Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-01-31

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 31
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
76 vs last sale 104 141 vs year ago 169 · 83.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
4 vs last sale 6 38 vs year ago 40 · 95.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
10 vs last sale 13 46 vs year ago 49 · 93.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, due to all the rain and nasty weather to few cattle to get any trends.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.03/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$139.03
11 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$132
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
20.52
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2531141.247505thin
Medium and Large 1643137.198826thin
One grade step is worth $4.06/cwt here — about −$132 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
139.03
MS average12 barns · 836 hd
159.55
−20.52
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%Average1,25564.008031thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91550.004581thin

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)900$7501thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)830$6501thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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 1413169.01/cwt168.00–170.006982
BullsMedium and Large 2460161.00/cwt161.00–161.007411
HeifersMedium and Large 1613138.01/cwt137.00–139.008463
HeifersMedium and Large 1673136.36/cwt135.00–137.009183
HeifersMedium and Large 2575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 2335155.60/cwt152.00–159.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 2705127.50/cwt125.00–130.008992
SteersMedium and Large 3355173.00/cwt173.00–173.006141
SteersMedium and Large 3313174.12/cwt169.00–179.005452
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2830650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2900750.00/head750.00–750.007501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25564.00/cwt64.00–64.008031
CowsLean 85-90%91550.00/cwt50.00–50.004581

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.