Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-12-03

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 3
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
207 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 349▲ 207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 101▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 57▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due, to no sales last week. No trends this week. Sold group of char. cross steers avrg. wt. 729 lbs @ $ 1.22 per lb. The heifer mates @ 700 lbs brght. $ 1.06 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 $132.08/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$132.08
47 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.82
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515140.1172117thin
Medium and Large 3390140.005461thin
Medium and Large 2545129.7770719thin
Medium and Large 1-2729122.0088910thin
One grade step is worth $18.11/cwt here — about −$168 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
132.08
—
MS average11 barns · 953 hd
138.90
−6.82
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—Average1,93372.441,4004thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24043.755439thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12628.3131910

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 1265170.00/cwt170.00–170.004511
Steers—Medium and Large 2324151.64/cwt146.00–156.004916
Steers—Medium and Large 1327165.01/cwt164.00–167.005403
Steers—Medium and Large 1350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
Steers—Medium and Large 2374149.44/cwt148.00–152.005594
Steers—Medium and Large 3390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005461
Steers—Medium and Large 1428152.00/cwt150.00–154.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 2438132.01/cwt130.00–134.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 2475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 1505129.34/cwt129.00–130.006533
Steers—Medium and Large 2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Steers—Medium and Large 2590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
Steers—Medium and Large 1615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1675121.00/cwt121.00–121.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729122.00/cwt122.00–122.0088910
Steers—Medium and Large 1735117.62/cwt115.00–122.008653
Steers—Medium and Large 1860122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0491
Steers—Medium and Large 299596.00/cwt96.00–96.009551
Steers—Medium and Large 21,09070.00/cwt70.00–70.007631
Steers—Medium and Large 21,17076.03/cwt72.00–80.008902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290132.00/cwt132.00–132.003831
Heifers—Medium and Large 3290120.00/cwt120.00–120.003481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318133.92/cwt130.00–142.004265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324123.45/cwt120.00–128.004005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428109.55/cwt105.00–117.004699
Heifers—Medium and Large 343594.00/cwt94.00–94.004091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467110.66/cwt110.00–112.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 348092.00/cwt92.00–92.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520100.21/cwt97.00–104.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 357086.00/cwt86.00–86.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 258394.99/cwt90.00–102.005546
Heifers—Medium and Large 263390.00/cwt90.00–90.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 269590.00/cwt90.00–90.006261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700106.00/cwt106.00–106.007423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745106.00/cwt106.00–106.007901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440114.00/cwt114.00–114.005021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460118.70/cwt116.00–120.005463
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527118.77/cwt115.00–122.006265
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528106.58/cwt103.00–110.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3567104.84/cwt100.00–109.005946
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585117.00/cwt117.00–117.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 3620105.40/cwt104.00–108.006535
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675100.81/cwt96.00–106.006806
Bulls—Medium and Large 2728102.50/cwt102.00–103.007462
Bulls—Medium and Large 374381.49/cwt80.00–83.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 379088.00/cwt88.00–88.006951
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60562.00/cwt62.00–62.009951
Bulls——2,04275.92/cwt74.00–78.501,5503
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11024.56/cwt22.00–27.002735
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14232.07/cwt30.00–35.003665
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20342.20/cwt40.00–44.005086
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31546.84/cwt46.00–47.506163
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3401,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0014,4052
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3801,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0016,9052
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0031,113.93/cwt1,000.00–1,175.0011,1736
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,158764.60/cwt700.00–800.008,8543

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.