Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-08-23

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 23
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 181▼ 15 vs year ago 170 · −8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 20▲ 20 vs year ago 9 · +222.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 5▲ 18 vs year ago 8 · +225.0%
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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 and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.31/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$153.31
59 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$394
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$28.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.05
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2587165.0096910thin
Medium and Large 1556153.3385340
Medium and Large 2491142.166986thin
Medium and Large 3422136.335753thin
One grade step is worth $28.67/cwt here — about $394 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 sale59 hd
153.31
—
MS average12 barns · 1,295 hd
153.26
+0.05
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—Average1,55588.001,3681thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20278.039389thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04763.6266610

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$9994thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)917$9956

Every lot

38 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2360166.00/cwt166.00–166.005981
Steers—Medium and Large 1420169.00/cwt169.00–169.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 2420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006511
Steers—Medium and Large 2465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
Steers—Medium and Large 3485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 1520168.00/cwt168.00–168.008741
Steers—Medium and Large 2533143.68/cwt141.00–145.007663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545172.00/cwt172.00–172.0093717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,03311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0538
Steers—Medium and Large 2660142.00/cwt142.00–142.009371
Steers—Medium and Large 1670156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325173.00/cwt173.00–173.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375174.00/cwt174.00–174.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430155.00/cwt155.00–155.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460134.00/cwt134.00–134.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478141.32/cwt140.00–144.006763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540154.00/cwt154.00–154.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559152.63/cwt150.00–159.0085332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575139.00/cwt139.00–139.007991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587165.00/cwt165.00–165.0096910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628156.36/cwt152.00–160.009823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635140.00/cwt140.00–140.008891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805124.00/cwt124.00–124.009981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465143.03/cwt142.00–144.006652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515152.00/cwt152.00–152.007831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635127.00/cwt127.00–127.008061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03055.00/cwt55.00–55.005673
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05467.32/cwt60.00–70.007107
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20278.03/cwt74.00–82.009389
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2917995.41/head900.00–1,075.009956
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,175999.15/head975.00–1,025.009994

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.