Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-02-04

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 4
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 104▲ 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 32▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 16▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to last weeks feeder calf market, steers and heifers were steady. Slaughter market as compared to last weeks market was 2 to 3 lower on the cows, no bulls to offer.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.88/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$125.88
42 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.73
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434135.9159011thin
Medium and Large 2434127.6155418thin
Medium and Large 3467115.0053713thin
One grade step is worth $20.91/cwt here — about $53 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 sale42 hd
125.88
—
MS average12 barns · 1,103 hd
128.60
−2.73
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%Average1,30550.696623thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04633.693529thin

Every lot

48 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300175.00/cwt175.00–175.005251
Steers—Medium and Large 2338158.53/cwt157.00–160.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 1355176.02/cwt170.00–180.006254
Steers—Medium and Large 3365142.00/cwt142.00–142.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 2390155.79/cwt154.00–157.006085
Steers—Medium and Large 1415152.31/cwt150.00–155.006323
Steers—Medium and Large 2425144.33/cwt143.00–145.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 2455143.97/cwt141.00–147.006552
Steers—Medium and Large 1475152.00/cwt148.00–156.007222
Steers—Medium and Large 3483134.34/cwt132.00–138.006493
Steers—Medium and Large 1510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1770112.00/cwt112.00–112.008621
Steers—Medium and Large 2885105.00/cwt105.00–105.009291
Steers—Medium and Large 11,04590.00/cwt90.00–90.009411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1302152.00/cwt152.00–152.004591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325136.23/cwt130.00–140.004434
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328122.40/cwt120.00–125.004012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365127.00/cwt127.00–127.004641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2389132.04/cwt128.00–138.005145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415129.93/cwt128.00–132.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423135.28/cwt130.00–144.005727
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475115.71/cwt111.00–118.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478124.99/cwt124.00–126.005973
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510110.50/cwt110.00–111.005642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517121.34/cwt120.00–122.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575106.44/cwt100.00–110.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585131.00/cwt131.00–131.007661
Heifers—Medium and Large 275593.00/cwt93.00–93.007021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345142.00/cwt142.00–142.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370140.07/cwt135.00–145.005182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410140.00/cwt140.00–140.005741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480135.94/cwt134.00–138.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540122.00/cwt122.00–122.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565119.00/cwt119.00–119.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618123.47/cwt122.00–125.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660122.00/cwt122.00–122.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2713119.50/cwt119.00–120.008522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94325.57/cwt20.00–29.002413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08242.36/cwt40.00–45.004583
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11233.13/cwt30.00–35.003683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30550.69/cwt50.00–51.006623
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2983822.23/cwt725.00–925.008,0834

This sale against other markets

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.