Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-05-12

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 12
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 85▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 15▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 89▲ 12 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 and bulls 2.00-4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $117.56/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$117.56
56 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.95
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1597117.9870441
Medium and Large 2555117.5565213thin
Medium and Large 3465109.005072thin
One grade step is worth $8.98/cwt here — about $197 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 sale56 hd
117.56
—
MS average13 barns · 1,093 hd
129.51
−11.95
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—Average1,73787.471,5193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29560.167793thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67055.009191thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00544.0044213

Every lot

59 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
Steers—Medium and Large 3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
Steers—Medium and Large 1423137.94/cwt136.00–140.005833
Steers—Medium and Large 2480124.00/cwt120.00–128.005952
Steers—Medium and Large 1495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 3510108.00/cwt108.00–108.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 2528116.03/cwt111.00–122.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 1529126.76/cwt124.00–131.006717
Steers—Medium and Large 1560126.00/cwt126.00–126.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 2565114.56/cwt110.00–119.006474
Steers—Medium and Large 1615113.65/cwt111.00–126.0069923
Steers—Medium and Large 1668113.52/cwt112.00–115.007582
Steers—Medium and Large 2670113.40/cwt107.00–120.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 1718112.65/cwt111.00–115.008093
Steers—Medium and Large 2760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390110.00/cwt110.00–110.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421114.02/cwt112.00–117.004804
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477113.44/cwt111.00–118.005415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478123.48/cwt123.00–124.005902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512114.96/cwt113.00–118.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 352595.00/cwt95.00–95.004991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533102.25/cwt100.00–105.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550112.00/cwt112.00–112.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 356595.00/cwt95.00–95.005371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570103.01/cwt100.00–108.005875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 362098.00/cwt98.00–98.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 263090.52/cwt85.00–97.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 266888.97/cwt84.00–93.005946
Heifers—Medium and Large 368585.00/cwt85.00–85.005821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745107.00/cwt107.00–107.007971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435127.95/cwt126.00–130.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471128.03/cwt125.00–136.006036
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480110.00/cwt110.00–110.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488116.50/cwt116.00–117.005692
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500102.00/cwt102.00–102.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529122.27/cwt120.00–124.006474
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560116.00/cwt116.00–116.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 356699.05/cwt90.00–105.005615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615108.00/cwt108.00–108.006641
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618105.47/cwt103.00–108.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 266097.00/cwt97.00–97.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 367987.99/cwt85.00–90.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 372585.51/cwt84.00–87.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2755102.00/cwt102.00–102.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 381085.00/cwt85.00–85.006891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51584.95/cwt82.50–87.001,2872
Bulls——2,18092.50/cwt92.50–92.502,0171
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88033.33/cwt31.50–35.002932
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00542.43/cwt36.00–46.004267
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06652.07/cwt50.00–55.505554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29560.16/cwt57.50–62.007793
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67055.00/cwt55.00–55.009191
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2955825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,8791
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3581,341.44/cwt1,225.00–1,450.0018,2174

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.