Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-01-19

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 19
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 148▲ 41 vs year ago 98 · +41.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 11▲ 48 vs year ago 4 · +1,200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 7▲ 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle Steady Feeder Cattle mixed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.33/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$136.33
37 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$161
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$45.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.93
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2370147.965476thin
Medium and Large 1503138.2669621
Medium and Large 1-2542127.896939thin
Medium and Large 3695102.007091thin
One grade step is worth $45.96/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale37 hd
136.33
—
MS average13 barns · 1,183 hd
140.26
−3.93
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—Average1,60273.671,1803thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18948.0657112
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12641.114637thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1283166.24/cwt165.00–167.504702
Steers—Medium and Large 2345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 2375147.55/cwt140.00–150.005535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390152.00/cwt152.00–152.005931
Steers—Medium and Large 1432143.31/cwt140.00–146.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1473141.21/cwt138.00–144.006685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517125.35/cwt125.00–126.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 1521134.23/cwt130.00–138.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560125.49/cwt125.00–126.007032
Steers—Medium and Large 1571130.50/cwt128.00–135.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1600127.00/cwt127.00–127.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 1665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695116.00/cwt116.00–116.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 3695102.00/cwt102.00–102.007091
Steers—Medium and Large 1710121.00/cwt121.00–121.008591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315131.94/cwt130.00–134.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370133.34/cwt130.00–136.004935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430123.50/cwt115.00–132.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476121.32/cwt115.00–126.005777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525117.68/cwt114.00–121.0061810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550118.00/cwt118.00–118.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645118.00/cwt118.00–118.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673113.95/cwt112.00–116.007672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805106.00/cwt106.00–106.008531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455141.50/cwt137.00–146.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490134.00/cwt134.00–134.006571
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540112.00/cwt112.00–112.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613114.00/cwt113.00–115.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662114.65/cwt112.00–117.007593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675108.06/cwt106.00–110.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1795106.00/cwt106.00–106.008431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2641
Bulls——1,62370.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12641.11/cwt37.50–43.004637
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18948.06/cwt45.00–52.5057112
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,053950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,0044
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,310900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,7901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,410810.55/cwt625.00–950.0011,4292

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.