Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-12-20

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
131 vs last sale 164 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
2 vs last sale 13 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
11 vs last sale 16 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, due to the nasty weather were having made for a small run of cattle. To few to get trends. There will be no sales for the next two weeks due to Christmas and New Years holiday have a Merry Christmas.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.54/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$159.54
11 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.49
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1410176.007223thin
Medium and Large 2416156.376505thin
Medium and Large 3409148.386063thin
One grade step is worth $27.62/cwt here — about $115 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 sale11 hd
159.54
MS average12 barns · 1,134 hd
156.05
+3.49
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19358.386962thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02939.334056thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$8002thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
CowsLean 85-90%91530.00/cwt30.00–30.002751
CowsLean 85-90%96539.00/cwt37.00–40.003764
CowsLean 85-90%1,40050.00/cwt50.00–50.007001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19358.38/cwt57.00–60.006962
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2955800.00/head800.00–800.008002
SteersMedium and Large 3525151.00/cwt151.00–151.007931
SteersMedium and Large 2370179.07/cwt174.00–184.006632
SteersMedium and Large 2495176.00/cwt176.00–176.008711
SteersMedium and Large 1535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 3433142.57/cwt140.00–145.006172
HeifersMedium and Large 1550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 3360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005761
SteersMedium and Large 3445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006901
SteersMedium and Large 3350170.00/cwt170.00–170.005951
SteersMedium and Large 3305170.00/cwt170.00–170.005191
SteersMedium and Large 2275195.00/cwt195.00–195.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 2720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1365183.00/cwt183.00–183.006681
HeifersMedium and Large 2385168.42/cwt162.00–175.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 2310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 2280175.00/cwt175.00–175.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 1315185.00/cwt185.00–185.005831
BullsMedium and Large 3575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007481

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.