Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2019-11-19

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 19
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
349 head
▲ 211 vs last sale 138▲ 349 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 22▲ 101 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 33▲ 57 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 cows and bulls were 3 to 5 higher. Feeder calf market seemed to be steady, steers and heifers. No sales next week due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.19/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$111.19
97 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$479
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.58
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1371125.2946529
Medium and Large 2462109.9550832
Medium and Large 3453100.9545736
One grade step is worth $24.34/cwt here — about $8 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 sale97 hd
111.19
—
MS average13 barns · 1,720 hd
113.78
−2.58
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—Average1,53466.111,01414
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25348.3060514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41844.246277thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02328.5429222

Every lot, as filed

64 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07426.91/cwt22.00–32.002898
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41844.24/cwt42.00–46.006277
Bulls——1,51867.66/cwt60.00–73.001,0276
SteersMedium and Large 3—295120.00/cwt120.00–120.003541
SteersMedium and Large 2—373140.91/cwt136.00–144.005266
SteersMedium and Large 2—705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 3—250122.00/cwt122.00–122.003051
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428109.98/cwt108.00–112.004716
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415116.71/cwt113.00–120.0048412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—283134.08/cwt128.00–138.003793
HeifersMedium and Large 3—52692.76/cwt90.00–95.004884
HeifersMedium and Large 3—324109.70/cwt100.00–117.003556
SteersMedium and Large 1—695112.00/cwt112.00–112.007781
SteersMedium and Large 1—413138.45/cwt137.00–140.005722
SteersMedium and Large 1—327151.14/cwt145.00–156.004946
SteersMedium and Large 2—520119.00/cwt119.00–119.006191
SteersMedium and Large 2—278142.36/cwt137.00–148.003966
SteersMedium and Large 2—471129.33/cwt125.00–132.006099
BullsMedium and Large 2—524115.20/cwt114.00–116.006045
BullsMedium and Large 3—435113.00/cwt113.00–113.004921
BullsMedium and Large 3—79586.00/cwt86.00–86.006841
BullsMedium and Large 3—529106.68/cwt100.00–112.005647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322134.82/cwt130.00–138.004348
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62994.99/cwt90.00–98.005974
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383120.34/cwt118.00–124.004619
HeifersMedium and Large 3—60590.00/cwt90.00–90.005452
HeifersMedium and Large 3—42199.60/cwt96.00–102.004195
SteersMedium and Large 1—500132.00/cwt132.00–132.006601
SteersMedium and Large 1—855109.00/cwt109.00–109.009321
SteersMedium and Large 1—623112.37/cwt110.00–114.007003
SteersMedium and Large 2—345136.00/cwt136.00–136.004691
SteersMedium and Large 2—577115.35/cwt112.00–120.006663
SteersMedium and Large 2—427129.98/cwt125.00–133.005559
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,250829.67/cwt700.00–1,000.0010,3713
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—833600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,9982
SteersMedium and Large 3—305127.00/cwt127.00–127.003871
BullsMedium and Large 2—387127.28/cwt124.00–130.004933
BullsMedium and Large 2—481122.71/cwt116.00–129.005907
BullsMedium and Large 3—715104.00/cwt104.00–104.007441
BullsMedium and Large 3—559105.41/cwt103.00–108.005895
BullsMedium and Large 2—578113.99/cwt113.00–115.006592
BullsMedium and Large 2—431123.91/cwt120.00–128.005347
BullsMedium and Large 3—485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
BullsMedium and Large 3—662100.62/cwt96.00–103.006663
BullsMedium and Large 3—619105.17/cwt103.00–108.0065111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365128.42/cwt126.00–132.004695
HeifersMedium and Large 2—280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483109.32/cwt108.00–111.005283
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521102.51/cwt100.00–108.005347
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363112.07/cwt110.00–114.004072
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56690.73/cwt90.00–93.005144
HeifersMedium and Large 3—474101.48/cwt94.00–107.0048112
SteersMedium and Large 1—760109.00/cwt109.00–109.008281
SteersMedium and Large 1—280153.98/cwt150.00–160.004313
SteersMedium and Large 1—360149.32/cwt148.00–152.005386
Bulls——1,49353.30/cwt50.00–57.007964
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28651.97/cwt51.00–54.006684
CowsLean 85-90%—97019.97/cwt17.00–23.001947
Bulls——1,59976.58/cwt75.00–78.001,2254
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24046.83/cwt45.00–50.0058110
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01838.98/cwt35.00–44.003977

How this sale compares

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.