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Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 20

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117

← Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 68▼ 180 vs year ago 200 · −90.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 9▲ 3 vs year ago 10 · +30.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 12▲ 0 vs year ago 13 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, small offering of cattle today. To few to get trends on calves and slaughter cows, slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.80/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −83.68 against this barn's trailing median of $201.49.

Average price

$117.80

5 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$8.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.63

vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	123.00	695	2thin
Medium and Large 2	572	114.34	654	3thin

One grade step is worth $8.66/cwt here — about $41 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 sale5 hd

117.80

—

MS average13 barns · 636 hd

131.44

−13.63

This barn, trailing median3 sales

201.49

−83.68

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.10, low $183.35, median $201.49 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,626	82.35	1,339	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	43.25	443	2thin

Every lot

17 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	147.49/cwt	145.00–150.00	639	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	355	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	476	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	659	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	538	116.51/cwt	114.00–119.00	627	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	726	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,430	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,115	1
Bulls	—	—	1,651	82.89/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,369	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	408	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	479	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	700	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,375	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,070	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	13,108	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,240	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	11,594	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Tue Apr 20, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 68Year ago 200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 9Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 12Year ago 13

Good day, small offering of cattle today. To few to get trends on calves and slaughter cows, slaughter bulls were steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	128.00	128.00
1	—	615	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
2	—	538	114.00–119.00	116.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
1	—	355	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	145.00–150.00	147.49
1	—	615	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	700	625.00	625.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,240	935.00	935.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,070	1,225.00	1,225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,651	80.00–88.00	82.89
1	—	1,430	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	46.50	46.50
1	—	1,020	40.00	40.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.