Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-04-04

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
1 vs last sale 51 49 vs year ago 101 · 48.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
14 vs last sale 23 8 vs year ago 17 · 47.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
20 vs last sale 27 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, just a small offering of cattle today. As compared to the last sale feeder calves were steady and slaughter cows steady bulls 2-4 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.78/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$193.78
21 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.58
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1369210.0277513thin
Medium and Large 3510171.688763thin
Medium and Large 2560164.809235thin
One grade step is worth $45.22/cwt here — about −$148 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 sale21 hd
193.78
MS average13 barns · 1,220 hd
189.20
+4.58
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
BullsAverage1,743119.452,0822thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27796.331,2304thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07581.848802thin

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)1,215$1,3002thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1980131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2841
BullsMedium and Large 1583184.99/cwt184.00–186.001,0782
BullsMedium and Large 1705166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1701
BullsMedium and Large 1415225.00/cwt225.00–225.009341
BullsMedium and Large 2775149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 1520186.00/cwt186.00–186.009671
SteersMedium and Large 1365236.00/cwt236.00–236.008611
SteersMedium and Large 1415229.00/cwt229.00–229.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 1508184.98/cwt180.00–190.009402
HeifersMedium and Large 2635146.00/cwt146.00–146.009271
SteersMedium and Large 1650176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1441
SteersMedium and Large 1325242.88/cwt235.00–247.007894
SteersMedium and Large 1520208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0821
SteersMedium and Large 2490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009311
HeifersMedium and Large 2805105.00/cwt105.00–105.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1329216.18/cwt210.00–220.007115
SteersMedium and Large 1480228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 2535174.00/cwt174.00–174.009311
HeifersMedium and Large 3593163.52/cwt158.00–169.009702
HeifersMedium and Large 2440199.00/cwt199.00–199.008761
HeifersMedium and Large 3345188.00/cwt188.00–188.006491
BullsMedium and Large 1635165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0481
SteersMedium and Large 1270245.00/cwt245.00–245.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 1280219.25/cwt215.00–223.006143
HeifersMedium and Large 1432207.23/cwt201.00–211.008953
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Bulls1,743119.45/cwt117.00–122.002,0822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28592.09/cwt90.00–94.001,1832
CowsLean 85-90%1,07581.84/cwt78.00–85.008802
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268100.56/cwt96.00–105.001,2752

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.