Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-04-05

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
79 vs last sale 180 49 vs year ago 52 · +94.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
18 vs last sale 35 10 vs year ago 7 · +142.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady, and slaughter cows and bulls were steady as well.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.94/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$164.94
33 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.49
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456168.1076614thin
Medium and Large 2402166.0266714thin
Medium and Large 3396153.046065thin
One grade step is worth $15.06/cwt here — about $160 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 sale33 hd
164.94
MS average13 barns · 966 hd
164.44
+0.49
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
BullsAverage1,58599.001,5692thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17570.868333thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05063.626686thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1690119.00/cwt119.00–119.008211
BullsMedium and Large 1785118.00/cwt118.00–118.009261
HeifersMedium and Large 2405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 2478130.76/cwt125.00–135.006254
HeifersMedium and Large 2369140.81/cwt138.00–147.005204
SteersMedium and Large 1508155.51/cwt155.00–156.007902
SteersMedium and Large 1450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007881
SteersMedium and Large 3393160.00/cwt160.00–160.006292
SteersMedium and Large 3325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
SteersMedium and Large 11,060102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0811
SteersMedium and Large 2376170.20/cwt165.00–175.006407
HeifersMedium and Large 1379150.00/cwt150.00–150.005694
HeifersMedium and Large 1310152.06/cwt148.00–155.004713
HeifersMedium and Large 2525129.98/cwt129.00–131.006822
SteersMedium and Large 2460164.02/cwt163.00–165.007542
SteersMedium and Large 3435142.59/cwt135.00–150.006202
SteersMedium and Large 1411173.05/cwt170.00–175.007115
SteersMedium and Large 2414160.98/cwt155.00–165.006665
HeifersMedium and Large 1405140.50/cwt140.00–141.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
SteersMedium and Large 1310177.00/cwt177.00–177.005491
SteersMedium and Large 1373180.77/cwt180.00–183.006744
Bulls1,830108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,9761
Bulls1,34090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17570.86/cwt67.50–75.008333
CowsLean 85-90%1,11064.84/cwt62.50–66.007205
CowsLean 85-90%75057.50/cwt57.50–57.504311

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.