Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2024-02-20

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 20
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
449 head
145 vs last sale 304 341 vs year ago 108 · +315.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
54 vs last sale 55 94 vs year ago 15 · +626.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
51 vs last sale 14 21 vs year ago 44 · +47.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to the last market feeder steers were steady and heifers 5-7 higher. Slaughter cows were 5-10 higher and bulls were 5-10 higher as well. Highest slaughter cattle I have seen. Sold a nice group of heifers black hides average weight 559 lbs. @ $2.82= 1,576.38 per head. Pretty dang good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $297.27/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$297.27
186 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$171
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.79
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3439326.031,43114thin
Medium and Large 1514309.521,59137
Medium and Large 2533291.771,55510thin
Medium and Large 1-2551290.861,602125
One grade step is worth $35.17/cwt here — about −$171 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 sale186 hd
297.27
MS average13 barns · 1,422 hd
310.06
−12.79
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
BullsAverage1,722136.242,3468thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,202121.091,45618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,338102.011,3652thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00593.169366thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,225$2,0582thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,027$1,7813thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,025$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,450$1,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)810$1,1251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,385$3,1002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,325$2,9502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$2,2686
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,7752thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2397300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,19142
HeifersMedium and Large 1418295.69/cwt291.00–300.001,2362
SteersMedium and Large 1350390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3651
SteersMedium and Large 1220400.00/cwt400.00–400.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,49010
HeifersMedium and Large 2463272.89/cwt269.00–277.001,2632
HeifersMedium and Large 2368307.35/cwt300.00–315.001,1312
HeifersMedium and Large 2662200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2707248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,75361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2392335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,31358
HeifersMedium and Large 2305314.00/cwt314.00–314.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 2442273.98/cwt268.00–283.001,2113
HeifersMedium and Large 2550235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2931
HeifersMedium and Large 2215319.00/cwt319.00–319.006861
SteersMedium and Large 3573265.98/cwt262.00–270.001,5242
SteersMedium and Large 2720213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5341
SteersMedium and Large 1526300.68/cwt300.00–309.001,58213
SteersMedium and Large 1675260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7551
SteersMedium and Large 1410366.05/cwt362.00–370.001,5012
SteersMedium and Large 3343367.01/cwt366.00–368.001,2592
SteersMedium and Large 2780211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6463
SteersMedium and Large 1333397.28/cwt394.00–400.001,3233
SteersMedium and Large 1718244.74/cwt230.00–260.001,7572
SteersMedium and Large 1763224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7098
SteersMedium and Large 1262381.32/cwt380.00–388.009996
SteersMedium and Large 2423329.86/cwt322.00–338.001,3952
SteersMedium and Large 2220375.00/cwt375.00–375.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2345381.50/cwt381.00–382.001,3162
SteersMedium and Large 3388367.45/cwt360.00–375.001,4264
SteersMedium and Large 2515274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2498300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4946
BullsMedium and Large 2538271.65/cwt268.00–275.001,4613
BullsMedium and Large 1515300.89/cwt290.00–312.001,5502
BullsMedium and Large 1860190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6341
BullsMedium and Large 3578250.68/cwt246.00–255.001,4494
BullsMedium and Large 2645251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6191
BullsMedium and Large 3745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
CowsLean 85-90%1,02897.24/cwt95.00–100.001,0004
CowsLean 85-90%95080.00/cwt80.00–80.007601
CowsLean 85-90%96590.00/cwt90.00–90.008691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,191129.30/cwt125.00–132.001,5407
CowsBoner 80-85%1,244119.90/cwt117.00–123.001,4927
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,338102.01/cwt101.00–103.001,3652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,149108.79/cwt104.00–113.001,2504
Bulls1,505124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,8661
Bulls1,745134.38/cwt130.00–138.002,3454
Bulls1,763142.81/cwt140.00–144.002,5183
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0251,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3052,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2752,051.47/head1,825.00–2,350.002,0514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1302,083.63/head1,750.00–2,400.002,0842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 38201,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0001,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 38101,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2252,058.16/head1,650.00–2,450.002,0582
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3853,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3252,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9502
HeifersMedium and Large 1525254.62/cwt251.00–259.001,3373
HeifersMedium and Large 1333323.26/cwt317.00–330.001,0762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,57627
BullsMedium and Large 2440312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3731
BullsMedium and Large 1600270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6201
BullsMedium and Large 2490320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5681
HeifersMedium and Large 2745206.00/cwt200.00–212.001,5352
HeifersMedium and Large 2613210.51/cwt210.00–211.001,2902
HeifersMedium and Large 3473256.49/cwt250.00–264.001,2133
HeifersMedium and Large 3655186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2181
HeifersMedium and Large 3385285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0971
HeifersMedium and Large 1833200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6667
SteersMedium and Large 3410310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2711
SteersMedium and Large 3470303.73/cwt290.00–312.001,4285
HeifersMedium and Large 1284327.89/cwt320.00–329.009318
HeifersMedium and Large 1605229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3851

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.