Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-03-23

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 23
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 58▲ 83 vs year ago 36 · +230.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 16▼ 16 vs year ago 32 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 39 vs year ago 54 · −72.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 2-5 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.72/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$143.72
47 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.79
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538146.0378627
Medium and Large 2523140.6773518thin
Medium and Large 3378140.005292thin
One grade step is worth $6.03/cwt here — about $257 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 sale47 hd
143.72
—
MS average13 barns · 1,253 hd
145.51
−1.79
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—Average1,45584.001,2221thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22358.217129thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38853.367412thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05145.964834thin

Every lot

36 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 1350161.00/cwt161.00–161.005641
Steers—Medium and Large 3378140.00/cwt140.00–140.005292
Steers—Medium and Large 2390153.00/cwt153.00–153.005971
Steers—Medium and Large 2416147.54/cwt146.00–150.006144
Steers—Medium and Large 1430156.02/cwt155.00–157.006712
Steers—Medium and Large 2465149.21/cwt147.00–150.006944
Steers—Medium and Large 1466154.74/cwt153.00–157.007218
Steers—Medium and Large 2515137.00/cwt137.00–137.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 1519150.34/cwt150.00–151.007806
Steers—Medium and Large 2574137.02/cwt131.00–143.007866
Steers—Medium and Large 1578146.49/cwt144.00–149.008472
Steers—Medium and Large 1619133.71/cwt130.00–141.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 1655129.00/cwt129.00–129.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 2660124.00/cwt124.00–124.008181
Steers—Medium and Large 1710126.00/cwt121.00–131.008952
Steers—Medium and Large 1770121.00/cwt121.00–121.009321
Steers—Medium and Large 2875109.00/cwt109.00–109.009541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388132.48/cwt130.00–135.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431123.26/cwt120.00–128.005315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468120.48/cwt120.00–121.005642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473132.20/cwt130.00–134.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517129.96/cwt124.00–135.006725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572117.97/cwt114.00–125.006756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625132.02/cwt130.00–134.008252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633113.00/cwt112.00–114.007152
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520136.96/cwt132.00–140.007123
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,45584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00842.75/cwt42.50–43.004312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09349.17/cwt45.00–53.005372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22358.21/cwt55.00–62.007129
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38853.36/cwt52.50–54.507412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,060950.00/cwt925.00–975.0010,0702
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,138929.39/cwt735.00–1,060.0010,5763
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2401,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,4002

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.