Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-02-11

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 11
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
87 vs last sale 118 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
8 vs last sale 14 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
15 vs last sale 19 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Small offering of cattle due to all the rain.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.66/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$113.66
12 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.34
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1345136.004691thin
Medium and Large 2662111.857417thin
Medium and Large 3486111.255414thin
One grade step is worth $24.75/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale12 hd
113.66
MS average12 barns · 627 hd
128.00
−14.34
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
BullsAverage1,59776.831,2273thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22352.886472thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
BullsMedium and Large 2625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
BullsMedium and Large 2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Bulls1,56582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2831
Bulls1,75073.50/cwt73.50–73.501,2861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22352.88/cwt50.00–55.006472
SteersMedium and Large 1235175.00/cwt175.00–175.004111
SteersMedium and Large 1405152.00/cwt152.00–152.006161
SteersMedium and Large 2245170.00/cwt170.00–170.004171
SteersMedium and Large 2315168.00/cwt168.00–168.005291
SteersMedium and Large 2470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,205800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6401
HeifersMedium and Large 3295117.00/cwt117.00–117.003451
HeifersMedium and Large 3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 3555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 2800100.00/cwt100.00–100.008001
SteersMedium and Large 3265150.00/cwt150.00–150.003981
SteersMedium and Large 3375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 1345136.00/cwt136.00–136.004691
HeifersMedium and Large 2565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 2700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 3675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 2608114.99/cwt114.00–116.006992
HeifersMedium and Large 2678111.99/cwt110.00–114.007592
BullsLight Weight1,47575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1061

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.