Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-06-01

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 1
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
134 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 87▲ 43 vs year ago 91 · +47.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 44▼ 3 vs year ago 13 · −23.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 106▲ 14 vs year ago 18 · +77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $120.29/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$120.29
82 head · 795 lb average
Value per head Derived
$957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$248
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.83
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2579125.727287thin
Medium and Large 1815119.7997775
One grade step is worth $5.93/cwt here — about −$248 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 sale82 hd
120.29
—
MS average13 barns · 1,525 hd
135.12
−14.83
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—Average1,64385.811,4103thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33061.008111thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13648.665534thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325154.00/cwt154.00–154.005011
Steers—Medium and Large 2385144.00/cwt144.00–144.005541
Steers—Medium and Large 1417143.24/cwt140.00–148.005973
Steers—Medium and Large 1514135.52/cwt134.00–137.006974
Steers—Medium and Large 2535128.02/cwt127.00–129.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 1568131.23/cwt130.00–135.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 2570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 1645131.70/cwt131.00–136.008497
Steers—Medium and Large 2645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007421
Steers—Medium and Large 2670123.00/cwt123.00–123.008241
Steers—Medium and Large 2715117.00/cwt117.00–117.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 1745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008942
Steers—Medium and Large 1770123.00/cwt123.00–123.009471
Steers—Medium and Large 1813117.50/cwt108.00–121.0095521
Steers—Medium and Large 1872117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0208
Steers—Medium and Large 1935111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0381
Steers—Medium and Large 1985100.00/cwt100.00–100.009851
Steers—Medium and Large 11,018111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,13021
Steers—Medium and Large 11,130103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345137.00/cwt137.00–137.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355132.00/cwt132.00–132.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385151.00/cwt151.00–151.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395124.00/cwt124.00–124.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416127.57/cwt125.00–129.005315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420136.35/cwt130.00–143.005732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455127.00/cwt127.00–127.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470131.00/cwt131.00–131.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523128.54/cwt126.00–131.006722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525122.81/cwt118.00–128.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580114.69/cwt113.00–116.006653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1644118.46/cwt116.00–119.0076311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714111.80/cwt109.00–114.0079818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805108.00/cwt108.00–108.008691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460133.00/cwt133.00–133.006121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24082.47/cwt81.00–84.001,0232
Bulls——2,45092.50/cwt92.50–92.502,2661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04032.00/cwt32.00–32.003331
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16854.21/cwt53.00–55.006333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33061.00/cwt61.00–61.008111
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,5001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0019,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,5271,393.29/cwt1,225.00–1,625.0021,2766
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29481,018.27/cwt925.00–1,100.009,6532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0601,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0012,1901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,107895.33/cwt800.00–1,000.009,9113

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.