Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2022-11-15

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 15
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 166▼ 24 vs year ago 193 · −12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 7▲ 10 vs year ago 16 · +62.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 6▼ 23 vs year ago 31 · −74.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 3-7 higher and slaughter cows 2-4 higher. No sales next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.56/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$158.56
50 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.43
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529165.8187728
Medium and Large 3450154.006933thin
Medium and Large 2557148.5982719thin
One grade step is worth $17.22/cwt here — about $50 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 sale50 hd
158.56
—
MS average13 barns · 1,151 hd
168.99
−10.43
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—Low1,71278.501,3443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16759.256915thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12348.1854111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51045.006802thin

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)1,183$1,2002thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,030$8001thin

Every lot

55 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 1285195.50/cwt193.00–198.005572
Steers—Medium and Large 1310202.02/cwt200.00–203.006263
Steers—Medium and Large 3320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 1350196.50/cwt193.00–200.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 3395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 1416176.38/cwt170.00–180.007344
Steers—Medium and Large 2418156.69/cwt150.00–160.006553
Steers—Medium and Large 1453172.98/cwt170.00–176.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 2466157.51/cwt150.00–160.007344
Steers—Medium and Large 2510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007651
Steers—Medium and Large 1512158.98/cwt155.00–162.008143
Steers—Medium and Large 1570155.98/cwt155.00–157.008892
Steers—Medium and Large 2582144.27/cwt140.00–148.008403
Steers—Medium and Large 1622153.73/cwt150.00–156.009563
Steers—Medium and Large 2624143.79/cwt140.00–145.008974
Steers—Medium and Large 3635132.00/cwt132.00–132.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 2676141.27/cwt140.00–145.009554
Steers—Medium and Large 1725144.66/cwt144.00–145.001,0493
Steers—Medium and Large 1817130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0623
Steers—Medium and Large 1865127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318145.20/cwt140.00–150.004622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320158.00/cwt158.00–158.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367149.23/cwt145.00–153.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375165.44/cwt161.00–170.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405143.00/cwt143.00–143.005791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433154.77/cwt151.00–157.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460152.32/cwt150.00–155.007013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475139.67/cwt135.00–144.006639
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515138.75/cwt135.00–140.007154
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578128.00/cwt124.00–130.007404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583136.99/cwt135.00–139.007992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608122.98/cwt121.00–125.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660132.46/cwt130.00–135.008742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705130.00/cwt130.00–130.009171
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440160.00/cwt160.00–160.007041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488157.52/cwt154.00–161.007692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525151.01/cwt150.00–153.007933
Bulls—Medium and Large 3583122.53/cwt120.00–125.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680115.91/cwt112.00–120.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64372.75/cwt70.00–75.001,1952
Bulls——1,85090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01843.98/cwt42.00–45.004486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16759.25/cwt57.00–62.506915
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24953.21/cwt50.00–56.006655
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51045.00/cwt45.00–45.006802
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2975800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,030800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3901,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.