Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-11-14

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 14
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 124▲ 14 vs year ago 169 · +8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 33▲ 0 vs year ago 26 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 8▲ 12 vs year ago 8 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 5-7 lower. Slaughter cattle steady. Sold 47 steers black hided average weight 672 lbs. @ $ 2.21, also sold 18 steers black hided 652 lbs. @ $ 2.2375. Remember no sale next week, enjoy Thanksgiving with your families.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $226.76/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$226.76
96 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$267
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.87
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499241.761,2069thin
Medium and Large 3435239.501,0424thin
Medium and Large 2460239.451,10112thin
Medium and Large 1-2664222.001,47371
One grade step is worth $19.77/cwt here — about −$267 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 sale96 hd
226.76
—
MS average12 barns · 793 hd
235.63
−8.87
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—Low1,620105.001,7011thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11483.959353thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66380.001,3302thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95763.616096thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,018$1,0132thin

Every lot

45 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 2325270.00/cwt270.00–270.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 3345260.00/cwt260.00–260.008971
Steers—Medium and Large 1360280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0081
Steers—Medium and Large 2373263.00/cwt263.00–263.009812
Steers—Medium and Large 3385250.00/cwt250.00–250.009631
Steers—Medium and Large 1407268.66/cwt264.00–275.001,0933
Steers—Medium and Large 2427256.02/cwt250.00–260.001,0933
Steers—Medium and Large 2460250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1501
Steers—Medium and Large 3490243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1911
Steers—Medium and Large 1515222.45/cwt220.00–225.001,1462
Steers—Medium and Large 3520205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0661
Steers—Medium and Large 2524213.57/cwt210.00–219.001,1194
Steers—Medium and Large 1605215.00/cwt210.00–220.001,3012
Steers—Medium and Large 2610205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666221.81/cwt221.00–224.001,47765
Steers—Medium and Large 1670215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313238.05/cwt232.00–244.007452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323225.00/cwt225.00–225.007273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385223.00/cwt223.00–223.008591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428225.46/cwt223.00–228.009652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430210.00/cwt210.00–210.009031
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435175.00/cwt175.00–175.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470180.00/cwt180.00–180.008461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475205.94/cwt200.00–212.009782
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523179.97/cwt175.00–185.009413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658169.00/cwt168.00–170.001,1122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2765163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2471
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0911
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485241.02/cwt240.00–243.001,1693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515180.00/cwt180.00–180.009271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,620105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%73047.40/cwt45.00–50.003462
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06867.44/cwt65.00–70.007202
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07376.00/cwt75.00–77.008152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07885.92/cwt82.00–90.009262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18580.00/cwt80.00–80.009481
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66380.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3302
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2895725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0751,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1401,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001

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.