Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-12-08

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 124▲ 3 vs year ago 122 · +2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 41▲ 4 vs year ago 21 · +19.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 107▲ 26 vs year ago 22 · +118.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last market feeder calves were steady, and slaughter cows were as well.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.44/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$116.44
35 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.36
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2407119.2748614thin
Medium and Large 1510116.2259317thin
Medium and Large 3437107.504694thin
One grade step is worth $11.77/cwt here — about $16 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 sale35 hd
116.44
—
MS average13 barns · 1,444 hd
120.80
−4.36
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—Average1,59477.951,2434thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23643.205347thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31041.685465thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00430.543064thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323165.99/cwt162.00–168.005363
Steers—Medium and Large 3345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
Steers—Medium and Large 1365165.68/cwt165.00–166.006053
Steers—Medium and Large 2378157.29/cwt154.00–160.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 1422156.70/cwt152.00–164.006613
Steers—Medium and Large 2428143.84/cwt140.00–148.006162
Steers—Medium and Large 2457145.34/cwt142.00–147.006643
Steers—Medium and Large 1530138.02/cwt136.00–140.007322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333126.49/cwt125.00–128.004212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371124.98/cwt123.00–127.004645
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373110.00/cwt110.00–110.004102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410122.70/cwt120.00–124.005034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428113.99/cwt110.00–117.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430110.00/cwt110.00–110.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463120.00/cwt120.00–120.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473114.49/cwt114.00–115.005422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520107.00/cwt107.00–107.005561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526114.13/cwt112.00–116.006007
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638106.99/cwt105.00–109.006832
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482136.26/cwt132.00–143.006573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505134.00/cwt134.00–134.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510106.00/cwt106.00–106.005411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520116.00/cwt116.00–116.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564121.53/cwt112.00–127.006854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32572.42/cwt70.00–75.009602
Bulls——1,86383.48/cwt83.00–84.001,5552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99828.72/cwt26.00–30.002873
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02036.00/cwt36.00–36.003671
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23643.20/cwt40.00–46.005347
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31041.68/cwt40.00–44.005465
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0151,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0012,9412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2910825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,5081
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2945750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,0881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,106910.85/cwt750.00–1,050.0010,0748
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,270975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,3831

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.