Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-02-15

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 48▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 26▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 5▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, just a small offering of calves today, to few to get a market. Slaughter cows and bulls 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 $169.42/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$169.42
12 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.77
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453170.137719thin
Medium and Large 2372167.306223thin
One grade step is worth $2.83/cwt here — about $150 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 sale12 hd
169.42
—
MS average13 barns · 1,149 hd
175.19
−5.77
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—Average1,66594.191,5682thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20771.1585911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40365.009122thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315170.95/cwt170.00–172.005382
Steers—Medium and Large 1393179.01/cwt178.00–180.007042
Steers—Medium and Large 1421168.29/cwt165.00–170.007094
Steers—Medium and Large 2485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
Steers—Medium and Large 1528168.51/cwt167.00–170.008902
Steers—Medium and Large 1555163.00/cwt163.00–163.009051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443138.52/cwt135.00–142.006142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575131.00/cwt131.00–131.007531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610135.00/cwt135.00–135.008241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2755111.00/cwt111.00–111.008381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785121.00/cwt121.00–121.009501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475153.00/cwt153.00–153.007271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523158.56/cwt157.00–160.008292
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,66594.19/cwt91.50–96.001,5682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20771.15/cwt67.00–75.0085911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40365.00/cwt65.00–65.009122
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0231,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0013,5554
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4351,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0018,6552
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2820800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,5601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19231,078.25/cwt1,025.00–1,150.009,9523
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3281,061.02/cwt1,025.00–1,100.0014,0902

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.