Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-06-15

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 78▼ 95 vs year ago 172 · −55.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 19▼ 47 vs year ago 69 · −68.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 22▼ 114 vs year ago 139 · −82.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market, feeder calves were 3-5 higher and slaughter cows and bulls were 2-4 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.25/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$125.25
23 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464132.366149thin
Medium and Large 2518120.6862514thin
One grade step is worth $11.67/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale23 hd
125.25
—
MS average13 barns · 993 hd
129.76
−4.51
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—Average1,69099.481,6813thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20569.578386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38861.438532thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05756.4759710

Every lot

41 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1340160.00/cwt160.00–160.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 3350142.00/cwt142.00–142.004971
Steers—Medium and Large 2400132.00/cwt132.00–132.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 1411151.50/cwt150.00–155.006234
Steers—Medium and Large 2465138.50/cwt137.00–140.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 1516144.03/cwt138.00–148.007434
Steers—Medium and Large 2523130.61/cwt127.00–136.006833
Steers—Medium and Large 2565127.00/cwt127.00–127.007181
Steers—Medium and Large 1575147.00/cwt147.00–147.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1600144.00/cwt144.00–144.008641
Steers—Medium and Large 1665137.00/cwt137.00–137.009111
Steers—Medium and Large 2688127.99/cwt125.00–131.008812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380137.00/cwt137.00–137.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420130.51/cwt130.00–131.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425125.02/cwt124.00–127.005313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471132.05/cwt130.00–136.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510133.00/cwt133.00–133.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529119.34/cwt117.00–126.006315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568120.95/cwt117.00–125.006874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665102.00/cwt102.00–102.006781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483131.61/cwt127.00–134.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517133.62/cwt131.00–137.006913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563134.99/cwt131.00–139.007604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1619127.21/cwt124.00–132.007874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69099.48/cwt96.00–102.001,6813
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01541.00/cwt41.00–41.004161
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04560.37/cwt56.00–63.006317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11850.54/cwt49.00–52.005652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20569.57/cwt65.00–73.008386
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38861.43/cwt60.00–63.008532
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1831,373.15/cwt1,250.00–1,500.0016,2444
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,5601,331.73/cwt1,250.00–1,400.0020,7754
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2825700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,240875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3751,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0014,7811

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.