Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-05-11

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 11
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 34▼ 36 vs year ago 160 · −22.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 20▲ 11 vs year ago 28 · +39.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 37▲ 173 vs year ago 12 · +1,441.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 2-7 higher, and slaughter cows were 2-5 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.50/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$132.50
46 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.58
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1603132.7880136
Medium and Large 2527131.5269310thin
One grade step is worth $1.26/cwt here — about $108 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 sale46 hd
132.50
—
MS average13 barns · 740 hd
137.08
−4.58
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26262.8079310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48559.508841thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02250.0751222

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2220160.00/cwt160.00–160.003521
Steers—Medium and Large 1230183.00/cwt183.00–183.004211
Steers—Medium and Large 2270165.00/cwt165.00–165.004461
Steers—Medium and Large 2415136.00/cwt136.00–136.005641
Steers—Medium and Large 1433138.75/cwt137.00–140.006014
Steers—Medium and Large 2457132.35/cwt128.00–136.006053
Steers—Medium and Large 1515140.00/cwt140.00–140.007212
Steers—Medium and Large 1587136.00/cwt136.00–136.0079814
Steers—Medium and Large 1638127.19/cwt125.00–130.008115
Steers—Medium and Large 1685125.48/cwt122.00–129.008604
Steers—Medium and Large 2725116.00/cwt115.00–117.008412
Steers—Medium and Large 1728121.77/cwt120.00–124.008864
Steers—Medium and Large 1755121.00/cwt121.00–121.009141
Steers—Medium and Large 2773112.56/cwt110.00–115.008702
Steers—Medium and Large 1910112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285136.00/cwt136.00–136.003881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355121.99/cwt121.00–123.004332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418123.35/cwt120.00–127.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440118.00/cwt118.00–118.005191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465118.03/cwt117.00–119.005492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468122.77/cwt120.00–126.005753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515126.22/cwt123.00–127.006509
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545116.00/cwt116.00–116.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560110.35/cwt109.00–112.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606118.27/cwt112.00–119.0071710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735119.00/cwt119.00–119.008751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630124.98/cwt124.00–126.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640106.00/cwt106.00–106.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2718108.53/cwt107.00–110.007792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95039.82/cwt34.00–44.003787
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05654.85/cwt50.00–59.0057915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24162.06/cwt60.00–67.007709
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45569.50/cwt69.50–69.501,0111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48559.50/cwt59.50–59.508841
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,090800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,7201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,135975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,0661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,153972.56/cwt950.00–1,000.0011,2142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1981,025.47/cwt950.00–1,100.0012,2852
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,340961.80/cwt925.00–1,000.0012,8882
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3841,534.30/cwt1,100.00–1,900.0021,23516
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4641,432.17/cwt1,200.00–1,600.0020,96714

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.