Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-06-13

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 85▲ 48 vs year ago 72 · +66.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 55▲ 48 vs year ago 6 · +800.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 45▲ 27 vs year ago 13 · +207.7%
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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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $227.65/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$227.65
42 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,336
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.07
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1640230.081,47313thin
Medium and Large 2561229.881,29022
Medium and Large 3570216.101,2327thin
One grade step is worth $13.98/cwt here — about $241 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 sale42 hd
227.65
—
MS average13 barns · 1,219 hd
242.72
−15.07
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,430103.001,4731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,196102.721,22815
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08381.8088618

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$1,2693thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$1,5628
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,043$1,4754thin

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 1300300.00/cwt300.00–300.009001
Steers—Medium and Large 2340267.50/cwt265.00–270.009102
Steers—Medium and Large 2370266.73/cwt265.00–270.009874
Steers—Medium and Large 3395270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0671
Steers—Medium and Large 1410270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1071
Steers—Medium and Large 2460250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1501
Steers—Medium and Large 3535215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1501
Steers—Medium and Large 1540253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3661
Steers—Medium and Large 2545241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3131
Steers—Medium and Large 1568244.03/cwt242.00–246.001,3862
Steers—Medium and Large 3570209.23/cwt200.00–222.001,1933
Steers—Medium and Large 2573234.36/cwt220.00–244.001,3435
Steers—Medium and Large 2629215.20/cwt210.00–223.001,3545
Steers—Medium and Large 1640238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5231
Steers—Medium and Large 3675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3502
Steers—Medium and Large 2708204.84/cwt190.00–220.001,4502
Steers—Medium and Large 1739209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5456
Steers—Medium and Large 2760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
Steers—Medium and Large 1860188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,6171
Steers—Medium and Large 2990127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360218.06/cwt216.00–220.007852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380230.00/cwt230.00–230.008741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435210.00/cwt210.00–210.009141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540212.99/cwt210.00–216.001,1503
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568212.45/cwt211.00–214.001,2072
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613204.29/cwt200.00–210.001,2526
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622188.38/cwt185.00–190.001,1723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3261
Heifers—Medium and Large 3680179.01/cwt178.00–180.001,2172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2723187.03/cwt185.00–189.001,3522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2775151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1701
Heifers—Medium and Large 3865125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0471
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03572.49/cwt70.00–75.007504
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09080.39/cwt78.00–82.008767
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10488.54/cwt84.00–92.009777
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182106.70/cwt103.00–112.501,2618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21198.18/cwt94.00–102.001,1897
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,4731
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1901,269.26/head1,200.00–1,315.001,2693
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0431,474.70/head1,450.00–1,500.001,4754
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1281,562.20/head1,475.00–1,625.001,5628

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.