Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-10-27

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 27
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 208▼ 20 vs year ago 215 · −9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 32▲ 14 vs year ago 8 · +175.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 44 vs year ago 61 · −72.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market, feeder steers and heifers were mixed. Slaughter cows 3-5 higher and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.63/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$107.63
38 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.65
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485111.9054320
Medium and Large 2489102.8850318thin
One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about $40 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 sale38 hd
107.63
—
MS average13 barns · 810 hd
108.27
−0.65
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—Average1,54371.781,1086thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33551.106823thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95029.132778thin

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315142.38/cwt140.00–145.004482
Steers—Medium and Large 2375138.97/cwt135.00–144.005213
Steers—Medium and Large 3386130.51/cwt130.00–132.005044
Steers—Medium and Large 1400131.00/cwt130.00–133.005243
Steers—Medium and Large 2415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Steers—Medium and Large 2455116.99/cwt116.00–118.005322
Steers—Medium and Large 1470132.00/cwt132.00–132.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 2507119.37/cwt114.00–124.006053
Steers—Medium and Large 1525136.00/cwt136.00–136.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 2565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 3571106.51/cwt105.00–108.006084
Steers—Medium and Large 1658107.50/cwt107.00–108.007072
Steers—Medium and Large 1705100.00/cwt98.00–102.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 175096.00/cwt96.00–96.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 278090.00/cwt90.00–90.007021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323118.01/cwt115.00–120.003814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367120.00/cwt120.00–120.004403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383127.42/cwt126.00–128.004885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1406117.76/cwt116.00–120.004784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455109.00/cwt109.00–109.004961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518108.97/cwt106.00–111.005645
Heifers—Medium and Large 252396.25/cwt94.00–100.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 257291.33/cwt91.00–92.005223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585102.00/cwt102.00–102.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 161593.01/cwt91.00–95.005723
Heifers—Medium and Large 263387.51/cwt86.00–89.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 268088.00/cwt88.00–88.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 169094.00/cwt94.00–94.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 272585.00/cwt85.00–85.006161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428127.27/cwt122.00–131.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438117.50/cwt116.00–120.005154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471114.51/cwt110.00–120.0053911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536109.76/cwt107.00–112.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540105.00/cwt105.00–105.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 256297.06/cwt91.00–100.005453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33362.66/cwt60.00–65.008352
Bulls——1,63375.12/cwt74.00–76.001,2273
Bulls——1,69580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3561
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93125.94/cwt24.00–28.002424
Cows—Lean 85-90%96832.33/cwt30.00–35.003134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33551.10/cwt50.00–52.006823
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2915725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,6341
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,135725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,2291
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4501,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0015,0082

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.