Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-05-30

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 30
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 185 vs last sale 232▼ 2 vs year ago 49 · −4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 37▲ 27 vs year ago 12 · +225.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 44▼ 2 vs year ago 17 · −11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder steers were 3-5 higher and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 5-8 higher and bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $224.80/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$224.80
20 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,206
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.03
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549231.811,27310thin
Medium and Large 2524217.781,14110thin
One grade step is worth $14.03/cwt here — about $132 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 sale20 hd
224.80
—
MS average11 barns · 994 hd
225.83
−1.03
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—Average1,718115.001,9752thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,170101.671,19017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43989.731,2914thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99974.687469thin

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)1,248$1,3163thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$1,2112thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$1,1301thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)980$1,1884thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2—555180.00/cwt180.00–180.009991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535213.93/cwt210.00–218.001,1452
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2151
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470190.00/cwt190.00–190.008931
SteersMedium and Large 2—435224.05/cwt220.00–228.009752
SteersMedium and Large 2—508215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0922
SteersMedium and Large 1—680219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4891
SteersMedium and Large 1—483232.48/cwt231.00–234.001,1232
SteersMedium and Large 2—590220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2981
SteersMedium and Large 1—523241.62/cwt238.00–245.001,2642
SteersMedium and Large 2—330240.00/cwt240.00–240.007921
SteersMedium and Large 2—635205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3021
SteersMedium and Large 2—675204.85/cwt200.00–210.001,3832
SteersMedium and Large 2—450225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0131
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520180.00/cwt180.00–180.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567213.67/cwt212.00–215.001,2123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1—420238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1—565234.93/cwt231.00–239.001,3272
SteersMedium and Large 1—625221.52/cwt219.00–224.001,3852
HeifersMedium and Large 1—662194.95/cwt190.00–200.001,2913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—300214.00/cwt214.00–214.006421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440205.00/cwt205.00–205.009021
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0001,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—9601,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2481,316.10/head1,140.00–1,500.001,3163
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1631,210.67/head1,150.00–1,280.001,2112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1551,130.00/head1,130.00–1,130.001,1301
Bulls——1,875115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,1561
Bulls——1,560115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7941
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,229112.02/cwt108.00–116.001,3776
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18492.12/cwt90.00–94.001,0914
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43989.73/cwt89.00–90.001,2914
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11298.26/cwt95.00–101.001,0937
CowsLean 85-90%—96882.18/cwt79.00–86.007965
CowsLean 85-90%—98576.00/cwt76.00–76.007491
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05561.73/cwt60.00–65.006513

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.