Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-02-22

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 22
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 44▼ 18 vs year ago 57 · −31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 16▼ 20 vs year ago 24 · −83.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 25▲ 42 vs year ago 10 · +420.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, just a small offering of cattle today. To few feeder calves to get a trend and the same with slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.49/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −52.00 against this barn's trailing median of $201.49.
Average price
$149.49
9 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.54
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585153.699003thin
Medium and Large 2522147.397696thin
One grade step is worth $6.30/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 sale9 hd
149.49
—
MS average13 barns · 384 hd
138.94
+10.54
This barn, trailing median3 sales
201.49
−52.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
231211190169median 201.4903/2403/2404/1410/1310/13
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.10, low $183.35, median $201.49 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02559.166062thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365209.16/cwt205.00–213.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 3365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006021
Steers—Medium and Large 2420168.00/cwt168.00–168.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 1440200.00/cwt200.00–200.008801
Steers—Medium and Large 2560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 2438142.03/cwt140.00–144.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580137.00/cwt137.00–137.007951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1845105.00/cwt105.00–105.008871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472151.75/cwt150.00–155.007163
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510178.00/cwt178.00–178.009081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590142.03/cwt138.00–146.008382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623141.53/cwt140.00–143.008822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02559.16/cwt56.00–62.006062
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0801,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0013,7702
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0015,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4101,511.73/cwt1,440.00–1,585.0021,3154
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,7001,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0025,9252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2949949.41/cwt775.00–1,100.009,0104
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2291,010.29/cwt750.00–1,225.0012,4165

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.