Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-04-12

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 12
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
18 vs last sale 101 15 vs year ago 68 · +22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
13 vs last sale 17 5 vs year ago 9 · 55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 12 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.53/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$162.53
22 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$847
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$256
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.12
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2398170.386788thin
Medium and Large 1591158.0493514thin
One grade step is worth $12.34/cwt here — about −$256 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 sale22 hd
162.53
MS average13 barns · 831 hd
162.65
−0.12
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27871.729173thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low89545.004031thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 2505133.53/cwt130.00–137.006742
HeifersMedium and Large 1432141.37/cwt140.00–144.006113
BullsMedium and Large 1510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1565149.00/cwt147.00–151.008422
BullsMedium and Large 1413165.72/cwt163.00–170.006844
BullsMedium and Large 2468156.44/cwt155.00–158.007322
HeifersMedium and Large 2371138.45/cwt134.00–144.005145
HeifersMedium and Large 2485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006691
HeifersMedium and Large 3425122.38/cwt120.00–125.005202
SteersMedium and Large 1875121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0591
SteersMedium and Large 1313181.01/cwt180.00–183.005673
SteersMedium and Large 11,300109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,4171
SteersMedium and Large 2468162.51/cwt160.00–165.007612
HeifersMedium and Large 1525139.96/cwt139.00–141.007352
SteersMedium and Large 1927119.99/cwt119.00–121.001,1123
SteersMedium and Large 2340177.00/cwt177.00–177.006021
SteersMedium and Large 2376173.26/cwt170.00–175.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005532
SteersMedium and Large 1368183.28/cwt180.00–185.006743
SteersMedium and Large 1427176.59/cwt173.00–180.007543
SteersMedium and Large 2405168.00/cwt168.00–168.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1380151.00/cwt151.00–151.005741
HeifersMedium and Large 1490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5201,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0022,8002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,020700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,1401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27871.72/cwt70.00–73.009173
CowsLean 85-90%89545.00/cwt45.00–45.004031

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.