Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-05-17

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 17
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
63 head
32 vs last sale 95 126 vs year ago 189 · 66.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
17 vs last sale 12 20 vs year ago 9 · +222.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
13 vs last sale 17 42 vs year ago 46 · 91.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.75/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$150.75
20 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.23
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444154.4368614thin
Medium and Large 2440142.176266thin
One grade step is worth $12.26/cwt here — about $60 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 sale20 hd
150.75
MS average13 barns · 1,532 hd
138.51
+12.23
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
BullsAverage1,65597.691,6173thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20070.008402thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71060.001,0261thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03956.4358618

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 1450157.00/cwt157.00–157.007071
BullsMedium and Large 1645123.00/cwt123.00–123.007931
BullsMedium and Large 2525142.00/cwt142.00–142.007461
BullsMedium and Large 1515154.00/cwt154.00–154.007931
HeifersMedium and Large 1345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
HeifersMedium and Large 1550150.00/cwt150.00–150.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2383170.97/cwt165.00–175.006553
HeifersMedium and Large 1615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
SteersMedium and Large 1417171.42/cwt164.00–178.007153
SteersMedium and Large 2445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
SteersMedium and Large 2500154.00/cwt154.00–154.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 2425143.25/cwt140.00–147.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 1475157.24/cwt154.00–159.007474
SteersMedium and Large 2345170.00/cwt170.00–170.005871
SteersMedium and Large 3323160.00/cwt160.00–160.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 1433157.27/cwt155.00–161.006814
HeifersMedium and Large 1358152.98/cwt150.00–157.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 2375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
HeifersMedium and Large 2565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007631
SteersMedium and Large 1466166.76/cwt165.00–171.007774
SteersMedium and Large 1363182.45/cwt180.00–185.006622
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5351,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0018,4202
Bulls1,65597.69/cwt95.00–100.001,6173
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20070.00/cwt70.00–70.008402
CowsLean 85-90%99853.52/cwt50.00–57.005347
CowsLean 85-90%89848.34/cwt48.00–49.004343
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,0261
CowsLean 85-90%1,12862.00/cwt59.00–65.006998

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.