Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-02-25

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
16 vs last sale 57 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
8 vs last sale 20 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
38 vs last sale 49 11 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 and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.87/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$124.87
19 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$118
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.03
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2349132.214618thin
Medium and Large 1569123.127017thin
Medium and Large 3511113.255794thin
One grade step is worth $18.96/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 sale19 hd
124.87
MS average13 barns · 929 hd
131.90
−7.03
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
BullsAverage1,55283.751,3003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32260.908055thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06746.935014thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls1,24076.00/cwt76.00–76.009421
Bulls1,70887.63/cwt85.00–90.001,4972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32260.90/cwt58.00–64.008055
CowsLean 85-90%1,08530.00/cwt30.00–30.003261
CowsLean 85-90%1,10545.00/cwt45.00–45.004971
CowsLean 85-90%1,03856.36/cwt55.00–57.505852
SteersMedium and Large 3215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,010700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2880875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,7001
SteersMedium and Large 1328173.58/cwt172.00–175.005692
SteersMedium and Large 3485139.00/cwt139.00–139.006741
SteersMedium and Large 2205150.00/cwt150.00–150.003081
SteersMedium and Large 2345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005691
SteersMedium and Large 2385167.00/cwt167.00–167.006431
SteersMedium and Large 2425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
SteersMedium and Large 1980113.96/cwt110.00–118.001,1172
SteersMedium and Large 3435130.00/cwt130.00–130.005661
SteersMedium and Large 1625121.00/cwt121.00–121.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
SteersMedium and Large 1820115.00/cwt115.00–115.009431
SteersMedium and Large 1890115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 2237140.00/cwt135.00–145.003323
HeifersMedium and Large 2323134.90/cwt130.00–138.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 3395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004741
HeifersMedium and Large 3510113.00/cwt113.00–113.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 3570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006272
SteersMedium and Large 1415152.00/cwt152.00–152.006311
HeifersMedium and Large 1325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 1805105.00/cwt105.00–105.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1725110.98/cwt110.00–112.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 1468131.62/cwt128.00–136.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 2495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 2615113.00/cwt113.00–113.006951

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.