Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-07-12

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
42 vs last sale 147 11 vs year ago 178 · +6.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
12 vs last sale 19 12 vs year ago 19 · +63.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
3 vs last sale 15 5 vs year ago 13 · +38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 3-7 higher, slaughter cows 2-5 lower and bulls steady. Sold a mixed load of steers and heifers the steers average weight was 665 lbs @ $ 1.56 and the heifers 639 lbs @ $ 1.46 per lb. 52,090 lb load.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.56/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$154.56
84 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.08
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516157.2481126
Medium and Large 1-2665156.001,03742
Medium and Large 3375150.005631thin
Medium and Large 2543146.1579415thin
One grade step is worth $11.09/cwt here — about $17 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 sale84 hd
154.56
MS average11 barns · 1,057 hd
159.63
−5.08
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
BullsAverage1,40094.671,3253thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29973.109507thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99951.0651012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57350.387923thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,040$8252thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
SteersMedium and Large 2540137.48/cwt135.00–140.007422
SteersMedium and Large 2780130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0141
HeifersMedium and Large 1465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006512
HeifersMedium and Large 2568135.67/cwt135.00–136.007713
SteersMedium and Large 2560143.51/cwt142.00–145.008042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,03742
SteersMedium and Large 2660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2435161.00/cwt161.00–161.007001
SteersMedium and Large 1818132.50/cwt131.00–134.001,0842
SteersMedium and Large 1313173.54/cwt172.00–175.005432
SteersMedium and Large 1610140.00/cwt140.00–140.008541
SteersMedium and Large 1555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008332
SteersMedium and Large 1374170.55/cwt168.00–173.006384
SteersMedium and Large 1723138.02/cwt137.00–139.009982
SteersMedium and Large 2481155.76/cwt150.00–160.007497
SteersMedium and Large 3375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
BullsMedium and Large 2640118.00/cwt118.00–118.007551
BullsMedium and Large 1625137.01/cwt132.00–145.008563
BullsMedium and Large 2680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
BullsMedium and Large 1477156.01/cwt154.00–158.007443
BullsMedium and Large 1513150.00/cwt150.00–150.007702
BullsMedium and Large 1433154.12/cwt150.00–158.006672
SteersMedium and Large 2705124.00/cwt124.00–124.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639146.00/cwt146.00–146.0093339
HeifersMedium and Large 1605134.00/cwt134.00–134.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 1685134.00/cwt134.00–134.009181
SteersMedium and Large 1663139.98/cwt138.00–142.009282
SteersMedium and Large 1528154.99/cwt150.00–161.008185
SteersMedium and Large 1420170.52/cwt168.00–174.007166
HeifersMedium and Large 2310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 1516140.29/cwt137.00–144.007247
HeifersMedium and Large 2640122.50/cwt122.00–123.007842
HeifersMedium and Large 1410142.72/cwt140.00–145.005853
BullsMedium and Large 2515140.00/cwt140.00–140.007211
BullsMedium and Large 2475148.00/cwt148.00–148.007031
HeifersMedium and Large 1375148.00/cwt148.00–148.005551
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,040825.00/head825.00–825.008252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,055750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bulls1,44099.51/cwt99.00–100.001,4332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29973.10/cwt70.00–76.009507
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57350.38/cwt50.00–51.007923
Bulls1,32085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1221
CowsLean 85-90%1,10957.74/cwt55.00–65.006405
CowsLean 85-90%95351.30/cwt51.00–52.004893
CowsLean 85-90%89642.52/cwt40.00–45.003814

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.