Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2023-11-28

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 28
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 183▲ 6 vs year ago 169 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 26▲ 17 vs year ago 26 · +65.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 20▲ 2 vs year ago 17 · +11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 10-12 higher and slaughter cattle were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.26/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$247.26
36 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,243
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.12
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500254.771,27317thin
Medium and Large 2498246.471,22813thin
Medium and Large 3520227.671,1846thin
One grade step is worth $27.10/cwt here — about $89 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 sale36 hd
247.26
—
MS average11 barns · 811 hd
236.14
+11.12
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—Average1,508104.641,5783thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24488.331,0987thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53585.001,3051thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05667.337116thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,250$1,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,310$1,2501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)750$8101thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—740170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2581
SteersMedium and Large 1—470276.54/cwt270.00–280.001,3004
SteersMedium and Large 3—655181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1861
SteersMedium and Large 3—540230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518194.88/cwt190.00–200.001,0092
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383216.00/cwt216.00–216.008272
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355224.00/cwt224.00–224.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1—518254.94/cwt252.00–259.001,3213
SteersMedium and Large 1—623200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2462
SteersMedium and Large 1—440279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2281
SteersMedium and Large 3—385262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0091
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,255100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2551
SteersMedium and Large 1—670195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3071
SteersMedium and Large 2—705190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3401
SteersMedium and Large 2—388280.98/cwt280.00–282.001,0902
SteersMedium and Large 1—310295.51/cwt295.00–296.009162
SteersMedium and Large 3—415242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0041
SteersMedium and Large 2—424261.25/cwt258.00–267.001,1084
SteersMedium and Large 2—670188.01/cwt186.00–190.001,2602
SteersMedium and Large 2—482261.06/cwt257.00–268.001,2583
SteersMedium and Large 2—515248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2771
BullsMedium and Large 1—478254.51/cwt254.00–255.001,2172
BullsMedium and Large 2—520202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 3—610170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0371
BullsMedium and Large 3—565187.98/cwt186.00–190.001,0622
BullsMedium and Large 3—445230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0241
BullsMedium and Large 3—673167.43/cwt165.00–170.001,1272
CowsLean 85-90%—96067.31/cwt64.00–70.006462
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06783.40/cwt82.00–85.008903
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37692.03/cwt90.00–95.001,2664
CowsLean 85-90%—99057.44/cwt55.00–60.005692
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21877.24/cwt75.00–80.009412
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3051
Bulls——1,670106.96/cwt105.00–110.001,7862
Bulls——1,185100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2501,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2—750810.00/head810.00–810.008101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3101,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
BullsMedium and Large 1—550213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330242.00/cwt242.00–242.007991
BullsMedium and Large 2—685184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,2601
BullsMedium and Large 2—486241.99/cwt238.00–246.001,1764
BullsMedium and Large 2—620175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0851
BullsMedium and Large 2—550200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1001
SteersMedium and Large 3—563225.52/cwt222.00–229.001,2702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515209.91/cwt205.00–219.001,0813
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423219.38/cwt217.00–221.009283
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505180.00/cwt180.00–180.009091
HeifersMedium and Large 3—590181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0681
SteersMedium and Large 1—277298.37/cwt293.00–302.008263
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373232.38/cwt230.00–235.008672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—655164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426230.36/cwt227.00–233.009815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455228.34/cwt228.00–229.001,0393

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.