Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-01-11

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 11
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 87▼ 9 vs year ago 148 · −6.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 40▲ 11 vs year ago 11 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 110 vs last sale 120▲ 3 vs year ago 7 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.08/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$180.08
43 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.82
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430185.4179725
Medium and Large 2413176.0372615thin
Medium and Large 3428155.916673thin
One grade step is worth $29.50/cwt here — about $130 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 sale43 hd
180.08
—
MS average12 barns · 1,016 hd
174.26
+5.82
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27459.037525thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14046.9053511

Every lot

36 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1285189.77/cwt185.00–193.005414
Steers—Medium and Large 1300203.00/cwt203.00–203.006091
Steers—Medium and Large 2305183.00/cwt183.00–183.005582
Steers—Medium and Large 2370180.05/cwt175.00–186.006665
Steers—Medium and Large 1380200.00/cwt200.00–200.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 2410174.56/cwt170.00–178.007164
Steers—Medium and Large 1416187.23/cwt180.00–190.007796
Steers—Medium and Large 3428155.91/cwt150.00–160.006673
Steers—Medium and Large 1472183.72/cwt180.00–190.008678
Steers—Medium and Large 1505179.50/cwt175.00–185.009064
Steers—Medium and Large 2508169.30/cwt167.00–171.008603
Steers—Medium and Large 2565168.00/cwt168.00–168.009491
Steers—Medium and Large 1635162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322142.40/cwt140.00–145.004593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345148.00/cwt148.00–148.005111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350143.00/cwt143.00–143.005011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415154.21/cwt150.00–157.006404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421139.57/cwt138.00–143.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455139.00/cwt135.00–143.006322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475154.69/cwt153.00–158.007354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520148.19/cwt145.00–153.007714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600150.50/cwt148.00–153.009032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630131.00/cwt130.00–132.008252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725130.00/cwt130.00–130.009431
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405167.00/cwt167.00–167.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465165.00/cwt165.00–165.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475152.43/cwt150.00–157.007243
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09244.27/cwt42.00–46.004835
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12039.00/cwt39.00–39.004371
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19351.11/cwt48.00–54.006105
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27459.03/cwt57.00–63.007525
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,7801,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0025,8102
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2651,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0015,4961
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3751,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0014,7811

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.