Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-04-21

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 21
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 183 vs last sale 17▲ 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 6▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 4▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last: Feeder calves were 4.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.10/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$111.10
98 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.76
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405129.9352711thin
Medium and Large 2514113.2658234
Medium and Large 3390112.7443911thin
Medium and Large 1-2684104.0071142
One grade step is worth $25.93/cwt here — about −$185 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 sale98 hd
111.10
—
MS average12 barns · 902 hd
113.87
−2.76
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—Average1,49177.691,1584thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28259.227594thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06543.504632thin

Every lot

49 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 2378141.66/cwt138.00–148.005355
Steers—Medium and Large 1380152.00/cwt152.00–152.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 3380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
Steers—Medium and Large 1410157.99/cwt156.00–160.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 2422139.54/cwt132.00–145.005897
Steers—Medium and Large 2460134.03/cwt131.00–138.006175
Steers—Medium and Large 1520125.35/cwt124.00–126.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 1560128.00/cwt128.00–128.007171
Steers—Medium and Large 3565104.00/cwt104.00–104.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 2605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 2665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682114.00/cwt114.00–114.0077730
Steers—Medium and Large 1800111.00/cwt111.00–111.008881
Steers—Medium and Large 288590.00/cwt90.00–90.007971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285122.00/cwt122.00–122.003481
Heifers—Medium and Large 3314118.53/cwt110.00–124.003724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335132.00/cwt130.00–134.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345128.00/cwt128.00–128.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365100.00/cwt100.00–100.003651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370130.50/cwt128.00–133.004832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370126.00/cwt126.00–126.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419130.30/cwt126.00–136.005464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419118.88/cwt117.00–120.004988
Heifers—Medium and Large 3443110.53/cwt106.00–115.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455111.98/cwt110.00–114.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458127.67/cwt125.00–132.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477117.83/cwt114.00–120.005627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510111.76/cwt110.00–114.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573108.69/cwt106.00–112.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 358599.00/cwt99.00–99.005791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613103.77/cwt96.00–110.006365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660104.00/cwt104.00–104.006861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684104.00/cwt104.00–104.0071142
Heifers—Medium and Large 272599.43/cwt97.00–102.007212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463131.38/cwt128.00–138.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485125.00/cwt123.00–127.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528120.00/cwt120.00–120.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578108.94/cwt104.00–114.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,49177.69/cwt75.00–82.001,1584
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06050.00/cwt50.00–50.005301
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07037.00/cwt37.00–37.003961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18357.30/cwt56.00–60.006783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,58065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0271
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2810700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,6701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,125850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,5631
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2781,208.71/cwt1,000.00–1,450.0015,4474

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.