Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-03-22

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 58▼ 34 vs year ago 119 · −28.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 14▲ 3 vs year ago 16 · +18.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 24▲ 0 vs year ago 15 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady and slaughter cows and bulls 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 $163.35/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$163.35
22 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.33
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2367165.0760711thin
Medium and Large 1502163.098199thin
Medium and Large 3360155.005582thin
One grade step is worth $10.07/cwt here — about $49 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 sale22 hd
163.35
—
MS average11 barns · 1,323 hd
163.67
−0.33
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—Average1,485100.291,4895thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25977.929816thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98559.205838thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305203.00/cwt203.00–203.006191
Steers—Medium and Large 2319168.15/cwt165.00–175.005365
Steers—Medium and Large 3325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 2378169.76/cwt168.00–171.006424
Steers—Medium and Large 3395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 2415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 1428167.50/cwt167.00–168.007172
Steers—Medium and Large 1490160.00/cwt160.00–160.007841
Steers—Medium and Large 1513166.98/cwt166.00–168.008572
Steers—Medium and Large 2520156.00/cwt156.00–156.008111
Steers—Medium and Large 1595162.00/cwt162.00–162.009641
Steers—Medium and Large 1625136.94/cwt135.00–139.008562
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305136.00/cwt136.00–136.004151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355134.67/cwt134.00–135.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413142.35/cwt139.00–144.005883
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525143.49/cwt140.00–147.007534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530137.00/cwt137.00–137.007261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575143.03/cwt142.00–144.008222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615136.00/cwt136.00–136.008361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445165.00/cwt165.00–165.007341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485153.00/cwt153.00–153.007421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490160.00/cwt160.00–160.007841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44197.61/cwt95.00–100.001,4074
Bulls——1,660111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,8431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86750.04/cwt45.00–55.004343
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05664.69/cwt60.00–67.506835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25977.92/cwt72.50–82.009816
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0051,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0012,3112
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2975785.64/cwt700.00–850.007,6603

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.