Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-11-29

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 29
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
0 vs last sale 169 90 vs year ago 259 · 34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
0 vs last sale 26 0 vs year ago 26 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
9 vs last sale 8 28 vs year ago 45 · 62.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 3-7 higher and slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.21/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$166.21
40 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.42
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457171.7378522
Medium and Large 2461159.5973616thin
Medium and Large 3473158.507492thin
One grade step is worth $13.23/cwt here — about $36 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 sale40 hd
166.21
MS average11 barns · 917 hd
172.63
−6.42
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
BullsAverage1,46585.001,2451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36858.127954thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,10941.784639thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67540.006701thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)950$9632thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,130$9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,095$8001thin

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 1605128.00/cwt128.00–128.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1568150.00/cwt150.00–150.008523
BullsMedium and Large 1990110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0891
BullsMedium and Large 1440162.47/cwt160.00–165.007152
BullsMedium and Large 2575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008051
BullsMedium and Large 1515148.51/cwt147.00–150.007652
SteersMedium and Large 2623140.00/cwt140.00–140.008722
SteersMedium and Large 2335180.00/cwt180.00–180.006031
SteersMedium and Large 3390172.00/cwt172.00–172.006711
SteersMedium and Large 1518164.47/cwt160.00–173.008523
SteersMedium and Large 1485170.26/cwt165.00–173.008264
SteersMedium and Large 1422170.63/cwt167.00–175.007206
SteersMedium and Large 2535149.00/cwt149.00–149.007971
SteersMedium and Large 2570148.00/cwt148.00–148.008441
SteersMedium and Large 1605149.50/cwt149.00–150.009042
SteersMedium and Large 1319190.97/cwt190.00–194.006094
SteersMedium and Large 3555145.00/cwt145.00–145.008051
SteersMedium and Large 2436154.53/cwt150.00–160.006744
SteersMedium and Large 2465158.31/cwt155.00–162.007364
SteersMedium and Large 2362181.71/cwt180.00–185.006583
HeifersMedium and Large 3370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1528148.09/cwt144.00–151.007823
HeifersMedium and Large 2485143.00/cwt140.00–146.006942
SteersMedium and Large 1390190.00/cwt190.00–190.007411
SteersMedium and Large 1578163.49/cwt162.00–165.009452
HeifersMedium and Large 2572136.29/cwt130.00–140.007806
BullsMedium and Large 1465160.94/cwt158.00–165.007483
HeifersMedium and Large 3465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006281
HeifersMedium and Large 3345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 2528140.51/cwt140.00–141.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 2610127.52/cwt125.00–130.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 2380154.27/cwt152.00–155.005864
BullsMedium and Large 2470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006581
BullsMedium and Large 2720114.00/cwt114.00–114.008211
HeifersMedium and Large 1376160.71/cwt158.00–164.006046
HeifersMedium and Large 1427159.02/cwt157.00–161.006796
HeifersMedium and Large 1455156.00/cwt156.00–156.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1330161.69/cwt160.00–163.005343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,130900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950962.50/head950.00–975.009632
Bulls1,46585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36858.12/cwt55.00–60.007954
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67540.00/cwt40.00–40.006701
CowsLean 85-90%99633.72/cwt30.00–37.003365
CowsLean 85-90%1,25151.85/cwt50.50–54.006494

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.