Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-11-12

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 12
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
138 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 193▲ 138 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 23▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 28▲ 33 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, cows were steady and only had one bull. The feeder calf market compared to last week is finally getting better steers were 3 to 7 higher, had some good light calves. And heifers were 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 $137.60/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$137.60
36 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.10
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386147.3956814thin
Medium and Large 2422132.5456019thin
Medium and Large 3447123.995543thin
One grade step is worth $23.40/cwt here — about $14 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 sale36 hd
137.60
—
MS average13 barns · 1,588 hd
137.70
−0.10
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—High1,66572.001,1991thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28441.985397thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02829.052999thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2238138.99/cwt135.00–142.003313
Steers—Medium and Large 2255140.00/cwt140.00–140.003571
Steers—Medium and Large 1278148.92/cwt146.00–152.004142
Steers—Medium and Large 1313152.66/cwt147.00–158.004784
Steers—Medium and Large 1365151.00/cwt151.00–151.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 2379136.22/cwt130.00–140.005165
Steers—Medium and Large 1425146.33/cwt142.00–149.006223
Steers—Medium and Large 3425128.00/cwt128.00–128.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 2431135.07/cwt130.00–138.005824
Steers—Medium and Large 3458121.99/cwt120.00–124.005592
Steers—Medium and Large 1465144.09/cwt140.00–148.006702
Steers—Medium and Large 2470139.00/cwt139.00–139.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 1510138.43/cwt131.00–146.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 2510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 2578120.42/cwt117.00–124.006962
Steers—Medium and Large 2650116.00/cwt115.00–117.007542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2240130.00/cwt130.00–130.003121
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330115.00/cwt115.00–115.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333127.02/cwt125.00–130.004233
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365122.00/cwt122.00–122.004451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377129.37/cwt126.00–132.004883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431118.79/cwt115.00–121.005129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470117.96/cwt116.00–120.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475100.00/cwt100.00–100.004751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480113.97/cwt113.00–115.005472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525110.96/cwt110.00–112.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540104.00/cwt104.00–104.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580100.00/cwt100.00–100.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588101.51/cwt100.00–103.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605102.00/cwt102.00–102.006172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440131.00/cwt131.00–131.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440123.00/cwt123.00–123.005411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479128.50/cwt125.00–130.006164
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480123.04/cwt120.00–125.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 3522117.09/cwt110.00–127.006113
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,66572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1991
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97625.18/cwt22.00–27.502466
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13336.79/cwt34.00–38.004173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28441.98/cwt40.00–44.005397
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,040950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,8802
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,370900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,3302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,515950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,3932
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,200800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,201825.60/cwt650.00–910.009,9154

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.