Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-07-19

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 19
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
11 vs last sale 189 39 vs year ago 139 · +28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
20 vs last sale 31 1 vs year ago 10 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
7 vs last sale 18 5 vs year ago 6 · +83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 3-5 higher and slaughter cows 5-7 lower, bulls 2-3 lower. Sold mixed load steers and heifers 50,830 lb load steers average weight 630 lbs @ $ 1.5350 and heifers 587 lbs @ $ 1.4350.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.93/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$151.93
71 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$933
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$13.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.72
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2630154.0097049
Medium and Large 3438150.506582thin
Medium and Large 1595149.7889114thin
Medium and Large 2585140.518226thin
One grade step is worth $13.49/cwt here — about $148 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 sale71 hd
151.93
MS average13 barns · 961 hd
157.64
−5.72
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
BullsLow1,68587.001,4662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31065.018523thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09049.435395thin

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)1,360$1,0382thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1518152.00/cwt152.00–152.007872
BullsMedium and Large 1750129.00/cwt129.00–129.009681
BullsMedium and Large 1560146.00/cwt146.00–146.008181
BullsMedium and Large 1612141.75/cwt137.00–150.008685
BullsMedium and Large 1423152.63/cwt150.00–155.006462
BullsMedium and Large 2575129.00/cwt129.00–129.007421
SteersMedium and Large 1850133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1311
SteersMedium and Large 3480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
SteersMedium and Large 2563143.04/cwt140.00–146.008052
SteersMedium and Large 2522144.32/cwt143.00–145.007533
SteersMedium and Large 1620144.92/cwt140.00–150.008992
SteersMedium and Large 1325173.00/cwt173.00–173.005621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630154.00/cwt154.00–154.0097049
HeifersMedium and Large 1433143.97/cwt143.00–145.006232
SteersMedium and Large 1503149.50/cwt149.00–150.007522
SteersMedium and Large 1408179.01/cwt178.00–180.007302
SteersMedium and Large 1675140.00/cwt140.00–140.009451
SteersMedium and Large 1563148.49/cwt148.00–149.008362
SteersMedium and Large 3395151.00/cwt151.00–151.005961
HeifersMedium and Large 3585118.00/cwt118.00–118.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 2415137.00/cwt137.00–137.005691
SteersMedium and Large 2820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 1630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2587144.00/cwt144.00–144.0084534
HeifersMedium and Large 1528144.51/cwt142.00–147.007632
HeifersMedium and Large 2365139.00/cwt139.00–139.005071
HeifersMedium and Large 1720142.04/cwt140.00–144.001,0232
SteersMedium and Large 1762135.68/cwt135.00–137.001,0343
HeifersMedium and Large 3463129.00/cwt129.00–129.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 3735117.00/cwt117.00–117.008601
HeifersMedium and Large 2523136.93/cwt135.00–139.007162
BullsMedium and Large 2520137.40/cwt135.00–140.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
BullsMedium and Large 2460142.55/cwt140.00–145.006562
BullsMedium and Large 3678119.51/cwt119.00–120.008102
BullsMedium and Large 2620130.55/cwt129.00–132.008092
BullsMedium and Large 2660127.52/cwt126.00–129.008422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3601,038.01/head900.00–1,175.001,0382
Bulls1,48579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1731
Bulls1,88595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,7911
CowsLean 85-90%1,00341.92/cwt40.00–44.004202
CowsLean 85-90%1,14854.44/cwt50.00–58.006253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31065.01/cwt62.00–68.008523

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.