Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-06-07

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 49▼ 25 vs year ago 78 · −32.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 12▼ 5 vs year ago 19 · −26.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 17▼ 8 vs year ago 22 · −36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.26/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$135.26
15 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.04
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2439138.716097thin
Medium and Large 1636136.008653thin
Medium and Large 3428129.985575thin
One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about $52 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 sale15 hd
135.26
—
MS average13 barns · 1,437 hd
140.30
−5.04
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—Average1,55898.001,5262thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37072.009861thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low85252.784499thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$7101thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,2702thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,202$1,1426

Every lot

32 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2378156.87/cwt150.00–165.005935
Steers—Medium and Large 1443156.50/cwt156.00–157.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 2445145.00/cwt145.00–145.006451
Steers—Medium and Large 2480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1515152.00/cwt152.00–152.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 1575151.99/cwt151.00–153.008742
Steers—Medium and Large 2580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 1600142.00/cwt142.00–142.008521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363142.47/cwt141.00–144.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388132.45/cwt130.00–135.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433130.00/cwt130.00–130.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483140.51/cwt140.00–141.006792
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539139.00/cwt139.00–139.007491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650134.00/cwt134.00–134.008711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720135.00/cwt135.00–135.009721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3051
Bulls——1,665106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,7651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74538.00/cwt38.00–38.002831
Cows—Lean 85-90%85956.65/cwt53.00–60.004876
Cows—Lean 85-90%88348.54/cwt47.00–50.004292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37072.00/cwt72.00–72.009861
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0501,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2781,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3001,270.00/head1,270.00–1,270.001,2702
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2925710.00/head710.00–710.007101

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.