Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-10-05

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 5
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 189▲ 2 vs year ago 223 · +0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 29▼ 30 vs year ago 41 · −73.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 8▼ 20 vs year ago 45 · −44.4%
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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 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 $138.88/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$138.88
56 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.33
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475143.1568034
Medium and Large 2527133.6270418thin
Medium and Large 3560126.237074thin
One grade step is worth $16.92/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale56 hd
138.88
—
MS average13 barns · 1,044 hd
143.21
−4.33
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—Average1,79585.501,5351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28051.946654thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03736.323764thin

Every lot

50 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 1323150.64/cwt150.00–152.004873
Steers—Medium and Large 1369153.89/cwt150.00–158.005684
Steers—Medium and Large 2380145.01/cwt144.00–146.005512
Steers—Medium and Large 1413146.80/cwt144.00–152.006066
Steers—Medium and Large 2428138.04/cwt134.00–140.005913
Steers—Medium and Large 1469144.96/cwt142.00–151.006807
Steers—Medium and Large 2483141.00/cwt141.00–141.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 2515136.33/cwt135.00–138.007023
Steers—Medium and Large 1517142.49/cwt140.00–148.007378
Steers—Medium and Large 3530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 3570126.64/cwt123.00–129.007223
Steers—Medium and Large 2574132.50/cwt131.00–134.007614
Steers—Medium and Large 2605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1618127.52/cwt125.00–133.007884
Steers—Medium and Large 2663118.98/cwt117.00–121.007892
Steers—Medium and Large 1673127.00/cwt126.00–128.008552
Steers—Medium and Large 2700122.00/cwt122.00–122.008541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374133.01/cwt130.00–135.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423129.48/cwt126.00–133.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430122.01/cwt120.00–123.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475119.88/cwt112.00–124.005694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518120.10/cwt118.00–123.006229
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529114.79/cwt113.00–117.006075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573109.96/cwt108.00–112.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613114.99/cwt114.00–116.007053
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620107.48/cwt107.00–108.006662
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438135.02/cwt134.00–136.005912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467124.01/cwt122.00–128.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482133.02/cwt131.00–135.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520133.37/cwt130.00–137.006943
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526124.52/cwt118.00–128.006554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563132.00/cwt132.00–132.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574122.21/cwt119.00–126.007014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615116.47/cwt113.00–120.007162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1708111.00/cwt111.00–111.007862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2730102.00/cwt102.00–102.007451
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,79585.50/cwt85.50–85.501,5351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99341.74/cwt37.50–46.504142
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08030.89/cwt30.00–32.003342
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28051.94/cwt49.50–55.006654
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2999955.57/cwt775.00–1,100.009,5464
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,144.68/cwt1,025.00–1,275.0013,6223
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,0191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,5951,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0018,3431

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.