Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-07-07

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 7
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 107▲ 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 26▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 51▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report: Feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.08/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$121.08
69 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.33
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551121.9667259
Medium and Large 2553115.8764010thin
One grade step is worth $6.09/cwt here — about $32 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 sale69 hd
121.08
—
MS average11 barns · 895 hd
121.41
−0.33
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—Average1,70893.791,6024thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31660.567977thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02549.585087thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2280147.00/cwt147.00–147.004121
Steers—Medium and Large 1310165.16/cwt160.00–170.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 2375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005931
Steers—Medium and Large 1427135.02/cwt131.00–138.005773
Steers—Medium and Large 1472134.44/cwt130.00–139.006358
Steers—Medium and Large 2475126.50/cwt126.00–127.006012
Steers—Medium and Large 1541128.20/cwt127.00–131.0069419
Steers—Medium and Large 2580119.00/cwt119.00–119.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1618122.84/cwt120.00–129.007598
Steers—Medium and Large 2630112.00/cwt112.00–112.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 1671121.42/cwt120.00–125.008155
Steers—Medium and Large 2678112.48/cwt111.00–114.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 2712110.64/cwt108.00–113.007883
Steers—Medium and Large 1760119.00/cwt119.00–119.009041
Steers—Medium and Large 2763114.54/cwt112.00–117.008742
Steers—Medium and Large 1800112.00/cwt112.00–112.008961
Steers—Medium and Large 1880100.00/cwt100.00–100.008801
Steers—Medium and Large 1925102.00/cwt102.00–102.009441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387129.66/cwt128.00–133.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416127.02/cwt124.00–130.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465129.29/cwt123.00–134.0060115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524127.08/cwt122.00–133.0066610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538115.64/cwt112.00–118.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568121.13/cwt118.00–124.006886
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581116.13/cwt110.00–118.006756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618115.63/cwt112.00–121.0071512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685113.32/cwt112.00–115.007763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725107.36/cwt104.00–109.007783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755106.00/cwt106.00–106.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800106.00/cwt106.00–106.008481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488128.52/cwt127.00–130.006272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513130.47/cwt126.00–134.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 2583117.49/cwt115.00–120.006852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53895.75/cwt95.50–96.001,4732
Bulls——1,87891.83/cwt90.00–94.001,7252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90743.31/cwt40.00–47.503933
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11354.28/cwt53.00–56.506044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31660.56/cwt57.00–64.507977
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 21,3301,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0017,9552
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2798704.86/cwt700.00–710.005,6252
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2965850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,2031
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2985918.98/cwt810.00–1,000.009,0522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,060885.00/cwt885.00–885.009,3811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,325920.00/cwt920.00–920.0012,1901

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.