Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-08-10

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 10
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 59▼ 73 vs year ago 221 · −33.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 21▼ 4 vs year ago 11 · −36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 81▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were mixed. Steady on the slaughter cows and no bulls. Just a small offering of cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.92/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$146.92
64 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.71
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484149.3172240
Medium and Large 2453143.1364920
Medium and Large 3385141.955474thin
One grade step is worth $7.35/cwt here — about $175 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 sale64 hd
146.92
—
MS average13 barns · 1,319 hd
149.63
−2.71
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%Average1,40567.009413thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06353.375673thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1314160.99/cwt160.00–165.005065
Steers—Medium and Large 3325148.00/cwt148.00–148.004811
Steers—Medium and Large 2333158.00/cwt158.00–158.005262
Steers—Medium and Large 2370155.00/cwt155.00–155.005742
Steers—Medium and Large 3373146.41/cwt145.00–148.005462
Steers—Medium and Large 1390163.29/cwt160.00–170.006373
Steers—Medium and Large 1417154.58/cwt150.00–162.0064512
Steers—Medium and Large 2429141.46/cwt137.00–148.006075
Steers—Medium and Large 2466144.24/cwt139.00–149.006725
Steers—Medium and Large 3470127.00/cwt127.00–127.005971
Steers—Medium and Large 1473152.24/cwt150.00–160.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 2516134.77/cwt131.00–138.006954
Steers—Medium and Large 1525144.99/cwt144.00–146.007612
Steers—Medium and Large 1560141.98/cwt141.00–143.007952
Steers—Medium and Large 2560134.50/cwt134.00–135.007532
Steers—Medium and Large 1620137.02/cwt134.00–140.008503
Steers—Medium and Large 1664132.85/cwt130.00–139.008826
Steers—Medium and Large 1755127.00/cwt127.00–127.009591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368131.69/cwt130.00–133.004853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411132.63/cwt130.00–135.005455
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427128.34/cwt128.00–129.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460126.70/cwt125.00–128.005833
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478134.57/cwt130.00–139.006435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523129.99/cwt128.00–132.006802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525125.53/cwt124.00–127.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2587122.66/cwt120.00–127.007203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430136.00/cwt136.00–136.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465134.00/cwt134.00–134.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575118.30/cwt117.00–120.006803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620123.50/cwt123.00–124.007662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92048.00/cwt48.00–48.004421
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13556.05/cwt52.50–60.006362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40567.00/cwt65.00–68.009413
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0751,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0010,8581

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.