Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-01-10

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 10
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
235 head
202 vs last sale 33 96 vs year ago 139 · +69.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
23 vs last sale 11 12 vs year ago 22 · +54.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
19 vs last sale 5 14 vs year ago 10 · +140.0%
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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 3-5 higher. Sold mix load of steers and heifers 53,500 lb. load mixed colored hides steers averaged 750 lbs. @ $ 1.70 per lb. And heifers averaged 701 lbs. @ $ 1.60 per lb. Weaned cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.43/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$174.43
85 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,082
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.11
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458187.3385719thin
Medium and Large 2433181.1878511thin
Medium and Large 1-2750170.001,27547
Medium and Large 3500160.508038thin
One grade step is worth $26.83/cwt here — about $55 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 sale85 hd
174.43
MS average11 barns · 1,218 hd
186.54
−12.11
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
BullsAverage1,79294.181,6885thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25667.348467thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98643.9543313

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)1,333$1,0833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$9251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$8251thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$8001thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 3475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007603
SteersMedium and Large 2685154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0551
SteersMedium and Large 3375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 1442165.33/cwt164.00–167.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 2373166.52/cwt166.00–167.006212
SteersMedium and Large 1623165.26/cwt160.00–171.001,0303
SteersMedium and Large 3710126.00/cwt126.00–126.008951
SteersMedium and Large 3320185.00/cwt185.00–185.005921
SteersMedium and Large 2328197.05/cwt190.00–204.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 1628140.00/cwt140.00–140.008792
HeifersMedium and Large 1580157.00/cwt157.00–157.009111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,27547
SteersMedium and Large 1690160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1041
SteersMedium and Large 1555173.00/cwt173.00–173.009601
SteersMedium and Large 2280198.00/cwt198.00–198.005541
SteersMedium and Large 1370218.00/cwt218.00–218.008071
SteersMedium and Large 1521169.71/cwt167.00–174.008844
SteersMedium and Large 3795133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0571
SteersMedium and Large 2535165.00/cwt165.00–165.008831
SteersMedium and Large 2380197.40/cwt195.00–200.007502
SteersMedium and Large 1495181.00/cwt181.00–181.008961
SteersMedium and Large 2555160.00/cwt160.00–160.008881
SteersMedium and Large 2432175.69/cwt175.00–177.007593
HeifersMedium and Large 2573152.69/cwt151.00–155.008753
HeifersMedium and Large 2677123.40/cwt119.00–131.008353
BullsMedium and Large 2450160.00/cwt160.00–160.007201
BullsMedium and Large 2510145.00/cwt145.00–145.007401
BullsMedium and Large 1450178.00/cwt178.00–178.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1505168.00/cwt168.00–168.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1380169.56/cwt168.00–171.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 3495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1517158.15/cwt156.00–165.008185
SteersMedium and Large 1273214.49/cwt210.00–218.005863
SteersMedium and Large 1418184.91/cwt180.00–190.007732
SteersMedium and Large 1325213.12/cwt207.00–218.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 2610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007632
HeifersMedium and Large 2323163.69/cwt160.00–167.005292
HeifersMedium and Large 2527154.66/cwt154.00–155.008153
HeifersMedium and Large 2260160.00/cwt160.00–160.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 2440160.00/cwt160.00–160.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 1459166.97/cwt164.00–172.007664
HeifersMedium and Large 3530142.92/cwt140.00–146.007572
HeifersMedium and Large 3595141.00/cwt141.00–141.008391
HeifersMedium and Large 2450157.00/cwt157.00–157.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 1323173.91/cwt168.00–177.005628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2701160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,12226
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,035925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3331,083.00/head1,050.00–1,100.001,0833
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,170800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2865825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bulls1,775104.92/cwt100.00–109.001,8622
Bulls2,08890.53/cwt90.00–91.001,8902
CowsLean 85-90%1,10654.28/cwt50.00–58.006004
CowsLean 85-90%93343.43/cwt40.00–50.004056
CowsLean 85-90%93331.21/cwt29.00–35.002913
Bulls1,23580.00/cwt80.00–80.009881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25667.34/cwt65.00–72.008467

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.