Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-05-19

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, May 19
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 160▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 28▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 12▲ 30 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 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Sold some black heifers touch ear replacement quality, exposed to bull since February 700-980 lbs 800.00-1100.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.65/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$113.65
48 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.69
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1604116.1170236
Medium and Large 2571107.266128thin
Medium and Large 3531104.275544thin
One grade step is worth $11.85/cwt here — about $148 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 sale48 hd
113.65
—
MS average13 barns · 1,275 hd
119.35
−5.69
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—Average1,76082.501,4522thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30656.027325thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,29542.005441thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333150.00/cwt150.00–150.005002
Steers—Medium and Large 1380150.00/cwt150.00–150.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 2413126.39/cwt123.00–130.005222
Steers—Medium and Large 1418141.04/cwt140.00–142.005902
Steers—Medium and Large 2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1530130.02/cwt128.00–132.006892
Steers—Medium and Large 1625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 1723106.49/cwt105.00–108.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 1790108.00/cwt108.00–108.0085315
Steers—Medium and Large 1830108.00/cwt108.00–108.008961
Steers—Medium and Large 1927101.29/cwt97.00–104.009393
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373123.02/cwt120.00–126.004592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383128.03/cwt127.00–129.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390115.00/cwt115.00–115.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430122.74/cwt120.00–128.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430115.00/cwt115.00–115.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460120.98/cwt120.00–122.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495117.00/cwt117.00–117.005791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533120.46/cwt118.00–123.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 3578100.69/cwt100.00–102.005823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594111.67/cwt110.00–120.006636
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605104.00/cwt104.00–104.006291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679114.51/cwt109.00–116.0077818
Heifers—Medium and Large 269096.00/cwt96.00–96.006621
Heifers—Medium and Large 275590.00/cwt90.00–90.006801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned84590.00/cwt90.00–90.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885107.00/cwt107.00–107.009471
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378125.03/cwt124.00–126.004732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455116.00/cwt116.00–116.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515124.02/cwt122.00–126.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578121.48/cwt120.00–123.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605121.00/cwt121.00–121.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 372580.00/cwt80.00–80.005801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4541
Bulls——1,99070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,3931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24054.52/cwt52.00–56.506764
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29542.00/cwt42.00–42.005441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,57062.00/cwt62.00–62.009731
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2895692.92/cwt685.00–700.006,2022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,345850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,4331
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,105900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9452

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.