Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 203▲ 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 41▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 29▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks market, slaughter cows were steady, a lot of thin cows. No bulls to quote. Feeder calves steers and heifers seemed to be 3 to 7 higher. The rain sure has helped the calf market out.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.06/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$137.06
40 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.37
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1387145.8356519thin
Medium and Large 3345130.434505thin
Medium and Large 2459128.7259116thin
One grade step is worth $17.11/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale40 hd
137.06
—
MS average13 barns · 906 hd
132.69
+4.37
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29343.465624thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19135.0941810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33532.694362thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1205167.00/cwt167.00–167.003421
Steers—Medium and Large 1261156.70/cwt150.00–160.004094
Steers—Medium and Large 2275142.36/cwt137.00–147.003912
Steers—Medium and Large 3333131.68/cwt130.00–135.004383
Steers—Medium and Large 3363128.55/cwt127.00–130.004672
Steers—Medium and Large 1379156.48/cwt154.00–158.005934
Steers—Medium and Large 2383140.00/cwt140.00–140.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 1415138.17/cwt132.00–144.005735
Steers—Medium and Large 2445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005561
Steers—Medium and Large 1460134.00/cwt134.00–134.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 2479127.96/cwt124.00–132.006137
Steers—Medium and Large 1514131.54/cwt129.00–135.006764
Steers—Medium and Large 2515122.06/cwt120.00–124.006292
Steers—Medium and Large 2590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
Steers—Medium and Large 2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
Heifers—Medium and Large 3270112.00/cwt112.00–112.003021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315126.00/cwt126.00–126.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378111.05/cwt110.00–112.004202
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415106.52/cwt106.00–107.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421112.45/cwt108.00–117.004734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467109.00/cwt107.00–110.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 3482103.41/cwt100.00–105.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513109.66/cwt109.00–110.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524103.01/cwt100.00–107.005408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560103.33/cwt100.00–107.005793
Heifers—Medium and Large 357793.62/cwt92.00–96.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 264597.00/cwt97.00–97.006261
Heifers—Medium and Large 269091.00/cwt91.00–91.006281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473111.01/cwt109.00–113.005254
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518104.70/cwt100.00–109.005423
Bulls—Medium and Large 3571103.73/cwt94.00–110.005925
Bulls—Medium and Large 3617100.74/cwt94.00–108.006223
Bulls—Medium and Large 3668104.48/cwt103.00–106.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 371090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18338.22/cwt35.00–41.004526
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20430.40/cwt30.00–31.503664
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29343.46/cwt41.50–46.005624
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33532.69/cwt30.00–35.004362
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0017,5002

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.