Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-01-05

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 5
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 97▼ 53 vs year ago 164 · −32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 9▼ 2 vs year ago 41 · −4.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 23▼ 6 vs year ago 49 · −12.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were 4-7 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.76/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$139.76
31 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$100
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.73
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2400140.8156315thin
Medium and Large 3360140.005042thin
Medium and Large 1479138.6166414thin
One grade step is worth $2.20/cwt here — about −$100 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 sale31 hd
139.76
—
MS average11 barns · 797 hd
137.03
+2.73
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—Average1,95187.701,71114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24052.496516thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49947.347104thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06038.7941110

Every lot

44 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004131
Steers—Medium and Large 1320165.79/cwt162.00–172.005313
Steers—Medium and Large 2323151.05/cwt150.00–153.004883
Steers—Medium and Large 3325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
Steers—Medium and Large 2368150.02/cwt146.00–156.005525
Steers—Medium and Large 3395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 1430143.02/cwt140.00–146.006154
Steers—Medium and Large 2440128.00/cwt128.00–128.005631
Steers—Medium and Large 1460142.00/cwt142.00–142.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 2473132.96/cwt130.00–136.006293
Steers—Medium and Large 2500117.00/cwt117.00–117.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 1508125.51/cwt125.00–126.006382
Steers—Medium and Large 1555124.00/cwt124.00–124.006881
Steers—Medium and Large 2555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1645119.00/cwt119.00–119.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 1673117.51/cwt117.00–118.007912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330132.03/cwt130.00–134.004362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365119.00/cwt119.00–119.004341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370126.00/cwt126.00–126.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418123.00/cwt120.00–126.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425115.46/cwt114.00–117.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474111.65/cwt105.00–119.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480124.00/cwt124.00–124.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525114.00/cwt112.00–116.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553114.32/cwt111.00–115.006326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623103.27/cwt100.00–107.006433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408144.01/cwt142.00–146.005882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470139.04/cwt138.00–140.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523117.00/cwt115.00–119.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550119.00/cwt119.00–119.006551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81075.13/cwt74.50–76.001,3602
Bulls——1,97589.79/cwt87.00–93.001,77312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96532.13/cwt30.00–34.003102
Cows—Lean 85-90%98525.00/cwt25.00–25.002462
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11645.60/cwt41.50–48.005096
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24052.49/cwt50.00–57.006516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49947.34/cwt44.00–49.007104
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1901,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0014,8752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2141,014.37/cwt850.00–1,250.0012,3148
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2920825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,5901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,149916.38/cwt800.00–1,025.0010,5294

This sale against other markets

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.