Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-03-24

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 24
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
21 vs last sale 57 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
24 vs last sale 8 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
41 vs last sale 13 54 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 10.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter bull not tested. It's a good time to go through your herd, and cull due to prices being so good now.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.53/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$133.53
13 head · 396 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.72
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436142.716227thin
Medium and Large 2407129.005253thin
Medium and Large 3293116.673423thin
One grade step is worth $26.04/cwt here — about $280 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 sale13 hd
133.53
MS average10 barns · 339 hd
122.81
+10.72
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13073.3782918
CowsLean 85-90%Average90248.7844011

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1465148.00/cwt148.00–148.006881
BullsMedium and Large 2455124.00/cwt124.00–124.005641
BullsMedium and Large 2560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2665114.00/cwt114.00–114.007581
CowsBoner 80-85%94564.99/cwt64.00–66.006144
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22779.06/cwt78.50–81.009705
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2928938.41/cwt925.00–950.008,7084
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,005750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,5382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3900710.00/cwt710.00–710.006,3902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2947822.98/cwt800.00–875.007,7943
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,070750.70/cwt700.00–800.008,0322
SteersMedium and Large 1630123.00/cwt123.00–123.007751
SteersMedium and Large 1665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008451
SteersMedium and Large 1325167.63/cwt162.00–174.005452
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2751,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0014,9812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3051,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0016,3132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1801,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,9802
HeifersMedium and Large 3375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
SteersMedium and Large 1423167.93/cwt164.00–172.007102
SteersMedium and Large 1508139.01/cwt138.00–140.007062
SteersMedium and Large 2510108.00/cwt108.00–108.005511
SteersMedium and Large 2478139.93/cwt138.00–142.006692
SteersMedium and Large 1380162.00/cwt162.00–162.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 1387151.98/cwt150.00–154.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 2315132.00/cwt132.00–132.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 2375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 2530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 3210120.00/cwt120.00–120.002521
HeifersMedium and Large 3295120.00/cwt120.00–120.003541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15973.93/cwt69.00–77.508579
CowsLean 85-90%97356.92/cwt53.00–60.005544
CowsLean 85-90%86244.13/cwt41.00–46.503807
HeifersMedium and Large 1330153.00/cwt153.00–153.005051
HeifersMedium and Large 1675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1443140.00/cwt140.00–140.006202

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.