Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle Steady. Slaughter Cattle Steady.

Weight class

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	460	269.00	1,237	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	229.63	1,242	6thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,700	102.46	1,742	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	89.21	1,023	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	831	58.84	489	6thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	261.32/cwt	247.00–276.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	239.18/cwt	235.00–243.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	192.58/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	845	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	102.46/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,742	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	88.99/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,002	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,465	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	970	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	776	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	676	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	63.72/cwt	62.00–65.00	544	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	772	51.86/cwt	50.00–55.00	400	3

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Tue Dec 12, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 29Last week 152Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 28Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle Steady. Slaughter Cattle Steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	256.00	256.00
1	—	385	270.00	270.00
1	—	495	250.00	250.00
1	—	335	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	247.00–276.00	261.32
2	—	683	185.00–200.00	192.58
1	—	370	270.00	270.00
1	—	700	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	280.00	280.00
1	—	500	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	180.00	180.00
4	—	363	235.00–243.00	239.18
1	—	325	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,700	100.00–105.00	102.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,126	85.00–95.00	88.99
1	—	1,465	100.00	100.00
1	—	970	80.00	80.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	70.00	70.00
2	—	853	62.00–65.00	63.72
3	—	772	50.00–55.00	51.86

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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