Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-04-19

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 19
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 83▲ 46 vs year ago 20 · +230.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 4▲ 21 vs year ago 13 · +161.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 8▲ 75 vs year ago 13 · +576.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market, to few calves to get a trend. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.91/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$129.91
27 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$727
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.21
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2484132.9164411thin
Medium and Large 1641129.5983113thin
Medium and Large 3480120.335783thin
One grade step is worth $12.58/cwt here — about $66 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 sale27 hd
129.91
—
MS average13 barns · 764 hd
140.12
−10.21
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
Bulls—Average1,73096.461,6696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29871.219246thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31562.678242thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03460.3262413

Every lot, as filed

31 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 2—423150.96/cwt150.00–152.006392
BullsMedium and Large 1—465160.00/cwt160.00–160.007441
BullsMedium and Large 3—450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530143.00/cwt143.00–143.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005321
HeifersMedium and Large 1—312156.90/cwt153.00–160.004903
SteersMedium and Large 1—380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006841
SteersMedium and Large 1—315185.00/cwt185.00–185.005831
SteersMedium and Large 3—364151.71/cwt150.00–155.005524
SteersMedium and Large 2—375167.50/cwt165.00–170.006282
SteersMedium and Large 3—555133.00/cwt133.00–133.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418135.09/cwt130.00–140.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 2—643120.00/cwt120.00–120.007722
SteersMedium and Large 1—623155.52/cwt155.00–156.009692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—763119.00/cwt119.00–119.009089
SteersMedium and Large 1—408166.00/cwt165.00–168.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670106.00/cwt106.00–106.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473135.35/cwt130.00–141.006402
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318142.56/cwt140.00–145.004532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—820785.00/cwt785.00–785.006,4371
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,018857.82/cwt800.00–925.008,7333
Bulls——2,008102.47/cwt100.00–105.002,0583
Bulls——1,45290.45/cwt85.00–95.001,3133
CowsLean 85-90%—86053.34/cwt50.00–58.004594
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11263.42/cwt60.00–66.007059
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29871.21/cwt67.00–72.509246
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31562.67/cwt60.00–65.008242

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.