Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-02-14

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 14
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
30 vs last sale 28 14 vs year ago 44 · +31.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
7 vs last sale 2 7 vs year ago 16 · 43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
5 vs last sale 3 17 vs year ago 25 · 68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, small offering of cattle today. But the calves were really good and a strong market on them, Slaughter cows and bulls were also strong.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.29/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$169.29
35 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.85
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467173.7381221
Medium and Large 2495163.7381011thin
Medium and Large 3385158.676113thin
One grade step is worth $15.06/cwt here — about $201 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 sale35 hd
169.29
MS average13 barns · 1,372 hd
164.44
+4.85
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
BullsAverage1,48498.831,4663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16368.407952thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92055.005062thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$8751thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)903$8252thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008121
HeifersMedium and Large 1415181.54/cwt180.00–183.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 3325166.00/cwt166.00–166.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 3480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1650145.00/cwt145.00–145.009431
HeifersMedium and Large 2380178.49/cwt178.00–179.006782
SteersMedium and Large 2475188.00/cwt188.00–188.008931
SteersMedium and Large 2435182.00/cwt182.00–182.007921
SteersMedium and Large 1535176.00/cwt176.00–176.009421
HeifersMedium and Large 2479166.40/cwt160.00–170.007975
HeifersMedium and Large 1578164.85/cwt160.00–170.009532
HeifersMedium and Large 2518157.05/cwt155.00–159.008142
SteersMedium and Large 1275220.00/cwt220.00–220.006051
SteersMedium and Large 3475177.00/cwt177.00–177.008411
SteersMedium and Large 1430190.00/cwt190.00–190.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1526166.92/cwt160.00–170.008784
HeifersMedium and Large 1610150.00/cwt150.00–150.009152
HeifersMedium and Large 2665140.00/cwt140.00–140.009311
SteersMedium and Large 3365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006021
SteersMedium and Large 1605170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0291
HeifersMedium and Large 3350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 1323187.68/cwt186.00–189.006063
HeifersMedium and Large 1462180.99/cwt178.00–184.008363
HeifersMedium and Large 1375184.19/cwt180.00–189.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 2585158.00/cwt158.00–158.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1478200.00/cwt200.00–200.009562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2990875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2903825.00/head825.00–825.008252
Bulls2,085108.50/cwt108.50–108.502,2621
Bulls1,18394.00/cwt93.00–95.001,1122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16368.40/cwt68.00–69.007952
CowsLean 85-90%92560.00/cwt60.00–60.005551
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.