Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-01-09

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 9
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,383 head
1,277 vs last sale 106 1,148 vs year ago 235 · +488.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
118 vs last sale 19 103 vs year ago 34 · +302.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
92 vs last sale 0 68 vs year ago 24 · +283.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last sale feeder calves were 5-12 higher and slaughter cows and bulls were 5-7 higher. Sold some nice weaned calves mostly black hided 136 steers average wt. 609 lbs. @ $2.50 heifer mates 604 lb. average @ $ 2.40, also sold 89 steers average wt. 382 lbs. @ $ 3.03

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $268.28/cwt on 499 head.
Average price
$268.28
499 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,405
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$61.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.81
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1380300.551,141111
Medium and Large 2408277.741,13418thin
Medium and Large 1-2573258.831,484357
Medium and Large 3547238.911,30813thin
One grade step is worth $61.64/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale499 hd
268.28
MS average10 barns · 1,202 hd
260.47
+7.81
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
BullsLow1,636116.131,90012
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19393.761,11915
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01177.0577911

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)1,243$1,3222thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,043$1,3074thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)905$1,2501thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 2625202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0431,307.25/head1,100.00–1,650.001,3074
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2431,322.18/head1,225.00–1,400.001,3222
Bulls1,712120.08/cwt119.00–121.002,0563
HeifersMedium and Large 3380245.00/cwt245.00–245.009311
HeifersMedium and Large 2358251.29/cwt248.00–256.009003
HeifersMedium and Large 2567217.35/cwt214.00–220.001,2323
HeifersMedium and Large 2510222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1321
SteersMedium and Large 3468272.95/cwt270.00–276.001,2772
SteersMedium and Large 3415269.95/cwt268.00–272.001,1202
SteersMedium and Large 3780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5601
SteersMedium and Large 3705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4101
SteersMedium and Large 3645202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3031
HeifersMedium and Large 3330242.00/cwt242.00–242.007991
SteersMedium and Large 1167308.00/cwt308.00–308.005145
SteersMedium and Large 1514266.56/cwt261.00–272.001,3702
SteersMedium and Large 1615243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4941
SteersMedium and Large 1381302.91/cwt298.00–304.001,15493
SteersMedium and Large 1423289.51/cwt284.00–294.001,2255
SteersMedium and Large 3573239.60/cwt235.00–244.001,3732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2279317.00/cwt317.00–317.0088438
SteersMedium and Large 2675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613247.51/cwt240.00–250.001,517180
SteersMedium and Large 1343301.68/cwt298.00–305.001,0353
SteersMedium and Large 1825192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5841
SteersMedium and Large 1265330.00/cwt330.00–330.008751
SteersMedium and Large 2275304.98/cwt302.00–307.008393
SteersMedium and Large 2578254.05/cwt250.00–258.001,4682
SteersMedium and Large 2625218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3631
SteersMedium and Large 2205295.00/cwt295.00–295.006051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2496287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,42478
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,62661
SteersMedium and Large 3505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
SteersMedium and Large 3820170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3941
SteersMedium and Large 3375269.43/cwt264.00–275.001,0102
SteersMedium and Large 2417278.33/cwt276.00–280.001,1613
SteersMedium and Large 2373286.89/cwt283.00–292.001,0707
BullsMedium and Large 1565253.93/cwt250.00–258.001,4352
BullsMedium and Large 1710194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3771
BullsMedium and Large 1410277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1361
BullsMedium and Large 2740183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3541
BullsMedium and Large 3590220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2981
BullsMedium and Large 3505222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1211
HeifersMedium and Large 3605204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2341
HeifersMedium and Large 3695181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2736208.94/cwt192.00–211.001,53865
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2497250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,243101
HeifersMedium and Large 2410230.00/cwt230.00–230.009431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606237.10/cwt231.00–240.001,437125
HeifersMedium and Large 3505198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 2290269.00/cwt269.00–269.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 1470253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1891
HeifersMedium and Large 1260276.44/cwt275.00–278.007192
HeifersMedium and Large 1427248.29/cwt246.00–252.001,0603
HeifersMedium and Large 1616226.26/cwt222.00–229.001,3944
HeifersMedium and Large 1180281.00/cwt281.00–281.0050614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2272300.00/cwt300.00–300.0081627
BullsMedium and Large 2655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101
BullsMedium and Large 2460260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1961
HeifersMedium and Large 1355260.00/cwt260.00–260.009231
HeifersMedium and Large 1314264.82/cwt261.00–270.008325
HeifersMedium and Large 1570229.95/cwt227.00–235.001,3113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384259.00/cwt259.00–259.0099578
BullsMedium and Large 1610218.97/cwt212.00–226.001,3364
BullsMedium and Large 1505256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2931
BullsMedium and Large 3625190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 2430262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1271
BullsMedium and Large 2510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2241
Bulls1,418102.60/cwt100.00–105.001,4552
Bulls1,481112.61/cwt110.00–117.001,6684
Bulls1,913125.89/cwt123.00–129.002,4083
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23995.01/cwt93.00–97.001,1775
CowsBoner 80-85%1,194100.69/cwt99.00–103.001,2024
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15588.11/cwt85.00–91.501,0186
CowsLean 85-90%1,05882.14/cwt80.00–85.008695
CowsLean 85-90%1,07675.33/cwt72.00–78.008114
CowsLean 85-90%76367.79/cwt65.00–70.005172

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.