Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-10-06

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 6
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 145▼ 196 vs year ago 419 · −46.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 42▲ 1 vs year ago 40 · +2.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 44▼ 1 vs year ago 46 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the 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 $133.28/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$133.28
73 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.27
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582134.6378460
Medium and Large 3370131.844886thin
Medium and Large 2519123.006387thin
One grade step is worth $11.62/cwt here — about $145 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 sale73 hd
133.28
—
MS average13 barns · 1,153 hd
132.01
+1.27
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—Average1,87576.111,4275thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35545.006101thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17243.5651111
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07432.0634415

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3305138.00/cwt138.00–138.004211
Steers—Medium and Large 2310152.00/cwt152.00–152.004711
Steers—Medium and Large 1322160.61/cwt158.00–164.005173
Steers—Medium and Large 1373158.70/cwt156.00–160.005923
Steers—Medium and Large 3378133.26/cwt127.00–138.005044
Steers—Medium and Large 2403134.01/cwt132.00–136.005402
Steers—Medium and Large 3405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 1431144.93/cwt142.00–150.006254
Steers—Medium and Large 1580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 2590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1610132.00/cwt132.00–132.0080543
Steers—Medium and Large 2610112.00/cwt112.00–112.006831
Steers—Medium and Large 2658109.50/cwt109.00–110.007212
Steers—Medium and Large 1717124.00/cwt124.00–124.008896
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383120.43/cwt115.00–124.004613
Heifers—Medium and Large 338595.00/cwt95.00–95.003661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1403124.02/cwt120.00–128.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 342397.57/cwt95.00–100.004132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445112.00/cwt112.00–112.004981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
Heifers—Medium and Large 346599.48/cwt93.00–105.004635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495112.00/cwt112.00–112.005541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 352896.99/cwt94.00–100.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554121.66/cwt112.00–122.0067431
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570105.00/cwt105.00–105.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626115.02/cwt113.00–116.0072015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660112.00/cwt112.00–112.007391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422127.37/cwt120.00–130.005385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435116.50/cwt115.00–118.005072
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480100.00/cwt100.00–100.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481110.45/cwt105.00–115.005314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518115.00/cwt113.00–117.005963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520105.76/cwt105.00–108.005504
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555108.00/cwt108.00–108.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 358090.00/cwt90.00–90.005221
Bulls—Medium and Large 261894.90/cwt90.00–100.005862
Bulls—Medium and Large 269090.00/cwt90.00–90.006211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81571.24/cwt70.00–72.501,2932
Bulls——1,90080.54/cwt79.00–82.001,5302
Bulls——1,94577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,4981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02426.72/cwt25.00–30.002746
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10735.62/cwt32.00–38.003949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17243.56/cwt40.00–50.0051111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35545.00/cwt45.00–45.006101
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,004834.03/cwt670.00–1,050.008,3744
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0351,040.62/cwt875.00–1,150.0010,7703
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0601,033.25/cwt850.00–1,200.0010,9522

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.