Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-10-29

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 29
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 141▲ 215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 17▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 19▲ 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks slaughter market, very few slaughter cattle this week. But will call the market steady. As for the feeder calf market steers and heifers seemed to be 3 to 5 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.25/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$129.25
79 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.71
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434137.1759521
Medium and Large 2449129.6658342
Medium and Large 3513117.7960416thin
One grade step is worth $19.38/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale79 hd
129.25
—
MS average13 barns · 1,129 hd
130.96
−1.71
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—Average1,58567.501,0701thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07530.243253thin

Every lot

58 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 2220145.82/cwt142.00–150.003212
Steers—Medium and Large 2283145.25/cwt142.00–147.004118
Steers—Medium and Large 1317147.30/cwt142.00–152.004676
Steers—Medium and Large 2326140.42/cwt138.00–142.004584
Steers—Medium and Large 1365149.27/cwt145.00–153.005454
Steers—Medium and Large 3368126.48/cwt123.00–130.004652
Steers—Medium and Large 2373138.82/cwt138.00–140.005186
Steers—Medium and Large 1418139.95/cwt136.00–146.005855
Steers—Medium and Large 2425132.86/cwt130.00–136.005652
Steers—Medium and Large 3440119.00/cwt119.00–119.005241
Steers—Medium and Large 1455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 3477120.18/cwt114.00–124.005735
Steers—Medium and Large 2485132.00/cwt132.00–132.006401
Steers—Medium and Large 2529121.24/cwt118.00–123.006415
Steers—Medium and Large 2566121.40/cwt120.00–126.006877
Steers—Medium and Large 3581113.97/cwt106.00–117.006628
Steers—Medium and Large 1611112.48/cwt111.00–115.006874
Steers—Medium and Large 2618108.91/cwt102.00–117.006733
Steers—Medium and Large 2709104.24/cwt102.00–106.007394
Steers—Medium and Large 1755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3230110.00/cwt110.00–110.002531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275132.00/cwt132.00–132.003631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275121.55/cwt119.00–124.003342
Heifers—Medium and Large 3280110.00/cwt110.00–110.003081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321128.99/cwt124.00–134.004145
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323119.95/cwt118.00–122.003874
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325115.00/cwt115.00–115.003741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370120.27/cwt117.00–122.004453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385128.00/cwt128.00–128.004931
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388110.55/cwt108.00–113.004292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400100.00/cwt100.00–100.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422106.33/cwt106.00–107.004493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430118.00/cwt118.00–118.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470112.00/cwt112.00–112.005261
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476106.16/cwt103.00–110.005057
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517105.32/cwt104.00–107.005453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560101.23/cwt100.00–103.005674
Heifers—Medium and Large 356892.47/cwt90.00–95.005252
Heifers—Medium and Large 262597.00/cwt97.00–97.006061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438121.04/cwt114.00–128.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3486117.38/cwt114.00–120.005705
Bulls—Medium and Large 3522112.56/cwt106.00–119.005885
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570107.00/cwt107.00–107.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623105.49/cwt105.00–106.006572
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58567.50/cwt67.50–67.501,0701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90824.11/cwt20.00–27.502192
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,41042.50/cwt42.50–42.505991
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2875760.52/cwt725.00–800.006,6553
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,035620.00/cwt620.00–620.006,4171
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,070700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,4901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,115825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,1991
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,315875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,5061
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,088923.74/cwt775.00–1,025.0010,0508
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,115850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,4782
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,225875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,7192
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,365927.95/cwt825.00–1,000.0012,66712

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.