Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-09-01

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 1
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 189▲ 212 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 22▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 6▲ 7 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 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.85/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$126.85
53 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$134
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.83
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2449134.5460311thin
Medium and Large 3453128.155807thin
Medium and Large 1594124.1873735
One grade step is worth $10.36/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale53 hd
126.85
—
MS average12 barns · 972 hd
135.68
−8.83
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—Average1,53883.751,2882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21656.356854thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09652.105716thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1270161.06/cwt160.00–162.004352
Steers—Medium and Large 2290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 2321152.76/cwt150.00–158.004904
Steers—Medium and Large 3381140.52/cwt140.00–142.005354
Steers—Medium and Large 1435132.53/cwt130.00–135.005772
Steers—Medium and Large 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Steers—Medium and Large 2480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 3490115.00/cwt115.00–115.005641
Steers—Medium and Large 1515126.01/cwt125.00–127.006493
Steers—Medium and Large 1572127.00/cwt127.00–127.007267
Steers—Medium and Large 2576118.78/cwt116.00–122.006845
Steers—Medium and Large 3578110.00/cwt110.00–110.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 1617119.00/cwt117.00–121.0073410
Steers—Medium and Large 1676118.82/cwt117.00–121.008036
Steers—Medium and Large 1725118.51/cwt118.00–119.008592
Steers—Medium and Large 1750117.00/cwt117.00–117.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 1925105.00/cwt105.00–105.009711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395114.50/cwt110.00–119.004522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415113.45/cwt112.00–115.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470121.25/cwt120.00–125.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479112.00/cwt107.00–117.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512110.00/cwt110.00–110.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528115.35/cwt114.00–117.006093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566108.00/cwt105.00–110.006119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570113.49/cwt112.00–115.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617104.31/cwt102.00–106.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666105.62/cwt103.00–108.007035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713107.28/cwt103.00–113.007653
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440112.00/cwt112.00–112.004931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460132.00/cwt132.00–132.006071
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478110.98/cwt107.00–115.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528107.01/cwt106.00–108.005654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569105.75/cwt104.00–107.006024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610106.51/cwt105.00–108.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 266096.00/cwt96.00–96.006341
Bulls—Medium and Large 273097.00/cwt97.00–97.007081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50081.50/cwt81.50–81.501,2231
Bulls——1,57586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3551
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09652.10/cwt48.50–54.005716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21656.35/cwt55.50–57.506854
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2851,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,320886.65/cwt800.00–950.0011,7042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,360800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,8801

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.