Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-03-29

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 85▲ 128 vs year ago 52 · +246.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 19▲ 25 vs year ago 10 · +250.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 15▲ 7 vs year ago 11 · +63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were 4-7 higher and slaughter cows were 2-3 higher and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.53/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$149.53
83 head · 624 lb average
Value per head Derived
$934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$221
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$7.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.35
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3493155.507662thin
Medium and Large 2515153.5979121
Medium and Large 1667147.9098760
One grade step is worth $7.60/cwt here — about −$221 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 sale83 hd
149.53
—
MS average13 barns · 501 hd
166.88
−17.35
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—Average1,52597.721,4902thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16179.4392213
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48271.521,0603thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04461.5064216

Every lot

53 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2271183.37/cwt180.00–188.004974
Steers—Medium and Large 1275190.00/cwt190.00–190.005231
Steers—Medium and Large 1320180.82/cwt175.00–185.005794
Steers—Medium and Large 2320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 2372169.60/cwt165.00–173.006315
Steers—Medium and Large 1375177.37/cwt175.00–180.006652
Steers—Medium and Large 3390165.00/cwt165.00–165.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 2410163.00/cwt163.00–163.006681
Steers—Medium and Large 1420171.69/cwt165.00–175.007215
Steers—Medium and Large 1464165.25/cwt165.00–166.007674
Steers—Medium and Large 1522163.00/cwt160.00–166.008513
Steers—Medium and Large 1570169.00/cwt169.00–169.009631
Steers—Medium and Large 3595146.00/cwt146.00–146.008691
Steers—Medium and Large 2610135.00/cwt135.00–135.008241
Steers—Medium and Large 1623141.45/cwt140.00–143.008812
Steers—Medium and Large 2665135.26/cwt131.00–138.008994
Steers—Medium and Large 1682143.00/cwt143.00–143.0097511
Steers—Medium and Large 2715127.00/cwt127.00–127.009081
Steers—Medium and Large 1725141.78/cwt135.00–146.001,0285
Steers—Medium and Large 2765129.31/cwt126.00–131.009893
Steers—Medium and Large 1795139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1051
Steers—Medium and Large 1808134.98/cwt133.00–139.001,0913
Steers—Medium and Large 2855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0261
Steers—Medium and Large 1889129.06/cwt129.00–130.001,14716
Steers—Medium and Large 1908127.51/cwt125.00–130.001,1582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310150.00/cwt150.00–150.004651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345147.00/cwt147.00–147.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412143.22/cwt142.00–145.005905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518130.97/cwt129.00–133.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527138.96/cwt136.00–143.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575129.00/cwt125.00–133.007422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435161.00/cwt161.00–161.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473164.54/cwt163.00–166.007782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510139.00/cwt139.00–139.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535150.00/cwt148.00–152.008032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575136.84/cwt131.00–143.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660124.00/cwt124.00–124.008181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,52597.72/cwt95.00–100.001,4902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80040.00/cwt40.00–40.003201
Cows—Lean 85-90%99357.58/cwt55.00–60.005728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09375.52/cwt74.50–76.508255
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13769.06/cwt65.00–72.507857
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20381.87/cwt77.00–85.509858
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48271.52/cwt70.00–72.501,0603
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2985893.85/cwt825.00–950.008,8042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,030875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,0131

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.