Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-09-06

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 6
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 183▼ 157 vs year ago 340 · −46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 41▲ 6 vs year ago 20 · +30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 29▲ 19 vs year ago 41 · +46.3%
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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 also steady. We sold some very nice stock cows today that brought all the money.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.17/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$171.17
94 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.62
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443186.3282616thin
Medium and Large 2422177.2074818thin
Medium and Large 1-2595168.001,00049
Medium and Large 3518153.3779511thin
One grade step is worth $32.94/cwt here — about $31 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 sale94 hd
171.17
—
MS average13 barns · 1,103 hd
170.54
+0.62
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—Average1,53889.151,3714thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29779.001,0256thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27575.249592thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01357.8458611

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,090$2,1383thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,170$1,9163thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,072$1,3105
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,444$2,3336
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,229$1,7078

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1—419184.28/cwt183.00–186.007727
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750127.00/cwt127.00–127.009531
SteersMedium and Large 3—570153.59/cwt150.00–157.008752
SteersMedium and Large 3—710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
SteersMedium and Large 3—525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007351
SteersMedium and Large 1—585175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360161.00/cwt161.00–161.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665135.00/cwt135.00–135.008981
SteersMedium and Large 1—387204.65/cwt200.00–209.007923
SteersMedium and Large 2—428174.67/cwt174.00–175.007483
SteersMedium and Large 3—405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006481
SteersMedium and Large 2—371188.81/cwt186.00–191.007004
SteersMedium and Large 1—620166.56/cwt164.00–169.001,0332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—578158.00/cwt158.00–158.0091334
SteersMedium and Large 2—335185.99/cwt183.00–190.006235
SteersMedium and Large 3—370170.00/cwt170.00–170.006291
SteersMedium and Large 3—485162.23/cwt159.00–165.007874
SteersMedium and Large 2—526163.39/cwt160.00–166.008596
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—595168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,00049
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325173.51/cwt170.00–180.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473154.02/cwt150.00–160.007295
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725138.60/cwt135.00–142.001,0052
BullsMedium and Large 1—500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1—475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007601
BullsMedium and Large 2—675121.00/cwt121.00–121.008171
SteersMedium and Large 1—333196.52/cwt196.00–197.006542
SteersMedium and Large 1—510176.00/cwt176.00–176.008981
SteersMedium and Large 3—610141.00/cwt141.00–141.008601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514154.04/cwt149.00–158.007925
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418156.87/cwt150.00–160.006564
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578142.97/cwt141.00–145.008264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375172.00/cwt172.00–172.006451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575149.00/cwt149.00–149.008571
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327166.65/cwt164.00–169.005453
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,6152,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1771,575.74/head1,325.00–1,900.001,5766
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,3852,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1701,916.17/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9163
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,0851,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0901,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0932,606.98/head2,450.00–2,800.002,6072
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,0681,162.44/head1,000.00–1,250.001,1624
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,3582,223.94/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2244
Bulls——1,68096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6131
Bulls——1,45385.30/cwt83.00–88.001,2392
Bulls——1,56590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4091
CowsLean 85-90%—98551.24/cwt50.00–55.005054
CowsLean 85-90%—95842.34/cwt40.00–45.004062
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05769.32/cwt64.00–72.007335
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29779.00/cwt75.00–82.001,0256
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27575.24/cwt73.00–77.009592

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.