Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-11-01

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 1
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
234 head
80 vs last sale 154 53 vs year ago 181 · +29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
33 vs last sale 77 15 vs year ago 29 · +51.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
11 vs last sale 5 0 vs year ago 16 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 2-5 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.02/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$155.02
65 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.08
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462159.9873925
Medium and Large 2470153.4672128
Medium and Large 3431148.3263912thin
One grade step is worth $11.66/cwt here — about $100 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 sale65 hd
155.02
MS average13 barns · 1,047 hd
164.10
−9.08
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
BullsAverage1,45183.751,2154thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18254.076399thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06942.7445717

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)1,272$8493thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$8101thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,335$1,1252thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1454159.14/cwt155.00–160.007226
SteersMedium and Large 1411161.21/cwt155.00–166.006636
HeifersMedium and Large 2375149.84/cwt147.00–153.005622
HeifersMedium and Large 1422147.32/cwt147.00–149.006226
SteersMedium and Large 1260180.00/cwt180.00–180.004681
SteersMedium and Large 1518150.00/cwt150.00–150.007772
SteersMedium and Large 2700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2417150.00/cwt150.00–150.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 2475134.47/cwt133.00–136.006392
HeifersMedium and Large 1670120.45/cwt117.00–124.008072
SteersMedium and Large 2467152.64/cwt150.00–156.007133
SteersMedium and Large 3480139.03/cwt138.00–140.006672
SteersMedium and Large 1735135.00/cwt135.00–135.009921
SteersMedium and Large 2513142.34/cwt140.00–147.007303
SteersMedium and Large 1326178.57/cwt175.00–182.005824
SteersMedium and Large 1665151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0041
SteersMedium and Large 2330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005611
SteersMedium and Large 3381157.56/cwt153.00–161.006007
SteersMedium and Large 3515132.94/cwt130.00–135.006853
SteersMedium and Large 2374168.12/cwt166.00–170.0062910
SteersMedium and Large 2685140.00/cwt140.00–140.009591
SteersMedium and Large 2572142.15/cwt140.00–146.008135
SteersMedium and Large 2645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009031
SteersMedium and Large 1600150.00/cwt147.00–153.009002
SteersMedium and Large 1580148.50/cwt148.00–149.008612
BullsMedium and Large 1508142.49/cwt140.00–145.007242
BullsMedium and Large 1450145.00/cwt145.00–145.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1425150.48/cwt149.00–152.006402
BullsMedium and Large 1670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
BullsMedium and Large 2565133.00/cwt128.00–136.007514
BullsMedium and Large 2508133.34/cwt130.00–135.006773
CowsLean 85-90%1,06040.82/cwt40.00–43.004336
CowsLean 85-90%1,14048.60/cwt45.00–50.005548
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18254.07/cwt51.00–58.006399
Bulls1,44886.36/cwt85.00–88.001,2502
Bulls1,45381.14/cwt80.00–82.001,1792
CowsLean 85-90%89530.93/cwt30.00–33.002773
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3351,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,175786.06/head760.00–810.007862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,465975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,160800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,070810.00/head810.00–810.008101
BullsMedium and Large 2695111.00/cwt111.00–111.007711
BullsMedium and Large 3553117.51/cwt115.00–120.006502
BullsMedium and Large 3533121.54/cwt120.00–123.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 3510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005871
BullsMedium and Large 2725116.54/cwt115.00–118.008452
BullsMedium and Large 2428144.99/cwt144.00–146.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 3470122.55/cwt120.00–128.005763
HeifersMedium and Large 2308144.88/cwt140.00–150.004462
HeifersMedium and Large 1540133.00/cwt133.00–133.007181
HeifersMedium and Large 2523123.96/cwt123.00–125.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 1270167.53/cwt167.00–168.004522
HeifersMedium and Large 2411135.73/cwt134.00–139.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 3335135.00/cwt135.00–135.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 3440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 1616119.51/cwt115.00–124.007364
HeifersMedium and Large 1302161.01/cwt160.00–163.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 3378135.97/cwt135.00–137.005142
HeifersMedium and Large 3585113.00/cwt113.00–113.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 2585123.00/cwt123.00–123.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 2623105.98/cwt100.00–112.006604

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.