteersMedium and Large 11,075100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 1382152.02/cwt150.00–156.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 1675126.00/cwt126.00–126.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 1300157.00/cwt157.00–157.004711
SteersMedium and Large 1470174.00/cwt174.00–174.008181
SteersMedium and Large 1414179.53/cwt175.00–185.007436
HeifersMedium and Large 2360145.00/cwt145.00–145.005221
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3201,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0016,1702
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,2002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,055900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,4951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,295925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,9792
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2351,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,5852
Bulls1,920115.13/cwt110.00–120.002,2102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30978.65/cwt75.00–82.001,0304
CowsLean 85-90%1,58566.14/cwt63.00–69.001,0482
CowsLean 85-90%1,10047.95/cwt46.00–50.005272
CowsLean 85-90%1,00540.00/cwt40.00–40.004022

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.