Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-06-22

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 22
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 77▲ 24 vs year ago 107 · +22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 22▲ 25 vs year ago 26 · +96.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 25▼ 33 vs year ago 51 · −64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.17/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$127.17
37 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.26
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510129.2366027
Medium and Large 2491121.6159710thin
One grade step is worth $7.62/cwt here — about $62 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 sale37 hd
127.17
—
MS average12 barns · 988 hd
129.43
−2.26
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—Average1,49687.001,3027thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29663.6882511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25562.007781thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06652.5456019

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2320145.14/cwt142.00–148.004643
Steers—Medium and Large 2368142.98/cwt140.00–146.005262
Steers—Medium and Large 2438136.99/cwt136.00–138.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 2458136.48/cwt133.00–140.006252
Steers—Medium and Large 1470143.56/cwt142.00–145.006752
Steers—Medium and Large 1519144.51/cwt143.00–145.007504
Steers—Medium and Large 2560131.46/cwt127.00–136.007362
Steers—Medium and Large 1580142.44/cwt140.00–145.008262
Steers—Medium and Large 1633137.51/cwt136.00–139.008702
Steers—Medium and Large 2640128.00/cwt127.00–129.008192
Steers—Medium and Large 1680139.00/cwt139.00–139.009451
Steers—Medium and Large 1715128.00/cwt128.00–128.009151
Steers—Medium and Large 1770127.00/cwt127.00–127.009781
Steers—Medium and Large 1855122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330134.00/cwt134.00–134.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343124.50/cwt123.00–125.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381131.76/cwt130.00–133.005024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431135.27/cwt133.00–139.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490134.67/cwt132.00–136.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529132.85/cwt129.00–136.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570122.27/cwt117.00–127.006974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619120.19/cwt118.00–123.007446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630114.51/cwt114.00–115.007212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658116.00/cwt116.00–116.007632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428132.42/cwt130.00–135.005675
Bulls—Medium and Large 2445129.00/cwt129.00–129.005741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467132.35/cwt131.00–133.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478126.30/cwt123.00–129.006044
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515128.40/cwt125.00–132.006612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560122.50/cwt122.00–123.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625123.00/cwt123.00–123.007691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668124.43/cwt121.00–128.008312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,15075.00/cwt75.00–75.008631
Bulls——1,43886.00/cwt85.00–88.001,2373
Bulls——1,67091.99/cwt90.00–94.001,5363
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02243.93/cwt39.00–50.004497
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09257.56/cwt54.00–60.0062912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25562.00/cwt62.00–62.007781
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29663.68/cwt62.00–70.0082511
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2201,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,2004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,275938.02/cwt900.00–970.0011,9602

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.