Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-12-12

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 12
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 152▼ 135 vs year ago 164 · −82.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 28▲ 10 vs year ago 13 · +76.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle Steady. Slaughter Cattle Steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $239.48/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$239.48
8 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,247
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.33
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460269.001,2372thin
Medium and Large 1-2541229.631,2426thin
One grade step is worth $39.37/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 sale8 hd
239.48
—
MS average12 barns · 1,070 hd
241.81
−2.33
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—Average1,700102.461,7422thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14689.211,0239thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average83158.844896thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370270.00/cwt270.00–270.009991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405261.32/cwt247.00–276.001,0582
Steers—Medium and Large 1420280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1761
Steers—Medium and Large 1500258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683192.58/cwt185.00–200.001,3152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363239.18/cwt235.00–243.008684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540180.00/cwt180.00–180.009721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335280.00/cwt280.00–280.009381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,700102.46/cwt100.00–105.001,7422
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77251.86/cwt50.00–55.004003
Cows—Lean 85-90%85363.72/cwt62.00–65.005442
Cows—Lean 85-90%96570.00/cwt70.00–70.006761
Cows—Boner 80-85%97080.00/cwt80.00–80.007761
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12688.99/cwt85.00–95.001,0027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,465100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4651

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.