Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-03-07

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
58 vs last sale 92 25 vs year ago 59 · 42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
5 vs last sale 10 9 vs year ago 24 · 37.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
1 vs last sale 21 1 vs year ago 21 · +4.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 5-10 higher and slaughter cows were 5-9 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $228.46/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$228.46
16 head · 362 lb average
Value per head Derived
$827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.76
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1367233.7685911thin
Medium and Large 2350216.807595thin
One grade step is worth $16.96/cwt here — about $99 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 sale16 hd
228.46
MS average13 barns · 802 hd
221.69
+6.76
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%Average1,20390.071,0837thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98467.586655thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)975$1,2622thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,0632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,301$2,11216

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1445192.00/cwt192.00–192.008541
BullsMedium and Large 2450185.00/cwt185.00–185.008331
HeifersMedium and Large 1265237.55/cwt235.00–240.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 1320229.49/cwt223.00–235.007343
HeifersMedium and Large 3475158.00/cwt158.00–158.007511
SteersMedium and Large 2393218.50/cwt218.00–219.008592
SteersMedium and Large 1284248.85/cwt242.00–258.007074
SteersMedium and Large 1705160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1281
SteersMedium and Large 2310217.00/cwt217.00–217.006731
SteersMedium and Large 1460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009661
SteersMedium and Large 2230240.00/cwt240.00–240.005521
SteersMedium and Large 2425190.00/cwt190.00–190.008081
HeifersMedium and Large 2305195.00/cwt195.00–195.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 2632137.97/cwt134.00–140.008723
SteersMedium and Large 1310244.02/cwt243.00–245.007562
SteersMedium and Large 1373239.30/cwt235.00–244.008933
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2902,177.03/head2,100.00–2,250.002,1774
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4302,447.20/head2,200.00–2,650.002,4478
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0551,378.55/head1,300.00–1,450.001,3794
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19751,262.18/head1,250.00–1,275.001,2622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0651,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0851,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32694.15/cwt93.00–95.001,2484
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03884.64/cwt80.00–89.008793
CowsLean 85-90%99573.96/cwt72.00–76.007363
CowsLean 85-90%1,00067.00/cwt67.00–67.006701
CowsLean 85-90%93549.00/cwt49.00–49.004581

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.