Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-03-03

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 3
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
8 vs last sale 41 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 12 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
10 vs last sale 11 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to all the rain there was a small offering of cattle. Feeder calves steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.68/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$153.68
11 head · 346 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.15
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1343160.445504thin
Medium and Large 2315153.964856thin
Medium and Large 3545125.006811thin
One grade step is worth $35.44/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale11 hd
153.68
MS average13 barns · 892 hd
147.53
+6.15
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
BullsLow1,40357.148022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36361.508382thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02635.633654thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1420148.00/cwt148.00–148.006221
BullsMedium and Large 2710104.00/cwt104.00–104.007381
BullsMedium and Large 281593.00/cwt93.00–93.007581
Bulls1,40357.14/cwt55.00–60.008022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36361.50/cwt60.00–63.008382
CowsLean 85-90%99843.89/cwt41.00–46.504382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,025750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,6881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2928713.07/cwt700.00–725.006,6172
SteersMedium and Large 1295167.00/cwt167.00–167.004931
SteersMedium and Large 2220150.00/cwt150.00–150.003301
SteersMedium and Large 2369155.94/cwt150.00–159.005754
SteersMedium and Large 3545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,255875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,9811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,248837.56/cwt700.00–950.0010,4534
HeifersMedium and Large 2490124.00/cwt124.00–124.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 2530122.43/cwt120.00–125.006492
SteersMedium and Large 1435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
SteersMedium and Large 1320162.38/cwt160.00–165.005202
SteersMedium and Large 2195150.00/cwt150.00–150.002931
CowsLean 85-90%1,05327.36/cwt25.00–30.002882
HeifersMedium and Large 2335135.00/cwt135.00–135.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 2380134.00/cwt134.00–134.005091
HeifersMedium and Large 2435124.00/cwt124.00–124.005391
HeifersMedium and Large 3280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
HeifersMedium and Large 3370128.00/cwt128.00–128.004741

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.