Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-10-13

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 223▼ 20 vs year ago 203 · −9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 41▼ 12 vs year ago 41 · −29.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 45▼ 8 vs year ago 29 · −27.6%
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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 $125.50/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$125.50
53 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$242
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$13.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.91
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3345138.004761thin
Medium and Large 2503127.0764017thin
Medium and Large 1577124.3871835
One grade step is worth $13.62/cwt here — about −$242 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
125.50
—
MS average13 barns · 902 hd
132.41
−6.91
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—Average2,05075.001,5381thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11738.7343310
CowsLean 85-90%Average91830.0027511

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 1295166.00/cwt166.00–166.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 1300158.00/cwt158.00–158.004741
Steers—Medium and Large 3345138.00/cwt138.00–138.004761
Steers—Medium and Large 1358156.48/cwt154.00–160.005604
Steers—Medium and Large 2375149.31/cwt148.00–150.005603
Steers—Medium and Large 1420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 2425133.73/cwt130.00–138.005683
Steers—Medium and Large 2474126.27/cwt124.00–130.005994
Steers—Medium and Large 1523128.36/cwt126.00–130.006716
Steers—Medium and Large 2540122.00/cwt122.00–122.006591
Steers—Medium and Large 2575118.25/cwt116.00–122.006804
Steers—Medium and Large 1621114.54/cwt110.00–118.0071110
Steers—Medium and Large 2650109.00/cwt109.00–109.007091
Steers—Medium and Large 1670113.99/cwt111.00–117.007647
Steers—Medium and Large 1720108.01/cwt103.00–111.007783
Steers—Medium and Large 2770102.00/cwt102.00–102.007851
Steers—Medium and Large 1775107.99/cwt107.00–109.008372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325128.13/cwt125.00–130.004167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350117.00/cwt117.00–117.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370123.92/cwt121.00–127.004592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415116.96/cwt114.00–120.004852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423105.01/cwt103.00–107.004442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467107.64/cwt104.00–111.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513105.01/cwt100.00–108.005396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518110.75/cwt110.00–112.005744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570105.68/cwt104.00–107.006023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619104.61/cwt102.00–107.006487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657104.99/cwt104.00–106.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 268098.00/cwt98.00–98.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700108.00/cwt108.00–108.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 270093.67/cwt90.00–99.006563
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427127.34/cwt124.00–130.005443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440114.00/cwt114.00–114.005021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457123.94/cwt120.00–128.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467114.68/cwt114.00–115.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520112.35/cwt110.00–116.005843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 278098.00/cwt98.00–98.007641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,05075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,5381
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81326.07/cwt24.00–27.502124
Cows—Lean 85-90%97832.25/cwt30.00–35.003157
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11738.73/cwt36.00–45.0043310
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2701,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,3352
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,144885.66/cwt775.00–950.0010,1324

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.