Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-12-13

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 13
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 189▼ 21 vs year ago 185 · −11.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 25▼ 4 vs year ago 17 · −23.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 25▲ 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 5-15 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 $191.12/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$191.12
58 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.43
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412201.4483031
Medium and Large 2455182.7083221
Medium and Large 3421167.247046thin
One grade step is worth $34.20/cwt here — about $127 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 sale58 hd
191.12
—
MS average13 barns · 1,581 hd
178.69
+12.43
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—Low1,56365.001,0162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15856.526554thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53545.006911thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low96343.864236thin

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)1,170$1,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)815$9002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)790$7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$1,1252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,125$1,0252thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372169.64/cwt167.00–172.006313
SteersMedium and Large 1—270221.34/cwt215.00–225.005986
SteersMedium and Large 3—420165.00/cwt165.00–165.006931
SteersMedium and Large 3—365175.21/cwt170.00–180.006402
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490156.50/cwt156.00–157.007672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425154.00/cwt154.00–154.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363178.47/cwt177.00–180.006482
SteersMedium and Large 2—600157.00/cwt157.00–157.009421
SteersMedium and Large 1—439199.51/cwt190.00–206.008764
SteersMedium and Large 3—705130.00/cwt130.00–130.009171
SteersMedium and Large 2—660165.00/cwt162.00–168.001,0892
SteersMedium and Large 1—561173.76/cwt170.00–176.009754
SteersMedium and Large 1—608175.49/cwt172.00–179.001,0672
SteersMedium and Large 2—369202.21/cwt200.00–208.007465
SteersMedium and Large 1—470200.00/cwt200.00–200.009401
SteersMedium and Large 1—318221.12/cwt218.00–230.007036
SteersMedium and Large 1—521176.21/cwt172.00–180.009185
SteersMedium and Large 2—575161.19/cwt160.00–166.009276
SteersMedium and Large 2—450187.00/cwt187.00–187.008421
SteersMedium and Large 1—220230.00/cwt230.00–230.005061
SteersMedium and Large 2—250205.00/cwt205.00–205.005131
SteersMedium and Large 3—335179.00/cwt175.00–183.006002
BullsMedium and Large 1—710140.00/cwt140.00–140.009941
BullsMedium and Large 2—580155.00/cwt155.00–155.008991
BullsMedium and Large 2—730119.00/cwt119.00–119.008691
BullsMedium and Large 2—665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1—605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008471
BullsMedium and Large 2—545150.00/cwt150.00–150.008181
CowsLean 85-90%—77035.00/cwt35.00–35.002701
CowsLean 85-90%—98043.46/cwt40.00–45.004263
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03548.90/cwt48.00–50.005062
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53545.00/cwt45.00–45.006911
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15856.52/cwt55.00–57.006554
Bulls——1,56365.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—790750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—760825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—870975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1701,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1251,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2801,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1252
BullsMedium and Large 1—595166.00/cwt166.00–166.009881
BullsMedium and Large 1—415175.00/cwt175.00–175.007261
BullsMedium and Large 1—515161.02/cwt160.00–163.008293
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525158.05/cwt152.00–165.008305
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431162.71/cwt160.00–168.007014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463161.02/cwt160.00–162.007462
SteersMedium and Large 1—370217.40/cwt215.00–220.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560141.49/cwt140.00–143.007922
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520146.88/cwt140.00–150.007645
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628132.57/cwt130.00–135.008332
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268179.04/cwt175.00–183.004802
HeifersMedium and Large 1—240183.00/cwt183.00–183.004391
SteersMedium and Large 2—430180.00/cwt180.00–180.007741
SteersMedium and Large 2—235195.00/cwt195.00–195.004581
SteersMedium and Large 2—328201.52/cwt195.00–210.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328181.10/cwt175.00–185.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562154.65/cwt154.00–156.008693

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.