Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-02-01

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 1
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 132▲ 149 vs year ago 20 · +745.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 9▲ 25 vs year ago 15 · +166.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 28▲ 39 vs year ago 10 · +390.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 2-3 higher, had some very good quality calves. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.81/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$144.81
48 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.99
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465149.7969628
Medium and Large 2470139.7365715thin
Medium and Large 3499132.196605thin
One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $36 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 sale48 hd
144.81
—
MS average13 barns · 1,188 hd
140.82
+3.99
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—Average1,88592.101,7363thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10871.377913thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03752.9454916

Every lot

50 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310185.00/cwt185.00–185.005741
Steers—Medium and Large 2330176.56/cwt172.00–179.005833
Steers—Medium and Large 1358187.68/cwt185.00–190.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 2365176.37/cwt170.00–180.006444
Steers—Medium and Large 1408180.74/cwt177.00–183.007374
Steers—Medium and Large 2423171.60/cwt168.00–175.007262
Steers—Medium and Large 3465164.08/cwt160.00–167.007633
Steers—Medium and Large 2473172.53/cwt169.00–175.008165
Steers—Medium and Large 1475176.00/cwt176.00–176.008362
Steers—Medium and Large 1528155.32/cwt154.00–157.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1618148.92/cwt145.00–153.009202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328159.94/cwt157.00–163.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365160.45/cwt155.00–166.005866
Heifers—Medium and Large 2388145.00/cwt145.00–145.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425152.44/cwt149.00–158.006484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432138.66/cwt135.00–141.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445137.00/cwt137.00–137.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463143.49/cwt142.00–145.006642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471149.55/cwt145.00–153.007045
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478134.97/cwt134.00–136.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519144.99/cwt140.00–151.007524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525136.51/cwt132.00–139.007176
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560144.00/cwt144.00–144.008061
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590134.00/cwt134.00–134.007911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625135.00/cwt135.00–135.008444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427173.91/cwt168.00–177.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435162.35/cwt160.00–165.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445157.00/cwt157.00–157.006991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468160.62/cwt156.00–165.007522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478173.67/cwt170.00–177.008303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519160.25/cwt158.00–163.008324
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562158.78/cwt155.00–164.008925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1661135.99/cwt135.00–138.008994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1755130.00/cwt130.00–130.009821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,84095.65/cwt92.00–100.001,7602
Bulls——1,97585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,6791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96947.57/cwt44.50–51.504615
Cows—Lean 85-90%98837.58/cwt36.00–39.003712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08659.34/cwt55.00–63.506449
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10871.37/cwt70.00–74.007913
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5591,112.31/cwt1,100.00–1,150.0017,3418
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,7331,574.39/cwt1,550.00–1,600.0027,2844
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,020750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0881,086.49/cwt1,075.00–1,100.0011,8212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,373977.73/cwt900.00–1,050.0013,4243

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.