Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-01-09

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 9
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,383 head
▲ 1,277 vs last sale 106▲ 1,148 vs year ago 235 · +488.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 19▲ 103 vs year ago 34 · +302.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 0▲ 68 vs year ago 24 · +283.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last sale feeder calves were 5-12 higher and slaughter cows and bulls were 5-7 higher. Sold some nice weaned calves mostly black hided 136 steers average wt. 609 lbs. @ $2.50 heifer mates 604 lb. average @ $ 2.40, also sold 89 steers average wt. 382 lbs. @ $ 3.03

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $268.28/cwt on 499 head.
Average price
$268.28
499 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,405
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$61.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.81
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1380300.551,141111
Medium and Large 2408277.741,13418thin
Medium and Large 1-2573258.831,484357
Medium and Large 3547238.911,30813thin
One grade step is worth $61.64/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale499 hd
268.28
—
MS average10 barns · 1,202 hd
260.47
+7.81
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—Low1,636116.131,90012
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19393.761,11915
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01177.0577911

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)1,243$1,3222thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,043$1,3074thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)905$1,2501thin

Every lot

78 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1167308.00/cwt308.00–308.005145
Steers—Medium and Large 2205295.00/cwt295.00–295.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1265330.00/cwt330.00–330.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 2275304.98/cwt302.00–307.008393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2279317.00/cwt317.00–317.0088438
Steers—Medium and Large 1343301.68/cwt298.00–305.001,0353
Steers—Medium and Large 2373286.89/cwt283.00–292.001,0707
Steers—Medium and Large 3375269.43/cwt264.00–275.001,0102
Steers—Medium and Large 1381302.91/cwt298.00–304.001,15493
Steers—Medium and Large 3415269.95/cwt268.00–272.001,1202
Steers—Medium and Large 2417278.33/cwt276.00–280.001,1613
Steers—Medium and Large 1423289.51/cwt284.00–294.001,2255
Steers—Medium and Large 3468272.95/cwt270.00–276.001,2772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,42478
Steers—Medium and Large 3505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
Steers—Medium and Large 1514266.56/cwt261.00–272.001,3702
Steers—Medium and Large 3573239.60/cwt235.00–244.001,3732
Steers—Medium and Large 2578254.05/cwt250.00–258.001,4682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613247.51/cwt240.00–250.001,517180
Steers—Medium and Large 1615243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4941
Steers—Medium and Large 2625218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3631
Steers—Medium and Large 3645202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3031
Steers—Medium and Large 2675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4851
Steers—Medium and Large 3705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,62661
Steers—Medium and Large 3780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5601
Steers—Medium and Large 3820170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3941
Steers—Medium and Large 1825192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1180281.00/cwt281.00–281.0050614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260276.44/cwt275.00–278.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272300.00/cwt300.00–300.0081627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290269.00/cwt269.00–269.007801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314264.82/cwt261.00–270.008325
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330242.00/cwt242.00–242.007991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355260.00/cwt260.00–260.009231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358251.29/cwt248.00–256.009003
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380245.00/cwt245.00–245.009311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384259.00/cwt259.00–259.0099578
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410230.00/cwt230.00–230.009431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427248.29/cwt246.00–252.001,0603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,243101
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567217.35/cwt214.00–220.001,2323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570229.95/cwt227.00–235.001,3113
Heifers—Medium and Large 3605204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606237.10/cwt231.00–240.001,437125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616226.26/cwt222.00–229.001,3944
Heifers—Medium and Large 3695181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736208.94/cwt192.00–211.001,53865
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2931
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565253.93/cwt250.00–258.001,4352
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610218.97/cwt212.00–226.001,3364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2631
Bulls—Medium and Large 3625190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2740183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,418102.60/cwt100.00–105.001,4552
Bulls——1,481112.61/cwt110.00–117.001,6684
Bulls——1,712120.08/cwt119.00–121.002,0563
Bulls——1,913125.89/cwt123.00–129.002,4083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76367.79/cwt65.00–70.005172
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05882.14/cwt80.00–85.008695
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07675.33/cwt72.00–78.008114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15588.11/cwt85.00–91.501,0186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194100.69/cwt99.00–103.001,2024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23995.01/cwt93.00–97.001,1775
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0431,307.25/head1,100.00–1,650.001,3074
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2431,322.18/head1,225.00–1,400.001,3222

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.