Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-10-10

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 259▲ 32 vs year ago 118 · +27.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 48▼ 16 vs year ago 34 · −47.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 87▼ 5 vs year ago 24 · −20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 2-5 lower, quality was not near as good as last weeks. Slaughter cows were 2-5 lower and bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.82/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$249.82
41 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.52
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481255.521,22916thin
Medium and Large 2465248.401,15416thin
Medium and Large 3437242.241,0599thin
One grade step is worth $13.28/cwt here — about $170 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 sale41 hd
249.82
—
MS average12 barns · 911 hd
237.30
+12.52
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—Average1,865115.002,1451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31483.961,1036thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43578.741,1302thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21271.978736thin

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)1,200$1,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)840$7772thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—510225.05/cwt220.00–230.001,1482
BullsMedium and Large 1—473235.32/cwt234.00–236.001,1133
BullsMedium and Large 1—430240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0321
BullsMedium and Large 1—655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2451
BullsMedium and Large 2—505210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0611
BullsMedium and Large 2—555210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 2—310265.08/cwt260.00–270.008222
SteersMedium and Large 2—368264.47/cwt263.00–266.009732
SteersMedium and Large 1—408268.50/cwt268.00–269.001,0952
SteersMedium and Large 1—375278.08/cwt274.00–285.001,0433
SteersMedium and Large 3—375249.05/cwt248.00–250.009342
SteersMedium and Large 3—320253.00/cwt253.00–253.008101
SteersMedium and Large 2—552236.33/cwt235.00–238.001,3053
SteersMedium and Large 2—421251.37/cwt245.00–256.001,0584
SteersMedium and Large 3—435245.49/cwt245.00–246.001,0682
SteersMedium and Large 3—478239.35/cwt238.00–240.001,1443
SteersMedium and Large 1—320278.00/cwt278.00–278.008901
SteersMedium and Large 1—610235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4341
SteersMedium and Large 1—665225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4961
SteersMedium and Large 2—471252.96/cwt250.00–256.001,1914
SteersMedium and Large 2—855189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6161
SteersMedium and Large 3—560220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412222.34/cwt218.00–225.009163
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25565.81/cwt62.00–70.008262
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19175.05/cwt73.00–77.008944
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43578.74/cwt75.00–82.001,1302
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2111
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32281.75/cwt80.00–85.001,0815
Bulls——1,865115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,1451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—840776.79/head700.00–850.007772
HeifersMedium and Large 3—450202.50/cwt200.00–205.009112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—895181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,6201
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—850160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3601
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0111
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365210.00/cwt210.00–210.007673
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315235.00/cwt235.00–235.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—590205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377229.96/cwt226.00–233.008676
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438212.02/cwt210.00–216.009294
HeifersMedium and Large 3—770174.51/cwt174.00–175.001,3442
SteersMedium and Large 1—520247.38/cwt243.00–253.001,2868
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0463
HeifersMedium and Large 2—488213.50/cwt213.00–214.001,0422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318244.48/cwt240.00–250.007774

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.