Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-11-17

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 17
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 204▼ 146 vs year ago 349 · −41.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 15▼ 80 vs year ago 101 · −79.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 20▼ 13 vs year ago 57 · −22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves seemed to be 3-7 higher, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Reminder no sales next week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.40/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$143.40
59 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.70
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487144.3470325
Medium and Large 2443143.8663826
Medium and Large 3421139.015858thin
One grade step is worth $5.33/cwt here — about $118 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 sale59 hd
143.40
—
MS average13 barns · 1,294 hd
141.70
+1.70
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—Average1,41376.921,0874thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16946.515445thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14541.014709thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2230165.34/cwt163.00–168.003802
Steers—Medium and Large 1265174.51/cwt174.00–175.004622
Steers—Medium and Large 2280155.00/cwt155.00–155.004341
Steers—Medium and Large 1318177.81/cwt175.00–180.005654
Steers—Medium and Large 2323161.80/cwt155.00–168.005234
Steers—Medium and Large 3355149.51/cwt148.00–150.005314
Steers—Medium and Large 2370158.91/cwt155.00–165.005884
Steers—Medium and Large 1422159.16/cwt155.00–165.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 3425132.00/cwt132.00–132.005611
Steers—Medium and Large 2440145.50/cwt144.00–147.006402
Steers—Medium and Large 2452151.34/cwt150.00–152.006843
Steers—Medium and Large 3470132.51/cwt132.00–133.006232
Steers—Medium and Large 1490156.00/cwt156.00–156.007641
Steers—Medium and Large 1526132.73/cwt128.00–137.006988
Steers—Medium and Large 2528123.92/cwt120.00–128.006543
Steers—Medium and Large 2565124.99/cwt120.00–129.007065
Steers—Medium and Large 1570135.00/cwt135.00–135.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 3580117.00/cwt117.00–117.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 1614120.20/cwt117.00–127.007384
Steers—Medium and Large 1680118.00/cwt118.00–118.008021
Steers—Medium and Large 2685115.00/cwt115.00–115.007882
Steers—Medium and Large 1700119.00/cwt119.00–119.008331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320117.00/cwt117.00–117.003741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335134.50/cwt134.00–135.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340126.00/cwt126.00–126.004281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374139.55/cwt138.00–142.005225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407134.40/cwt130.00–138.005475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428121.20/cwt120.00–125.005195
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445117.00/cwt117.00–117.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475117.95/cwt114.00–124.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 3481108.14/cwt102.00–112.005205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524107.75/cwt105.00–111.0056512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578107.15/cwt102.00–110.006197
Heifers—Medium and Large 3590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610106.83/cwt100.00–112.006526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672106.00/cwt104.00–108.007123
Heifers—Medium and Large 267599.00/cwt99.00–99.006681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418129.50/cwt129.00–130.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470120.33/cwt119.00–122.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495126.00/cwt126.00–126.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518117.00/cwt117.00–117.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 255598.00/cwt98.00–98.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20372.52/cwt72.00–73.008722
Bulls——1,62381.32/cwt80.00–82.501,3202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02334.55/cwt31.50–37.503532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16946.51/cwt45.00–49.005445
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18042.86/cwt41.00–45.005067
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2923826.69/cwt800.00–850.007,6302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2950885.00/cwt885.00–885.008,4081
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2954990.89/cwt775.00–1,150.009,4537
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2970900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,7301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2980850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,3301

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.