Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-07-13

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 13
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 150▲ 74 vs year ago 104 · +71.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 17▼ 5 vs year ago 24 · −20.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 17▼ 35 vs year ago 48 · −72.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady also. Sold split load of steers and heifers 50,000 plus lbs. Steers average weight was 641 lbs @ $ 1.4150 and heifers 635 lbs @ $ 1.3150

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.70/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$141.70
72 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$258
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$3.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.58
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3378144.495462thin
Medium and Large 1-2641142.0091039
Medium and Large 2474141.3766914thin
Medium and Large 1571140.9580417thin
One grade step is worth $3.54/cwt here — about −$258 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 sale72 hd
141.70
—
MS average11 barns · 996 hd
150.28
−8.58
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
Bulls—Average1,87489.171,6715thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25367.408453thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94840.983888thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325174.00/cwt174.00–174.005661
Steers—Medium and Large 2335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005191
Steers—Medium and Large 2375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 3378144.49/cwt144.00–145.005462
Steers—Medium and Large 1415148.37/cwt145.00–152.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 2466141.27/cwt138.00–144.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 1480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 2500137.00/cwt137.00–137.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 1524141.34/cwt140.00–143.007416
Steers—Medium and Large 2580131.53/cwt127.00–135.007634
Steers—Medium and Large 1630137.50/cwt136.00–139.008662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641142.00/cwt142.00–142.0091039
Steers—Medium and Large 1720128.00/cwt128.00–128.009221
Steers—Medium and Large 1785132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0361
Steers—Medium and Large 1835129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0771
Steers—Medium and Large 1905120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370125.51/cwt125.00–126.004642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413127.52/cwt127.00–128.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477131.35/cwt130.00–133.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530132.96/cwt131.00–135.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2593122.99/cwt120.00–126.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620122.50/cwt122.00–123.007602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635132.00/cwt132.00–132.0083839
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725113.97/cwt112.00–116.008262
Heifers—Medium and Large 2775112.00/cwt112.00–112.008681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880103.00/cwt103.00–103.009061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425133.01/cwt132.00–134.005653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523129.50/cwt129.00–130.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578124.00/cwt124.00–124.007172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672115.66/cwt113.00–118.007773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71086.18/cwt84.00–88.001,4743
Bulls——2,12093.66/cwt90.00–98.001,9862
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89544.77/cwt43.00–47.004012
Cows—Lean 85-90%90633.24/cwt30.00–36.003014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08352.66/cwt50.00–55.005702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25367.40/cwt66.00–70.008453
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2501,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0014,6882
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,5351,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0018,4202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2890700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,2301

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.