Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-01-25

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 25
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 113▲ 113 vs year ago 19 · +594.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 18▼ 8 vs year ago 17 · −47.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 17▲ 16 vs year ago 12 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.80/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$174.80
43 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.60
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466175.5481826
Medium and Large 2419173.6872717thin
One grade step is worth $1.86/cwt here — about $91 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
174.80
—
MS average13 barns · 1,276 hd
168.20
+6.60
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%Average1,29568.788915thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12558.936632thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2260180.00/cwt180.00–180.004681
Steers—Medium and Large 1308185.97/cwt183.00–190.005733
Steers—Medium and Large 2310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 1358190.52/cwt188.00–193.006822
Steers—Medium and Large 2378180.08/cwt175.00–185.006816
Steers—Medium and Large 1419181.07/cwt178.00–185.007597
Steers—Medium and Large 2435167.50/cwt165.00–170.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 1470177.13/cwt174.00–180.008332
Steers—Medium and Large 2478171.17/cwt170.00–175.008186
Steers—Medium and Large 1520169.05/cwt165.00–173.008797
Steers—Medium and Large 2540160.00/cwt160.00–160.008641
Steers—Medium and Large 1555172.00/cwt172.00–172.009551
Steers—Medium and Large 1601162.00/cwt155.00–168.009744
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368134.76/cwt130.00–140.004962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380151.50/cwt148.00–155.005762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1404151.76/cwt150.00–155.006134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417136.78/cwt135.00–140.005703
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465133.96/cwt130.00–138.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468151.17/cwt147.00–155.007076
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515133.08/cwt130.00–136.006853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533152.45/cwt147.00–167.008135
Heifers—Medium and Large 3550122.00/cwt122.00–122.006711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565129.02/cwt128.00–130.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2800105.00/cwt105.00–105.008401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1945120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435169.55/cwt165.00–174.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443163.00/cwt163.00–163.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467166.99/cwt165.00–170.007805
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475156.50/cwt155.00–158.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527166.71/cwt165.00–170.008793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567169.27/cwt165.00–173.009603
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578151.39/cwt148.00–155.008752
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12558.93/cwt57.50–60.006632
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29568.78/cwt66.00–72.508915
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2800900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19741,012.47/cwt975.00–1,100.009,8615
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,070800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,5601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,218977.43/cwt950.00–1,000.0011,9053
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,260900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,3401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,280850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,8801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,335975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,0161

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.