Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-06-28

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 28
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
25 vs last sale 172 3 vs year ago 150 · 2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
9 vs last sale 28 2 vs year ago 17 · +11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
1 vs last sale 14 2 vs year ago 17 · 11.8%
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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 2-3 higher. Sold mixed load of steers and heifers, steers average weight 672 lbs. @ $1.55 and heifers 626 lbs @ $ 1.45. No sale next week for independence day holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.42/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$154.42
61 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$117
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.50
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2429156.796735thin
Medium and Large 1-2672155.001,04245
Medium and Large 1523150.9779011thin
One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale61 hd
154.42
MS average12 barns · 1,226 hd
157.92
−3.50
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
BullsAverage1,39791.311,2763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14276.328726thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29574.009581thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05861.976568thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)930$8632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,188$1,1716

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1465148.00/cwt148.00–148.006881
BullsMedium and Large 1510149.00/cwt148.00–150.007603
BullsMedium and Large 3490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
BullsMedium and Large 2538142.53/cwt140.00–145.007672
BullsMedium and Large 3528133.04/cwt130.00–136.007022
BullsMedium and Large 2690115.00/cwt115.00–115.007941
SteersMedium and Large 1513150.11/cwt146.00–154.007706
SteersMedium and Large 2393159.32/cwt157.00–162.006263
SteersMedium and Large 2483153.00/cwt153.00–153.007392
HeifersMedium and Large 3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
SteersMedium and Large 1490160.00/cwt160.00–160.007841
SteersMedium and Large 1720140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 2630125.00/cwt120.00–130.007882
HeifersMedium and Large 2521131.26/cwt130.00–133.006844
HeifersMedium and Large 2415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005402
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,04245
SteersMedium and Large 1405159.98/cwt158.00–162.006482
SteersMedium and Large 1655140.00/cwt140.00–140.009171
HeifersMedium and Large 1480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006722
HeifersMedium and Large 1595139.00/cwt139.00–139.008271
HeifersMedium and Large 2585133.05/cwt130.00–136.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 3533127.02/cwt126.00–128.006772
HeifersMedium and Large 1635137.44/cwt134.00–141.008732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626145.00/cwt145.00–145.0090837
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2951,256.70/head1,235.00–1,275.001,2574
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29751,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,060925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2800800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bulls1,385100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25082.58/cwt81.00–84.001,0322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08873.19/cwt70.00–75.007964
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29574.00/cwt74.00–74.009581
CowsLean 85-90%1,06463.94/cwt60.00–67.006806
Bulls1,40386.97/cwt85.00–90.001,2202
CowsLean 85-90%1,04056.06/cwt55.00–57.005832

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.