Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-09-13

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 13
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
18 vs last sale 183 29 vs year ago 230 · 12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
16 vs last sale 26 12 vs year ago 22 · 54.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
53 vs last sale 60 8 vs year ago 15 · 53.3%
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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.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.72/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$168.72
88 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.69
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2454171.267787thin
Medium and Large 1594168.991,00476
Medium and Large 3435161.007015thin
One grade step is worth $10.26/cwt here — about $77 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 sale88 hd
168.72
MS average13 barns · 1,383 hd
171.41
−2.69
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
BullsLow1,20580.009641thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16875.528822thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07963.336847thin

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)1,180$8251thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)960$8001thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1480160.00/cwt160.00–160.007681
BullsMedium and Large 1560149.00/cwt149.00–149.008341
BullsMedium and Large 1645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009031
BullsMedium and Large 1523152.42/cwt150.00–155.007972
BullsMedium and Large 1424163.46/cwt160.00–167.006935
BullsMedium and Large 2530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007421
SteersMedium and Large 2363188.33/cwt188.00–189.006843
SteersMedium and Large 1425184.05/cwt180.00–188.007823
SteersMedium and Large 1507170.80/cwt170.00–180.0086613
SteersMedium and Large 1285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1395205.00/cwt205.00–205.008101
SteersMedium and Large 1490180.00/cwt180.00–180.008821
SteersMedium and Large 3505145.00/cwt145.00–145.007321
SteersMedium and Large 3605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008471
SteersMedium and Large 1730138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0071
SteersMedium and Large 1890134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1931
SteersMedium and Large 1310203.81/cwt198.00–210.006322
SteersMedium and Large 2525154.41/cwt150.00–159.008112
SteersMedium and Large 1668167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,11622
SteersMedium and Large 1619165.55/cwt158.00–166.001,02531
SteersMedium and Large 3363175.00/cwt175.00–175.006352
SteersMedium and Large 3340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
SteersMedium and Large 2475165.00/cwt165.00–165.007841
SteersMedium and Large 2565160.00/cwt160.00–160.009041
HeifersMedium and Large 2455148.00/cwt148.00–148.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 2620132.00/cwt132.00–132.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1630145.00/cwt145.00–145.009141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636154.00/cwt154.00–154.009799
HeifersMedium and Large 1563153.87/cwt147.00–155.0086613
HeifersMedium and Large 1335163.00/cwt163.00–163.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1523150.34/cwt150.00–151.007863
HeifersMedium and Large 2355153.50/cwt150.00–157.005452
HeifersMedium and Large 2568139.98/cwt135.00–145.007952
HeifersMedium and Large 2537142.03/cwt140.00–146.007633
HeifersMedium and Large 1488157.03/cwt150.00–159.0076615
HeifersMedium and Large 2325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005041
BullsMedium and Large 2640129.00/cwt129.00–129.008261
BullsMedium and Large 2573137.90/cwt130.00–146.007902
BullsMedium and Large 3580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 1655145.00/cwt145.00–145.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 1380162.57/cwt160.00–165.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 1422155.03/cwt154.00–156.006543
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,180825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2960800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bulls1,20580.00/cwt80.00–80.009641
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16875.52/cwt73.00–78.008822
CowsLean 85-90%1,07966.70/cwt64.00–70.007205
CowsLean 85-90%1,08054.91/cwt50.00–60.005932

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.