Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-01-16

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 16
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
276 head
1,107 vs last sale 1,383 156 vs year ago 120 · +130.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
69 vs last sale 137 45 vs year ago 23 · +195.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
67 vs last sale 92 57 vs year ago 82 · 69.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were steady to a little higher. Slaughter cattle were steady. Sold 68 weaned heifers average weight 481 lbs. @ $ 2.6125

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $249.34/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$249.34
94 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$15.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.15
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513250.321,28488
Medium and Large 2431235.001,0136thin
One grade step is worth $15.32/cwt here — about $271 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 sale94 hd
249.34
MS average6 barns · 633 hd
235.19
+14.15
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19298.821,17811
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06779.9085311

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,2052thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$1,3794thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1-2481261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,25568
SteersMedium and Large 1308324.00/cwt324.00–324.009986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2458284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,30136
SteersMedium and Large 2657217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,42614
SteersMedium and Large 2597235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,40315
SteersMedium and Large 2438265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,16112
HeifersMedium and Large 2431235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,33120
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2551,379.18/head1,200.00–1,550.001,3794
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1950950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1001,204.55/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2052
CowsLean 85-90%1,11781.02/cwt77.00–85.009053
CowsLean 85-90%94670.09/cwt65.00–73.006634
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228101.60/cwt99.00–105.001,2486
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14895.48/cwt92.00–98.001,0965
CowsLean 85-90%1,15188.86/cwt86.00–91.501,0234

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.