Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-01-04

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 4
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 185▼ 24 vs year ago 111 · −21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 17▲ 1 vs year ago 39 · +2.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 16▲ 77 vs year ago 43 · +179.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 10-15 higher and slaughter cows and bulls were 3-5 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.65/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$179.65
39 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.52
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1441184.9581623
Medium and Large 2429174.0474613thin
Medium and Large 3370163.336053thin
One grade step is worth $21.61/cwt here — about $212 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 sale39 hd
179.65
—
MS average10 barns · 452 hd
173.13
+6.52
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—Average2,14290.881,9464thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15859.9069410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63355.499062thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07349.4753110

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1218201.48/cwt200.00–203.004392
Steers—Medium and Large 1260205.00/cwt205.00–205.005331
Steers—Medium and Large 3325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 2330181.39/cwt178.00–185.005992
Steers—Medium and Large 1345203.00/cwt203.00–203.007001
Steers—Medium and Large 2372180.27/cwt173.00–185.006713
Steers—Medium and Large 3393160.00/cwt160.00–160.006292
Steers—Medium and Large 1395198.00/cwt198.00–198.007821
Steers—Medium and Large 2413173.93/cwt170.00–178.007182
Steers—Medium and Large 1421188.81/cwt180.00–203.007957
Steers—Medium and Large 1473180.00/cwt180.00–180.008513
Steers—Medium and Large 2474174.01/cwt170.00–178.008255
Steers—Medium and Large 1521175.53/cwt170.00–188.009156
Steers—Medium and Large 1590174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0271
Steers—Medium and Large 2600141.00/cwt141.00–141.008461
Steers—Medium and Large 1635156.00/cwt156.00–156.009911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265165.00/cwt165.00–165.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322164.18/cwt160.00–173.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395150.00/cwt150.00–150.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436150.49/cwt148.00–156.006564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520146.39/cwt141.00–152.007612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545127.00/cwt127.00–127.006921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660132.00/cwt132.00–132.008711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485168.00/cwt168.00–168.008151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538159.00/cwt158.00–160.008552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573146.00/cwt146.00–146.008372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623152.86/cwt148.00–158.009522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628138.26/cwt137.00–142.008684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670140.00/cwt140.00–140.009381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,4961
Bulls——2,28292.17/cwt91.00–93.002,1033
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90338.11/cwt32.00–42.503442
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11652.31/cwt46.50–56.005848
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15859.90/cwt58.00–62.5069410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63355.49/cwt54.50–56.509062
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0481,575.66/cwt1,550.00–1,600.0016,5134
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0581,510.75/cwt1,350.00–1,600.0015,9846
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1151,342.54/cwt1,225.00–1,450.0014,9694
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1981,437.63/cwt1,375.00–1,500.0017,2234
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2051,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0016,8702
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2451,750.00/cwt1,750.00–1,750.0021,7882
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3951,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0020,9252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19791,221.60/cwt1,025.00–1,350.0011,9595
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19801,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,0251

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.