Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-07-19

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 19
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 189▲ 39 vs year ago 139 · +28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 31▲ 1 vs year ago 10 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 18▲ 5 vs year ago 6 · +83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 3-5 higher and slaughter cows 5-7 lower, bulls 2-3 lower. Sold mixed load steers and heifers 50,830 lb load steers average weight 630 lbs @ $ 1.5350 and heifers 587 lbs @ $ 1.4350.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.93/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$151.93
71 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$933
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$13.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.72
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2630154.0097049
Medium and Large 3438150.506582thin
Medium and Large 1595149.7889114thin
Medium and Large 2585140.518226thin
One grade step is worth $13.49/cwt here — about $148 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 sale71 hd
151.93
—
MS average13 barns · 961 hd
157.64
−5.72
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—Low1,68587.001,4662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31065.018523thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09049.435395thin

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,360$1,0382thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325173.00/cwt173.00–173.005621
Steers—Medium and Large 3395151.00/cwt151.00–151.005961
Steers—Medium and Large 1408179.01/cwt178.00–180.007302
Steers—Medium and Large 3480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1503149.50/cwt149.00–150.007522
Steers—Medium and Large 2522144.32/cwt143.00–145.007533
Steers—Medium and Large 1563148.49/cwt148.00–149.008362
Steers—Medium and Large 2563143.04/cwt140.00–146.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 1620144.92/cwt140.00–150.008992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630154.00/cwt154.00–154.0097049
Steers—Medium and Large 1675140.00/cwt140.00–140.009451
Steers—Medium and Large 1762135.68/cwt135.00–137.001,0343
Steers—Medium and Large 2820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0171
Steers—Medium and Large 1850133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365139.00/cwt139.00–139.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415137.00/cwt137.00–137.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433143.97/cwt143.00–145.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463129.00/cwt129.00–129.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523136.93/cwt135.00–139.007162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528144.51/cwt142.00–147.007632
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585118.00/cwt118.00–118.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587144.00/cwt144.00–144.0084534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720142.04/cwt140.00–144.001,0232
Heifers—Medium and Large 3735117.00/cwt117.00–117.008601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423152.63/cwt150.00–155.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460142.55/cwt140.00–145.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518152.00/cwt152.00–152.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520137.40/cwt135.00–140.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560146.00/cwt146.00–146.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575129.00/cwt129.00–129.007421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1612141.75/cwt137.00–150.008685
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620130.55/cwt129.00–132.008092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660127.52/cwt126.00–129.008422
Bulls—Medium and Large 3678119.51/cwt119.00–120.008102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750129.00/cwt129.00–129.009681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1731
Bulls——1,88595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,7911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00341.92/cwt40.00–44.004202
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14854.44/cwt50.00–58.006253
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31065.01/cwt62.00–68.008523
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3601,038.01/head900.00–1,175.001,0382

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.