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
Bulls—Average1,743119.452,0822thin
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 1—980131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2841
BullsMedium and Large 1—583184.99/cwt184.00–186.001,0782
BullsMedium and Large 1—705166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1701
BullsMedium and Large 1—415225.00/cwt225.00–225.009341
BullsMedium and Large 2—775149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 1—520186.00/cwt186.00–186.009671
SteersMedium and Large 1—365236.00/cwt236.00–236.008611
SteersMedium and Large 1—415229.00/cwt229.00–229.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—508184.98/cwt180.00–190.009402
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635146.00/cwt146.00–146.009271
SteersMedium and Large 1—650176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1441
SteersMedium and Large 1—325242.88/cwt235.00–247.007894
SteersMedium and Large 1—520208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0821
SteersMedium and Large 2—490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—805105.00/cwt105.00–105.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329216.18/cwt210.00–220.007115
SteersMedium and Large 1—480228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535174.00/cwt174.00–174.009311
HeifersMedium and Large 3—593163.52/cwt158.00–169.009702
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440199.00/cwt199.00–199.008761
HeifersMedium and Large 3—345188.00/cwt188.00–188.006491
BullsMedium and Large 1—635165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0481
SteersMedium and Large 1—270245.00/cwt245.00–245.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280219.25/cwt215.00–223.006143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432207.23/cwt201.00–211.008953
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Bulls——1,743119.45/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.