Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-12-10

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 10
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 207▲ 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 35▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 50▲ 22 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 bulls and cows 2 to 3 lower. As for feeder calves steady market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.63/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$136.63
25 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.38
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468142.086659thin
Medium and Large 2428133.8557313thin
Medium and Large 3330132.334373thin
One grade step is worth $9.75/cwt here — about $228 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 sale25 hd
136.63
—
MS average13 barns · 1,317 hd
136.25
+0.38
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—Average1,43364.409234thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21541.495047thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99332.153196thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265167.00/cwt167.00–167.004431
Steers—Medium and Large 2270145.00/cwt145.00–145.003921
Steers—Medium and Large 3295132.00/cwt132.00–132.003891
Steers—Medium and Large 2328140.68/cwt140.00–142.004613
Steers—Medium and Large 1330150.95/cwt150.00–152.004982
Steers—Medium and Large 3330135.00/cwt135.00–135.004461
Steers—Medium and Large 3365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
Steers—Medium and Large 2373137.97/cwt123.00–147.005154
Steers—Medium and Large 1390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 2418132.54/cwt130.00–135.005542
Steers—Medium and Large 1428144.91/cwt140.00–150.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 2470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1515128.00/cwt128.00–128.006591
Steers—Medium and Large 2540118.00/cwt118.00–118.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 1715121.00/cwt121.00–121.008651
Steers—Medium and Large 1810121.00/cwt121.00–121.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 2975100.00/cwt100.00–100.009751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225132.00/cwt132.00–132.002971
Heifers—Medium and Large 3283126.36/cwt125.00–127.003583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330122.09/cwt120.00–126.004033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380100.00/cwt100.00–100.003802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400122.00/cwt120.00–124.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423112.60/cwt110.00–116.004765
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470100.00/cwt100.00–100.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 353090.00/cwt90.00–90.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415132.00/cwt132.00–132.005481
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476105.97/cwt100.00–112.005045
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515115.44/cwt112.00–122.005954
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515107.06/cwt104.00–110.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 358899.48/cwt95.00–104.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 3615101.64/cwt100.00–105.006253
Bulls—Medium and Large 3695100.00/cwt100.00–100.006951
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42371.07/cwt65.00–76.001,0112
Bulls——1,44357.72/cwt55.00–60.008332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95935.65/cwt35.00–37.503424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06025.14/cwt22.00–28.002662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21541.49/cwt40.00–44.005047
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,025800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,180950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,2101

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.