Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-08-02

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 2
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 61▼ 41 vs year ago 59 · −69.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 17▼ 11 vs year ago 21 · −52.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 64▼ 63 vs year ago 81 · −77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Just a small offering of cattle today, to few to get trends for slaughter or feeder calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.44/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$140.44
9 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.59
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446143.426407thin
Medium and Large 2493130.006402thin
One grade step is worth $13.42/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale9 hd
140.44
—
MS average13 barns · 1,123 hd
143.02
−2.59
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
Bulls—Average1,91592.971,7802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,65870.071,1622thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72562.001,0701thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96647.204565thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,103$1,0763thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)800$9251thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)800$9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,290$1,2252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,445$1,1752thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1—415157.00/cwt157.00–157.006521
BullsMedium and Large 1—510150.49/cwt150.00–151.007672
HeifersMedium and Large 1—395147.00/cwt147.00–147.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525141.00/cwt141.00–141.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468143.37/cwt140.00–147.006712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422143.06/cwt140.00–145.006043
HeifersMedium and Large 2—500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1—250200.00/cwt200.00–200.005001
SteersMedium and Large 2—323174.60/cwt170.00–179.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,4451,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2901,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1031,075.98/head1,025.00–1,175.001,0763
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,050900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,070800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—800900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—800925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bulls——1,91592.97/cwt91.00–95.001,7802
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,65870.07/cwt69.00–71.001,1622
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,72562.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0701
CowsLean 85-90%—90553.50/cwt53.00–54.004842
CowsLean 85-90%—84035.00/cwt35.00–35.002941
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09047.00/cwt47.00–47.005122

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.