Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-10-01

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 1
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 168 vs last sale 300▲ 132 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 23▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 17▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls were steady. feeder steers and heifers were 3 to 5 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.26/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$106.26
38 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$145
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$0.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.19
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3365106.8839013thin
Medium and Large 2505105.9453525
One grade step is worth $0.94/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale38 hd
106.26
—
MS average13 barns · 1,266 hd
112.45
−6.19
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—Average1,50466.671,0023thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33247.316303thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06238.004049thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
Steers—Medium and Large 2290140.00/cwt140.00–140.004061
Steers—Medium and Large 2320138.57/cwt137.00–140.004432
Steers—Medium and Large 2378133.75/cwt133.00–134.005064
Steers—Medium and Large 2408135.25/cwt133.00–138.005524
Steers—Medium and Large 2471127.46/cwt116.00–139.006008
Steers—Medium and Large 3540106.00/cwt106.00–106.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Steers—Medium and Large 2578115.95/cwt110.00–120.006705
Steers—Medium and Large 3580112.00/cwt112.00–112.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 2625114.50/cwt114.00–115.007162
Steers—Medium and Large 2718113.35/cwt112.00–115.008143
Steers—Medium and Large 2760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 2870110.00/cwt110.00–110.009571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3282113.25/cwt110.00–115.003193
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322108.97/cwt105.00–112.003513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390129.00/cwt129.00–129.005031
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390111.00/cwt110.00–112.004332
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424100.20/cwt92.00–109.004254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431114.76/cwt108.00–120.004954
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455100.00/cwt100.00–100.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473108.57/cwt105.00–113.005146
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523102.09/cwt93.00–109.005345
Heifers—Medium and Large 257596.98/cwt90.00–104.005585
Heifers—Medium and Large 261897.89/cwt92.00–102.006053
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430128.07/cwt126.00–130.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430112.85/cwt92.00–128.004853
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455121.47/cwt119.00–124.005532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3571105.22/cwt92.00–112.006016
Bulls—Medium and Large 3600105.00/cwt103.00–107.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3685100.96/cwt96.00–106.006922
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30560.00/cwt60.00–60.007831
Bulls——1,60370.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00834.14/cwt32.50–35.003443
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06545.00/cwt45.00–45.004791
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08939.93/cwt37.50–43.004356
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46548.47/cwt48.00–49.007102
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2905700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,173927.08/cwt900.00–950.0010,8752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,375700.00/cwt700.00–700.009,6251

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.