Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 5-7 higher and slaughter cows steady and bull 2-5 higher. No sales for the next two weeks have a Merry Christmas and enjoy time with your families. Next sale January the 9th.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.06/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$235.06

22 head · 420 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$96

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$62.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.74

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	392	248.77	976	9thin
Medium and Large 2	379	243.15	922	9thin
Medium and Large 3	577	186.00	1,072	4thin

One grade step is worth $62.78/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale22 hd

235.06

—

MS average12 barns · 1,365 hd

225.32

+9.74

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	1,730	120.00	2,076	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	89.04	1,104	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	83.00	1,183	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,066	69.45	741	4thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 2	—	695	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	207.58/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,297	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	266.18/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,224	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	294.77/cwt	290.00–300.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	236.44/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	283.52/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	262.44/cwt	260.00–265.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	282	261.09/cwt	255.00–268.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	228.50/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	248.06/cwt	246.00–250.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	708	204.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	239.02/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,009	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	250.17/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	177.49/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,115	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,076	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	475	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	77.90/cwt	76.00–80.00	892	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,185	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	83.56/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,060	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,183	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	738	1

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 19, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 29Year ago 33

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 23Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	185.00	185.00
1	—	495	252.00	252.00
1	—	540	240.00	240.00
1	—	645	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	205.00–210.00	207.58
1	—	480	270.00	270.00
2	—	523	245.00–255.00	250.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	224.00	224.00
1	—	705	165.00	165.00
2	—	628	175.00–180.00	177.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	260.00	260.00
1	—	235	280.00	280.00
2	—	328	260.00–265.00	262.44
2	—	505	225.00–232.00	228.50
3	—	422	238.00–241.00	239.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	256.00	256.00
3	—	282	255.00–268.00	261.09
1	—	405	230.00	230.00
2	—	360	246.00–250.00	248.06
1	—	530	210.00	210.00
1	—	590	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	224.00	224.00
1	—	680	220.00	220.00
5	—	460	260.00–271.00	266.18
1	—	440	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	293.00	293.00
1	—	560	248.00	248.00
2	—	278	290.00–300.00	294.77
1	—	235	296.00	296.00
2	—	630	233.00–240.00	236.44
1	—	325	303.00	303.00
3	—	430	280.00–290.00	283.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	200.00–210.00	204.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	50.00	50.00
2	—	1,145	76.00–80.00	77.90
1	—	1,025	72.00	72.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,268	82.00–85.00	83.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	83.00	83.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Brookhaven Livestock Auction