Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-10-26

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 26
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
277 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 139▲ 82 vs year ago 195 · +42.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 27▲ 29 vs year ago 22 · +131.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 49▲ 31 vs year ago 17 · +182.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady, and slaughter cows and bulls were steady as well.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.58/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$146.58
47 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.70
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1496148.7573827
Medium and Large 2443145.8164615thin
Medium and Large 3425137.185835thin
One grade step is worth $11.58/cwt here — about $155 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 sale47 hd
146.58
—
MS average13 barns · 804 hd
144.88
+1.70
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—Average1,54582.651,2773thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43055.007871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23249.2760712
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03139.3540614

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315151.05/cwt150.00–152.004762
Steers—Medium and Large 1325161.26/cwt160.00–163.005243
Steers—Medium and Large 3325144.00/cwt144.00–144.004681
Steers—Medium and Large 2370151.04/cwt147.00–155.005593
Steers—Medium and Large 1385163.21/cwt160.00–166.006284
Steers—Medium and Large 1419161.35/cwt158.00–164.006768
Steers—Medium and Large 2420154.34/cwt153.00–155.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 3440135.63/cwt130.00–139.005973
Steers—Medium and Large 2475150.96/cwt148.00–156.007174
Steers—Medium and Large 3480135.00/cwt135.00–135.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 2513127.01/cwt126.00–128.006522
Steers—Medium and Large 1625132.63/cwt129.00–133.0082911
Steers—Medium and Large 1650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 2715111.00/cwt111.00–111.007941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323140.00/cwt140.00–140.004523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326127.75/cwt125.00–130.004165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364138.97/cwt138.00–140.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395124.00/cwt124.00–124.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422126.59/cwt124.00–130.005345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445118.00/cwt118.00–118.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465127.71/cwt124.00–134.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514116.50/cwt114.00–119.005994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515121.32/cwt120.00–124.006253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555112.00/cwt112.00–112.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610104.00/cwt104.00–104.006341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418131.92/cwt130.00–134.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430126.02/cwt125.00–127.005422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463128.31/cwt127.00–130.005943
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475123.17/cwt120.00–126.005857
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507134.98/cwt130.00–141.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520123.94/cwt120.00–128.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523118.00/cwt118.00–118.006172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563121.00/cwt121.00–121.006812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568113.03/cwt110.00–117.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675113.00/cwt113.00–113.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1707112.31/cwt109.00–118.007943
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21578.00/cwt78.00–78.009481
Bulls——1,71084.97/cwt84.00–86.001,4532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97632.93/cwt31.00–38.003216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07344.17/cwt41.50–46.504748
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23249.27/cwt47.00–52.0060712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43055.00/cwt55.00–55.007871
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,075852.09/cwt800.00–900.009,1602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,245850.19/cwt750.00–925.0010,5857

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.