Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2021-11-02

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 2
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 277▲ 64 vs year ago 117 · +54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 51▲ 9 vs year ago 20 · +45.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 48▲ 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%
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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 as well.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.14/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$123.14
44 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.64
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419130.4754724
Medium and Large 2515114.3358920
One grade step is worth $16.14/cwt here — about −$42 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 sale44 hd
123.14
—
MS average13 barns · 1,269 hd
123.77
−0.64
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—Average1,84384.001,5482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31050.4466111
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02733.4834410

Every lot

48 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325150.54/cwt149.00–153.004894
Steers—Medium and Large 1338155.50/cwt155.00–156.005262
Steers—Medium and Large 1370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 2380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 1420144.99/cwt142.00–148.006095
Steers—Medium and Large 1480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 2490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 1500151.00/cwt151.00–151.007551
Steers—Medium and Large 2520137.00/cwt137.00–137.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 3583121.52/cwt120.00–123.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 1618118.69/cwt117.00–120.007343
Steers—Medium and Large 2631113.29/cwt110.00–115.007154
Steers—Medium and Large 1660117.99/cwt116.00–120.007794
Steers—Medium and Large 2685115.00/cwt115.00–115.007881
Steers—Medium and Large 2718114.66/cwt114.00–115.008233
Steers—Medium and Large 1730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325137.45/cwt133.00–140.004475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325128.00/cwt128.00–128.004161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367129.02/cwt127.00–130.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376136.61/cwt132.00–140.005146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409129.66/cwt125.00–135.005307
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425117.93/cwt116.00–120.005012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455118.00/cwt118.00–118.005371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465125.00/cwt122.00–129.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523112.79/cwt108.00–116.005905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566110.22/cwt106.00–113.006244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633114.39/cwt109.00–120.007242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650113.00/cwt113.00–113.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665103.30/cwt101.00–105.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700103.00/cwt103.00–103.007211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405121.50/cwt120.00–123.004922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427137.76/cwt134.00–141.005885
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440118.00/cwt118.00–118.005191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463133.94/cwt130.00–138.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490115.00/cwt115.00–115.005641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505132.00/cwt132.00–132.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512123.65/cwt120.00–127.006333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558121.52/cwt120.00–123.006782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565136.00/cwt136.00–136.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1612111.00/cwt108.00–115.006793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4161
Bulls——1,87090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6831
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92530.00/cwt30.00–30.002782
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03527.25/cwt26.00–28.002823
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06338.60/cwt35.00–42.504105
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27052.45/cwt49.00–56.006668
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41745.07/cwt44.00–46.006393
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2785700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,4951

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.