Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-06-14

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 14
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
19 vs last sale 53 5 vs year ago 77 · 6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
8 vs last sale 14 16 vs year ago 22 · 72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
1 vs last sale 14 12 vs year ago 25 · 48.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the 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 $154.82/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$154.82
42 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.05
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517162.7284124
Medium and Large 2508146.8774614thin
Medium and Large 3510135.256904thin
One grade step is worth $27.47/cwt here — about $151 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 sale42 hd
154.82
MS average13 barns · 627 hd
160.87
−6.05
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
BullsAverage1,715101.001,7321thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22070.008541thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11954.356083thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,390$1,0501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,443$1,2144thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,225$1,1002thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
BullsMedium and Large 2573124.51/cwt124.00–125.007132
BullsMedium and Large 2500124.00/cwt124.00–124.006201
BullsMedium and Large 2445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
HeifersMedium and Large 3310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 3370136.36/cwt134.00–139.005052
SteersMedium and Large 3680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
SteersMedium and Large 2425152.53/cwt150.00–155.006482
SteersMedium and Large 3450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
SteersMedium and Large 1575163.00/cwt163.00–163.009376
SteersMedium and Large 2335158.00/cwt158.00–158.005291
SteersMedium and Large 1540158.00/cwt158.00–158.008537
SteersMedium and Large 2395167.00/cwt167.00–167.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 2477135.08/cwt130.00–143.006443
SteersMedium and Large 1467168.04/cwt162.00–169.007857
SteersMedium and Large 1610149.00/cwt149.00–149.009091
SteersMedium and Large 1432165.36/cwt160.00–169.007143
SteersMedium and Large 2521144.63/cwt140.00–149.007545
SteersMedium and Large 2480151.00/cwt151.00–151.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 2575136.00/cwt136.00–136.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 2755124.00/cwt124.00–124.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 2525137.00/cwt137.00–137.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 2375141.04/cwt140.00–142.005292
SteersMedium and Large 2588142.51/cwt140.00–145.008382
SteersMedium and Large 2635133.44/cwt130.00–137.008472
HeifersMedium and Large 2345142.00/cwt141.00–143.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 2420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1628133.55/cwt131.00–136.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1509147.61/cwt142.00–149.007515
SteersMedium and Large 3595136.00/cwt136.00–136.008091
SteersMedium and Large 3315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4431,213.52/head1,200.00–1,225.001,2144
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2251,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3901,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bulls1,715101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,7321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22070.00/cwt70.00–70.008541
CowsLean 85-90%1,08045.00/cwt45.00–45.004861
CowsLean 85-90%1,13859.02/cwt58.00–60.006722

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.