Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-09-22

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 22
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 229▼ 100 vs year ago 300 · −33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 15▲ 12 vs year ago 23 · +52.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 18▲ 50 vs year ago 17 · +294.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves were steady. 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 $127.46/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$127.46
107 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$125
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.32
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2494128.3663437
Medium and Large 1597127.5776144
Medium and Large 1-2602126.0075926
One grade step is worth $2.36/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale107 hd
127.46
—
MS average12 barns · 1,198 hd
133.78
−6.32
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—Average1,65082.001,3531thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38952.967367thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41349.356974thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11344.9750114

Every lot

49 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1255165.00/cwt165.00–165.004211
Steers—Medium and Large 2285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
Steers—Medium and Large 2375143.89/cwt142.00–146.005402
Steers—Medium and Large 1420159.01/cwt158.00–160.006682
Steers—Medium and Large 2435137.00/cwt130.00–147.005963
Steers—Medium and Large 2459132.21/cwt131.00–140.0060721
Steers—Medium and Large 1465153.06/cwt150.00–156.007122
Steers—Medium and Large 1521127.61/cwt125.00–130.006655
Steers—Medium and Large 2540122.00/cwt120.00–124.006592
Steers—Medium and Large 1575132.06/cwt126.00–133.0075915
Steers—Medium and Large 2579119.54/cwt115.00–122.006924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2602126.00/cwt126.00–126.0075926
Steers—Medium and Large 2625108.00/cwt106.00–110.006752
Steers—Medium and Large 1630117.80/cwt115.00–124.007425
Steers—Medium and Large 1680119.31/cwt114.00–121.0081110
Steers—Medium and Large 1710107.00/cwt107.00–107.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 273596.00/cwt96.00–96.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 1758104.00/cwt103.00–105.007882
Steers—Medium and Large 1830108.00/cwt108.00–108.008961
Steers—Medium and Large 291090.00/cwt90.00–90.008191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318137.20/cwt130.00–145.004362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 347599.00/cwt99.00–99.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480106.88/cwt103.00–111.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503119.00/cwt119.00–119.0059912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528102.31/cwt99.00–106.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565102.00/cwt102.00–102.005761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573115.00/cwt115.00–115.006599
Heifers—Medium and Large 358893.51/cwt90.00–97.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 260597.00/cwt97.00–97.005871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625102.00/cwt102.00–102.006382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675105.00/cwt105.00–105.007091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428124.59/cwt120.00–128.005335
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473122.46/cwt121.00–124.005792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490115.00/cwt115.00–115.005641
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579100.72/cwt95.00–106.005834
Bulls—Medium and Large 269596.00/cwt96.00–96.006671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05138.42/cwt35.00–42.004045
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14848.61/cwt44.50–50.505589
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38952.96/cwt51.50–55.007367
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41349.35/cwt48.00–50.506974
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,085900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,7651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,170843.48/cwt750.00–925.009,8692
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,283990.35/cwt700.00–1,150.0012,7068
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,6551,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0019,0331
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2401,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2601,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,5201,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0016,7202

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.