Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-10-12

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 12
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
184 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 225▲ 1 vs year ago 183 · +0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 11▼ 22 vs year ago 29 · −75.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 25▲ 3 vs year ago 21 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were mixed, and slaughter cows and bulls were steady with just a small offering of them. Sold split load steers and heifers steers average weight 581 lbs. @ $ 1.40 per lb. and heifers 549 lbs @ $ 1.30.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.00/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$138.00
72 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.54
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576140.0080654
Medium and Large 2546131.9872018thin
One grade step is worth $8.02/cwt here — about $86 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
138.00
—
MS average13 barns · 1,036 hd
144.54
−6.54
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—Average1,64878.751,2972thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28353.666882thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24541.505171thin

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 1355170.00/cwt170.00–170.006041
Steers—Medium and Large 2370155.97/cwt155.00–158.005773
Steers—Medium and Large 1413148.06/cwt146.00–150.006112
Steers—Medium and Large 2445138.00/cwt138.00–138.006141
Steers—Medium and Large 1460148.00/cwt148.00–148.006811
Steers—Medium and Large 2473140.78/cwt137.00–143.006664
Steers—Medium and Large 1520132.00/cwt132.00–132.006861
Steers—Medium and Large 2580125.55/cwt122.00–130.007283
Steers—Medium and Large 1581140.00/cwt140.00–140.0081347
Steers—Medium and Large 2630118.68/cwt117.00–122.007483
Steers—Medium and Large 2672118.96/cwt115.00–122.007993
Steers—Medium and Large 2730117.00/cwt117.00–117.008541
Steers—Medium and Large 1785121.00/cwt121.00–121.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 1825113.00/cwt113.00–113.009321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315148.00/cwt148.00–148.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375131.00/cwt131.00–131.004911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420124.00/cwt124.00–124.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468127.00/cwt127.00–127.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518121.51/cwt121.00–122.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523115.66/cwt115.00–117.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1547129.87/cwt124.00–130.0071041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555132.00/cwt132.00–132.007331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006892
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580112.52/cwt110.00–115.006532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603112.01/cwt110.00–114.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705108.00/cwt108.00–108.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790111.00/cwt111.00–111.008771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488120.94/cwt117.00–125.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527133.26/cwt129.00–136.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560111.00/cwt111.00–111.006221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670113.00/cwt113.00–113.007571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710114.00/cwt114.00–114.008091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0621
Bulls——1,82085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,5561
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24541.50/cwt41.50–41.505171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28353.66/cwt51.00–56.006882
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,370950.00/cwt950.00–950.0013,0152
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100973.24/cwt875.00–1,050.0010,7062
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4381,228.19/cwt1,125.00–1,275.0017,6618

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.