Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-02-18

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 18
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
26 vs last sale 31 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
14 vs last sale 6 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
45 vs last sale 4 49 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 2.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.05/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$131.05
30 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.87
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427133.8157219thin
Medium and Large 2410127.6052310thin
Medium and Large 3510113.005761thin
One grade step is worth $20.81/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale30 hd
131.05
MS average13 barns · 1,134 hd
132.92
−1.87
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
BullsAverage1,51880.571,2234thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average92551.114732thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91431.542889thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1530132.00/cwt132.00–132.007001
BullsMedium and Large 2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
BullsMedium and Large 2423130.01/cwt129.00–131.005502
BullsMedium and Large 2525123.11/cwt120.00–126.006462
BullsMedium and Large 3445118.00/cwt118.00–118.005251
BullsMedium and Large 3480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2910700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3701
SteersMedium and Large 2670121.00/cwt121.00–121.008111
SteersMedium and Large 2370151.87/cwt150.00–157.005624
SteersMedium and Large 1240185.00/cwt185.00–185.004441
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3761,071.03/cwt950.00–1,250.0014,73712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,005700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,037701.53/cwt610.00–800.007,2753
HeifersMedium and Large 2425125.73/cwt123.00–128.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 3510113.00/cwt113.00–113.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 1615119.00/cwt119.00–119.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 1328139.98/cwt138.00–142.004592
HeifersMedium and Large 1380139.47/cwt138.00–142.005304
SteersMedium and Large 2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2675109.00/cwt109.00–109.007361
HeifersMedium and Large 2228140.00/cwt140.00–140.003192
HeifersMedium and Large 2387128.59/cwt125.00–132.004983
HeifersMedium and Large 1475130.38/cwt129.00–133.006195
HeifersMedium and Large 1422133.39/cwt130.00–136.005637
HeifersMedium and Large 2535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
Bulls1,38576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0531
Bulls1,53570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0751
Bulls1,57588.13/cwt86.00–90.001,3882
CowsBoner 80-85%92551.11/cwt50.00–52.004732
CowsLean 85-90%79325.35/cwt20.00–30.002014
CowsLean 85-90%1,01136.50/cwt34.00–40.003695

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.