Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-01-14

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 14
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
149 vs last sale 164 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
24 vs last sale 41 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good day, as compared to last weeks markets feeder calves were steady, and slaughter cattle steady as well. Due to all the rain and nasty weather had a small offering of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.61/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$149.61
6 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$123
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.92
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2355158.005611thin
Medium and Large 1462147.946845thin
One grade step is worth $10.06/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale6 hd
149.61
MS average13 barns · 1,433 hd
155.53
−5.92
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
BullsLow1,56966.501,0434thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34747.806443thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05534.053594thin

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 373091.00/cwt91.00–91.006641
Bulls1,32054.45/cwt50.00–60.007192
Bulls1,81878.55/cwt75.00–81.001,4282
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34747.80/cwt46.00–50.006443
CowsLean 85-90%91025.00/cwt25.00–25.002282
CowsLean 85-90%1,20043.10/cwt42.00–44.005172
SteersMedium and Large 1445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
SteersMedium and Large 1328164.37/cwt162.00–167.005392
SteersMedium and Large 1605130.47/cwt127.00–134.007892
HeifersMedium and Large 1215160.00/cwt160.00–160.003441
HeifersMedium and Large 1405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 2195152.00/cwt152.00–152.002961
HeifersMedium and Large 3590107.00/cwt107.00–107.006311
HeifersMedium and Large 3725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007251
SteersMedium and Large 2355158.00/cwt158.00–158.005611

How this sale compares

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.