Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-11-08

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 8
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 234▼ 10 vs year ago 176 · −5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 44▼ 35 vs year ago 42 · −83.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 16▼ 83 vs year ago 89 · −93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 5-7 higher. To few slaughter cows and bulls to quote.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.89/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$143.89
47 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.16
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516148.7076725
Medium and Large 2508139.0270721
Medium and Large 3595126.007501thin
One grade step is worth $22.70/cwt here — about $18 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 sale47 hd
143.89
—
MS average13 barns · 1,225 hd
141.73
+2.16
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02049.005002thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76537.006531thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,270$1,2502thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,025$9001thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2305180.00/cwt180.00–180.005491
Steers—Medium and Large 1315213.00/cwt213.00–213.006711
Steers—Medium and Large 1350190.00/cwt190.00–190.006651
Steers—Medium and Large 3375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006382
Steers—Medium and Large 2378181.03/cwt178.00–185.006845
Steers—Medium and Large 2405158.50/cwt157.00–160.006422
Steers—Medium and Large 1415174.77/cwt169.00–179.007253
Steers—Medium and Large 2467161.94/cwt156.00–168.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 1473170.51/cwt170.00–171.008072
Steers—Medium and Large 1520163.69/cwt160.00–170.008515
Steers—Medium and Large 2528151.69/cwt150.00–155.008013
Steers—Medium and Large 2574153.53/cwt150.00–158.008815
Steers—Medium and Large 2618137.49/cwt135.00–140.008502
Steers—Medium and Large 1627156.36/cwt155.00–159.009803
Steers—Medium and Large 1650153.50/cwt153.00–154.009982
Steers—Medium and Large 2675145.00/cwt145.00–145.009791
Steers—Medium and Large 2735132.11/cwt124.00–140.009712
Steers—Medium and Large 2775135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0461
Steers—Medium and Large 2810130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0531
Steers—Medium and Large 1830145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365159.30/cwt158.00–160.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375153.89/cwt152.00–156.005772
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417147.34/cwt144.00–150.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430156.99/cwt156.00–159.006753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466153.71/cwt150.00–157.007168
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467143.29/cwt140.00–145.006693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513149.23/cwt145.00–151.007664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522135.66/cwt133.00–140.007086
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571134.77/cwt131.00–138.007705
Heifers—Medium and Large 3595126.00/cwt126.00–126.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633135.99/cwt135.00–137.008613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635128.00/cwt128.00–128.008131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650124.00/cwt124.00–124.008061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700135.00/cwt133.00–137.009452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510152.00/cwt152.00–152.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568140.00/cwt140.00–140.007952
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578124.98/cwt120.00–130.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88544.00/cwt44.00–44.003891
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15554.00/cwt54.00–54.006241
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76537.00/cwt37.00–37.006531
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,025900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2701,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502

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.