Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-02-11

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 11
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 118▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 14▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 19▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Small offering of cattle due to all the rain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.66/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$113.66
12 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.34
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1345136.004691thin
Medium and Large 2662111.857417thin
Medium and Large 3486111.255414thin
One grade step is worth $24.75/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale12 hd
113.66
—
MS average12 barns · 627 hd
128.00
−14.34
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
Bulls—Average1,59776.831,2273thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22352.886472thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1235175.00/cwt175.00–175.004111
Steers—Medium and Large 2245170.00/cwt170.00–170.004171
Steers—Medium and Large 3265150.00/cwt150.00–150.003981
Steers—Medium and Large 2315168.00/cwt168.00–168.005291
Steers—Medium and Large 3375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 1405152.00/cwt152.00–152.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 2470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3295117.00/cwt117.00–117.003451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345136.00/cwt136.00–136.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608114.99/cwt114.00–116.006992
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2678111.99/cwt110.00–114.007592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2800100.00/cwt100.00–100.008001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,47575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1061
Bulls——1,56582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2831
Bulls——1,75073.50/cwt73.50–73.501,2861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22352.88/cwt50.00–55.006472
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,205800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6401

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.