Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-11-08

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 8
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
68 vs last sale 234 10 vs year ago 176 · 5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
37 vs last sale 44 35 vs year ago 42 · 83.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
10 vs last sale 16 83 vs year ago 89 · 93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 5-7 higher. To few slaughter cows and bulls to quote.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.89/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$143.89
47 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.16
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516148.7076725
Medium and Large 2508139.0270721
Medium and Large 3595126.007501thin
One grade step is worth $22.70/cwt here — about $18 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 sale47 hd
143.89
MS average13 barns · 1,225 hd
141.73
+2.16
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02049.005002thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76537.006531thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,270$1,2502thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,025$9001thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1510152.00/cwt152.00–152.007751
BullsMedium and Large 1565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008821
BullsMedium and Large 2568140.00/cwt140.00–140.007952
BullsMedium and Large 3578124.98/cwt120.00–130.007222
SteersMedium and Large 1627156.36/cwt155.00–159.009803
SteersMedium and Large 2467161.94/cwt156.00–168.007563
SteersMedium and Large 1315213.00/cwt213.00–213.006711
SteersMedium and Large 2810130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0531
SteersMedium and Large 2618137.49/cwt135.00–140.008502
SteersMedium and Large 2675145.00/cwt145.00–145.009791
SteersMedium and Large 2528151.69/cwt150.00–155.008013
HeifersMedium and Large 1513149.23/cwt145.00–151.007664
SteersMedium and Large 2775135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0461
SteersMedium and Large 2305180.00/cwt180.00–180.005491
SteersMedium and Large 1473170.51/cwt170.00–171.008072
SteersMedium and Large 1830145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2041
SteersMedium and Large 2735132.11/cwt124.00–140.009712
HeifersMedium and Large 2571134.77/cwt131.00–138.007705
SteersMedium and Large 2574153.53/cwt150.00–158.008815
SteersMedium and Large 2405158.50/cwt157.00–160.006422
SteersMedium and Large 1350190.00/cwt190.00–190.006651
SteersMedium and Large 3375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006382
HeifersMedium and Large 1765134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0251
HeifersMedium and Large 2522135.66/cwt133.00–140.007086
SteersMedium and Large 1520163.69/cwt160.00–170.008515
SteersMedium and Large 1650153.50/cwt153.00–154.009982
SteersMedium and Large 1415174.77/cwt169.00–179.007253
SteersMedium and Large 2378181.03/cwt178.00–185.006845
HeifersMedium and Large 3595126.00/cwt126.00–126.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1365159.30/cwt158.00–160.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 1430156.99/cwt156.00–159.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 1466153.71/cwt150.00–157.007168
HeifersMedium and Large 2417147.34/cwt144.00–150.006143
HeifersMedium and Large 2467143.29/cwt140.00–145.006693
HeifersMedium and Large 1633135.99/cwt135.00–137.008613
HeifersMedium and Large 1670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
HeifersMedium and Large 1700135.00/cwt133.00–137.009452
HeifersMedium and Large 2375153.89/cwt152.00–156.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 2635128.00/cwt128.00–128.008131
HeifersMedium and Large 2650124.00/cwt124.00–124.008061
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,2701,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,025900.00/head900.00–900.009001
CowsLean 85-90%1,15554.00/cwt54.00–54.006241
CowsLean 85-90%88544.00/cwt44.00–44.003891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76537.00/cwt37.00–37.006531

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.