Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-08-25

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 25
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 263▲ 189 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 7▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market slaughter cows and bulls were 3-5 higher. Feeder calves were 2-4 higher. Sold mixed load black and char. steers average wt. 607 lbs @ $ 1.3810 per lb, and heifers 532 lbs @ $ 1.2810.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.96/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$136.96
92 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.16
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527140.9274328
Medium and Large 1-2607138.0083835
Medium and Large 2527133.0870223
Medium and Large 3478127.216076thin
One grade step is worth $13.72/cwt here — about $135 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 sale92 hd
136.96
—
MS average13 barns · 1,322 hd
139.11
−2.16
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—Average1,66882.501,3763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24057.8971813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,14553.506131thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17348.625705thin

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330161.33/cwt160.00–164.005323
Steers—Medium and Large 1335172.26/cwt168.00–176.005774
Steers—Medium and Large 1365171.95/cwt170.00–174.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 2382160.26/cwt155.00–164.006123
Steers—Medium and Large 2400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005601
Steers—Medium and Large 1423156.69/cwt150.00–160.006633
Steers—Medium and Large 3430126.00/cwt126.00–126.005421
Steers—Medium and Large 1460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 3487127.45/cwt124.00–130.006215
Steers—Medium and Large 2515123.37/cwt120.00–126.006353
Steers—Medium and Large 1519134.17/cwt130.00–139.006965
Steers—Medium and Large 2565125.61/cwt122.00–128.007105
Steers—Medium and Large 1570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607138.00/cwt138.00–138.0083835
Steers—Medium and Large 1621124.73/cwt124.00–125.0077511
Steers—Medium and Large 2625119.49/cwt118.00–120.007474
Steers—Medium and Large 2662120.65/cwt120.00–122.007993
Steers—Medium and Large 2735118.00/cwt118.00–118.008671
Steers—Medium and Large 1965115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340141.00/cwt141.00–141.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363128.98/cwt128.00–130.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395134.00/cwt134.00–134.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412132.13/cwt125.00–138.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463127.33/cwt127.00–128.005903
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470112.00/cwt112.00–112.005261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513118.51/cwt118.00–119.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532128.00/cwt128.00–128.0068153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538113.50/cwt113.00–114.006112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583112.97/cwt112.00–115.006593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609114.52/cwt107.00–117.006974
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615116.00/cwt116.00–116.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1763105.00/cwt105.00–105.008012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1910110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55579.50/cwt79.50–79.501,2361
Bulls——1,72584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4492
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89343.75/cwt43.50–44.003912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,14553.50/cwt53.50–53.506131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21857.42/cwt55.50–59.5069911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36060.47/cwt60.00–61.008222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,36051.86/cwt48.00–54.007053
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2551,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,1782
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3401,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,0802
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2860910.00/cwt910.00–910.007,8261

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.