Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-05-16

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 16
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 92▲ 138 vs year ago 63 · +219.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 9▼ 5 vs year ago 29 · −17.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 24▲ 12 vs year ago 4 · +300.0%
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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 and bulls 2-4 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $198.59/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$198.59
71 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,226
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.86
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558206.931,15539
Medium and Large 2562191.781,07714thin
Medium and Large 1-2854186.001,58815thin
Medium and Large 3465184.988613thin
One grade step is worth $21.95/cwt here — about $294 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 sale71 hd
198.59
—
MS average12 barns · 960 hd
221.45
−22.86
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—Average1,619105.351,7064thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23493.131,1509thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07977.808394thin

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)1,280$1,1003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$8501thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—327231.66/cwt230.00–235.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—650185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3235
SteersMedium and Large 2—485201.00/cwt200.00–202.009752
SteersMedium and Large 3—420185.00/cwt185.00–185.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—748178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3316
SteersMedium and Large 2—705175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2341
SteersMedium and Large 2—532197.97/cwt190.00–206.001,0533
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,035100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0351
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,065131.45/cwt120.00–143.001,4002
SteersMedium and Large 2—383216.36/cwt215.00–219.008293
SteersMedium and Large 1—615205.27/cwt200.00–215.001,2624
SteersMedium and Large 1—698195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3618
SteersMedium and Large 2—655189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2381
SteersMedium and Large 2—625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1251
SteersMedium and Large 1—565223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 1—270242.00/cwt242.00–242.006531
SteersMedium and Large 3—488184.97/cwt180.00–190.009032
SteersMedium and Large 1—920126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—870186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6188
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—835186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5537
SteersMedium and Large 2—563197.96/cwt195.00–201.001,1152
SteersMedium and Large 1—416220.43/cwt218.00–225.009177
BullsMedium and Large 1—460212.00/cwt212.00–212.009751
BullsMedium and Large 2—565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
BullsMedium and Large 1—533218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1622
BullsMedium and Large 2—705170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1991
BullsMedium and Large 2—610162.00/cwt162.00–162.009881
BullsMedium and Large 1—405218.00/cwt218.00–218.008831
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12780.07/cwt79.00–81.009023
Bulls——1,463101.50/cwt100.00–103.001,4852
CowsLean 85-90%—93571.00/cwt71.00–71.006641
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04884.98/cwt84.00–86.008912
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,418102.83/cwt102.50–103.001,4583
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19089.93/cwt87.00–92.001,0704
Bulls——1,775109.21/cwt105.00–114.001,9382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2801,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,035850.00/head850.00–850.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 3—483185.84/cwt180.00–192.008982
HeifersMedium and Large 2—543183.98/cwt180.00–188.009992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383204.67/cwt203.00–206.007843
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615189.43/cwt185.00–194.001,1652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1841
BullsMedium and Large 3—590160.00/cwt160.00–160.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466200.61/cwt198.00–206.009354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—656180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1813
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415201.12/cwt196.00–206.008352
HeifersMedium and Large 2—845150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2681
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333197.50/cwt197.00–198.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531194.00/cwt190.00–198.001,0304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477216.60/cwt213.00–219.001,0333
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505170.00/cwt170.00–170.008591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—818174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,4236
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418215.93/cwt212.00–220.009032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575182.71/cwt175.00–189.001,0514
SteersMedium and Large 1—514214.89/cwt210.00–219.001,1056
SteersMedium and Large 1—477218.00/cwt215.00–221.001,0406
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328208.75/cwt203.00–213.006853

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.