Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-06-06

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 47▲ 32 vs year ago 53 · +60.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 39▲ 41 vs year ago 14 · +292.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 15▲ 31 vs year ago 14 · +221.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 2-5 higher and slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.89/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$244.89
30 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,217
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$45.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.56
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448256.571,14812thin
Medium and Large 2535242.331,29715thin
Medium and Large 3502210.991,0593thin
One grade step is worth $45.58/cwt here — about $89 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 sale30 hd
244.89
—
MS average13 barns · 1,299 hd
231.33
+13.56
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—Average1,806113.042,0427thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,164102.471,19319
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44890.751,3142thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99864.8464711

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,383$1,8002thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,124$1,3004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,1583thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,223$1,7884thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,101$1,56412

Every lot

40 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3340222.00/cwt222.00–222.007551
Steers—Medium and Large 1371262.97/cwt260.00–272.009765
Steers—Medium and Large 2385243.97/cwt242.00–246.009392
Steers—Medium and Large 1408258.53/cwt253.00–264.001,0552
Steers—Medium and Large 2450242.50/cwt237.00–248.001,0912
Steers—Medium and Large 1520250.34/cwt250.00–251.001,3023
Steers—Medium and Large 1570247.95/cwt246.00–250.001,4132
Steers—Medium and Large 2578242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,39911
Steers—Medium and Large 3583205.48/cwt200.00–211.001,1982
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270220.00/cwt220.00–220.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363217.52/cwt215.00–220.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418211.15/cwt206.00–216.008832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432221.07/cwt218.00–225.009553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524215.96/cwt213.00–220.001,1326
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2492
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410225.00/cwt225.00–225.009231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430209.00/cwt209.00–209.008991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723175.50/cwt175.00–176.001,2692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,686108.57/cwt105.00–111.001,8304
Bulls——1,967119.00/cwt116.00–122.502,3413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89054.64/cwt50.00–63.004867
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06294.20/cwt93.00–95.001,0003
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110112.68/cwt111.00–114.001,2512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18682.69/cwt80.00–86.009814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194102.78/cwt97.00–107.501,22714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44890.75/cwt85.00–95.001,3142
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19551,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0751,536.16/head1,375.00–1,650.001,5366
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1271,591.72/head1,500.00–1,700.001,5926
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4902,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29881,112.41/head1,075.00–1,150.001,1122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0851,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1241,300.25/head1,250.00–1,350.001,3004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3831,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002

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.