Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-11-05

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 5
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 215▲ 193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 8▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 61▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle sold steady; slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. We had some nice bred cows that sold today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.67/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$109.67
47 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$446
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.04
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2383113.6143531
Medium and Large 1542112.676103thin
Medium and Large 343299.5643013thin
One grade step is worth $14.06/cwt here — about $5 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 sale47 hd
109.67
—
MS average13 barns · 1,283 hd
111.71
−2.04
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—Low1,82769.401,2685thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38743.005964thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08330.303288thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1210160.00/cwt160.00–160.003361
Steers—Medium and Large 2220142.00/cwt142.00–142.003121
Steers—Medium and Large 1278150.00/cwt150.00–150.004172
Steers—Medium and Large 2279136.53/cwt130.00–144.003817
Steers—Medium and Large 3315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
Steers—Medium and Large 1326144.00/cwt140.00–147.004694
Steers—Medium and Large 2330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
Steers—Medium and Large 1367143.19/cwt140.00–152.005267
Steers—Medium and Large 3370125.00/cwt125.00–125.004631
Steers—Medium and Large 2372133.91/cwt128.00–138.004983
Steers—Medium and Large 2415130.99/cwt129.00–134.005444
Steers—Medium and Large 2460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
Steers—Medium and Large 2510123.50/cwt123.00–124.006302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2240124.00/cwt124.00–124.002981
Heifers—Medium and Large 3250102.00/cwt102.00–102.002551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2274117.95/cwt112.00–120.003234
Heifers—Medium and Large 3305100.00/cwt100.00–100.003051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321114.74/cwt112.00–118.003687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355120.51/cwt120.00–121.004282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371117.75/cwt114.00–119.004378
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383107.50/cwt107.00–108.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420101.02/cwt100.00–102.004244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426113.49/cwt108.00–118.004836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460109.00/cwt109.00–109.005011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485100.00/cwt100.00–100.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 351893.72/cwt90.00–96.004853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523101.02/cwt100.00–102.005282
Heifers—Medium and Large 358092.00/cwt92.00–92.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 263394.52/cwt90.00–99.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 191597.00/cwt97.00–97.008881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425124.00/cwt124.00–124.005271
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435114.00/cwt114.00–114.004961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460124.66/cwt123.00–127.005733
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485113.00/cwt113.00–113.005481
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525108.19/cwt100.00–112.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573102.72/cwt100.00–110.005894
Bulls—Medium and Large 362097.00/cwt97.00–97.006011
Bulls—Medium and Large 368090.00/cwt90.00–90.006121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71058.00/cwt58.00–58.009921
Bulls——1,79070.33/cwt68.00–73.001,2593
Bulls——2,05578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,6031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99835.61/cwt34.00–37.003553
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04524.03/cwt23.00–25.002512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19329.16/cwt26.00–31.503483
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24040.00/cwt40.00–40.004962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53346.00/cwt46.00–46.007052
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2875700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,010600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,0601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,190900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,7101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3351,053.43/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0014,0633
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,353788.40/cwt775.00–800.0010,6672

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.