Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-10-08

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 8
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
419 head
▲ 287 vs last sale 132▲ 419 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 40▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 33▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Sold a load of steers black and char. 85 head avrg. wt. 605lbs brought $ 1.36 per lb. Also sold a load of heifers black and char. 88 head avrg. wt. 569 lbs brought $ 1.26 per lb.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.40/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$131.40
153 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2605136.0082385
Medium and Large 1516131.9568126
Medium and Large 2524123.3664629
Medium and Large 3478118.1756413thin
One grade step is worth $17.83/cwt here — about $259 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 sale153 hd
131.40
—
MS average13 barns · 1,075 hd
130.73
+0.67
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—Low1,60965.411,0526thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28244.465704thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10735.1138911

Every lot

50 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315139.48/cwt138.00–140.004394
Steers—Medium and Large 2325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
Steers—Medium and Large 1384141.42/cwt137.00–148.005434
Steers—Medium and Large 2385132.00/cwt132.00–132.005081
Steers—Medium and Large 3390127.00/cwt127.00–127.004951
Steers—Medium and Large 1425138.72/cwt136.00–143.005903
Steers—Medium and Large 2429127.60/cwt125.00–130.005476
Steers—Medium and Large 3435116.05/cwt112.00–120.005052
Steers—Medium and Large 2468126.17/cwt123.00–128.005906
Steers—Medium and Large 1470135.24/cwt132.00–137.006364
Steers—Medium and Large 3474118.62/cwt115.00–120.005628
Steers—Medium and Large 2514122.45/cwt119.00–126.006294
Steers—Medium and Large 1518132.75/cwt129.00–135.006884
Steers—Medium and Large 3578114.06/cwt111.00–117.006592
Steers—Medium and Large 2583119.50/cwt119.00–120.006972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605136.00/cwt136.00–136.0082385
Steers—Medium and Large 2626116.71/cwt112.00–123.007314
Steers—Medium and Large 2675119.43/cwt115.00–122.008065
Steers—Medium and Large 1724118.27/cwt115.00–121.008564
Steers—Medium and Large 1770118.99/cwt118.00–120.009162
Steers—Medium and Large 1950108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327112.64/cwt110.00–115.003683
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379105.57/cwt103.00–108.004005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390118.04/cwt112.00–125.004603
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430105.62/cwt102.00–110.0045411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472107.88/cwt104.00–110.005097
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520106.21/cwt102.00–112.005528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569126.00/cwt126.00–126.0071788
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572105.68/cwt104.00–108.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3487110.07/cwt100.00–120.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505108.00/cwt108.00–108.005451
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 3618102.51/cwt100.00–105.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 367597.00/cwt97.00–97.006551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52860.26/cwt56.00–65.009213
Bulls——1,54568.34/cwt67.00–70.001,0562
Bulls——1,98075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,4851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05031.53/cwt30.00–34.003315
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15538.09/cwt35.00–41.504406
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26843.95/cwt43.00–45.005573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32546.00/cwt46.00–46.006101
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,000900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,070837.97/cwt750.00–900.008,9662
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,075875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,4061
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,085800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,6801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,127950.45/cwt800.00–1,035.0010,7123
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,425975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,8942
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,7951,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0025,1302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,9051,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0027,1462

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.