Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-01-30

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 30
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
48 vs last sale 190 210 vs year ago 28 · +750.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
10 vs last sale 97 105 vs year ago 2 · +5,250.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
1 vs last sale 35 33 vs year ago 3 · +1,100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder calves were 5-10 higher and slaughter cows steady to a little higher and bulls 2-5 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.71/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$254.71
104 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,358
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.65
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449272.791,22417thin
Medium and Large 3423260.691,1014thin
Medium and Large 2444260.571,15812thin
Medium and Large 1-2575249.061,43171
One grade step is worth $23.73/cwt here — about −$207 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 sale104 hd
254.71
MS average13 barns · 1,200 hd
245.06
+9.65
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
BullsLow1,729119.422,0648thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,146110.891,27117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,485105.001,5591thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96382.9479912

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)1,475$1,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,388$1,5012thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,085$1,4773thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,325$1,8002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,363$1,6634thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 3480246.94/cwt245.00–249.001,1852
HeifersMedium and Large 2810185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2644223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,43646
HeifersMedium and Large 1580235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3631
SteersMedium and Large 3575240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3801
HeifersMedium and Large 3365274.43/cwt272.00–277.001,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,32825
HeifersMedium and Large 2505220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1111
HeifersMedium and Large 2458265.93/cwt262.00–270.001,2182
HeifersMedium and Large 2705196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,3821
SteersMedium and Large 1313353.12/cwt348.00–358.001,1052
SteersMedium and Large 1560285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5961
SteersMedium and Large 3410297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2181
SteersMedium and Large 2275338.00/cwt338.00–338.009301
SteersMedium and Large 3467287.31/cwt280.00–292.001,3423
SteersMedium and Large 3375313.73/cwt304.00–324.001,1762
SteersMedium and Large 1295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0331
SteersMedium and Large 2460298.99/cwt298.00–300.001,3752
SteersMedium and Large 2313335.45/cwt334.00–338.001,0503
SteersMedium and Large 1380360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3681
SteersMedium and Large 1653242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,58010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,39817
SteersMedium and Large 1430345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4841
SteersMedium and Large 2415307.33/cwt298.00–316.001,2754
SteersMedium and Large 2735199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2499300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4977
BullsMedium and Large 1625230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4381
BullsMedium and Large 2540240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2961
BullsMedium and Large 1595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
BullsMedium and Large 2725201.09/cwt190.00–216.001,4583
BullsMedium and Large 3705180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2691
BullsMedium and Large 3780180.50/cwt176.00–185.001,4082
CowsBoner 80-85%1,164109.48/cwt106.00–113.001,2747
CowsBoner 80-85%97299.31/cwt97.00–101.009653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202117.27/cwt114.00–120.001,4107
CowsLean 85-90%1,05691.01/cwt87.00–94.009615
CowsLean 85-90%86568.14/cwt65.00–71.005892
CowsLean 85-90%90980.80/cwt76.00–84.007345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,485105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5591
Bulls1,780105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8691
Bulls1,892126.78/cwt124.00–130.002,3993
Bulls1,670115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9211
Bulls1,568118.34/cwt116.00–121.001,8563
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3881,500.68/head1,325.00–1,625.001,5012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0851,477.46/head1,275.00–1,675.001,4773
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4751,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29251,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3251,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5251,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2001,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4752
HeifersMedium and Large 1515232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1951
HeifersMedium and Large 1418277.90/cwt274.00–284.001,1623
HeifersMedium and Large 2255300.00/cwt300.00–300.007653
BullsMedium and Large 1522263.73/cwt258.00–268.001,3773
BullsMedium and Large 2450268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2061
BullsMedium and Large 1800190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5201
HeifersMedium and Large 1276318.18/cwt314.00–329.008784
HeifersMedium and Large 1450282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2691
HeifersMedium and Large 1705217.00/cwt215.00–219.001,5302
HeifersMedium and Large 2425268.64/cwt266.00–272.001,1423
HeifersMedium and Large 1305304.00/cwt304.00–304.009271
BullsMedium and Large 1480281.47/cwt280.00–283.001,3512
HeifersMedium and Large 1350305.00/cwt300.00–310.001,0682
HeifersMedium and Large 1655217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4212
HeifersMedium and Large 2355288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,0221

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.