Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-04-13

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 52▲ 51 vs year ago 17 · +300.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 7▲ 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 13▲ 8 vs year ago 4 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady, and slaughter cows were as well.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.09/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$128.09
28 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.46
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498133.2866415thin
Medium and Large 2565123.8270010thin
Medium and Large 3509116.325923thin
One grade step is worth $16.96/cwt here — about $72 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 sale28 hd
128.09
—
MS average13 barns · 1,133 hd
132.55
−4.46
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—Low1,23075.009231thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22467.888315thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09358.406383thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3385152.99/cwt152.00–154.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 1415160.48/cwt160.00–161.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006021
Steers—Medium and Large 1450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006981
Steers—Medium and Large 2465136.00/cwt136.00–136.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 2515133.00/cwt133.00–133.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 1540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1555142.52/cwt140.00–145.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 2580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
Steers—Medium and Large 1620149.00/cwt149.00–149.009241
Steers—Medium and Large 2620130.00/cwt127.00–135.008064
Steers—Medium and Large 2680127.00/cwt127.00–127.008641
Steers—Medium and Large 2700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 2763126.50/cwt125.00–128.009652
Steers—Medium and Large 2860106.00/cwt106.00–106.009121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428134.26/cwt130.00–139.005755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480118.00/cwt118.00–118.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510138.50/cwt138.00–139.007062
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523115.48/cwt115.00–116.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525127.03/cwt126.00–128.006672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566124.52/cwt123.00–126.007054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569131.98/cwt130.00–135.007514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600129.00/cwt128.00–130.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670118.70/cwt115.00–121.007953
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468144.15/cwt140.00–148.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623117.57/cwt115.00–120.007322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710113.00/cwt113.00–113.008021
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,23075.00/cwt75.00–75.009231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09358.40/cwt57.00–60.006383
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22467.88/cwt65.00–72.508315
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2675700.00/cwt700.00–700.004,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,049871.00/cwt825.00–950.009,1374
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,075700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1651,003.54/cwt925.00–1,075.0011,6912
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2940900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,4602

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.