Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-04-07

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 7
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
34 vs last sale 71 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
30 vs last sale 34 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
16 vs last sale 18 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves 3.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady with a small offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.90/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$126.90
20 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.47
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1428132.3156613thin
Medium and Large 2402123.574975thin
Medium and Large 3560100.005602thin
One grade step is worth $32.31/cwt here — about $6 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 sale20 hd
126.90
MS average11 barns · 618 hd
115.43
+11.47
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
BullsAverage1,59379.121,2602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14353.296092thin

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 1550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007041
BullsMedium and Large 1479144.45/cwt140.00–152.006924
BullsMedium and Large 3540109.00/cwt109.00–109.005891
BullsMedium and Large 3560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
Bulls1,59379.12/cwt78.00–80.001,2602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14353.29/cwt51.50–55.006092
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,4001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0014,0002
SteersMedium and Large 2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
SteersMedium and Large 2520127.00/cwt127.00–127.006601
SteersMedium and Large 2555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006831
SteersMedium and Large 3275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
SteersMedium and Large 1265160.00/cwt160.00–160.004241
SteersMedium and Large 1485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007281
HeifersMedium and Large 1410139.78/cwt137.00–142.005734
HeifersMedium and Large 2345123.00/cwt123.00–123.004241
HeifersMedium and Large 2405126.00/cwt126.00–126.005101
HeifersMedium and Large 2495121.00/cwt121.00–121.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 2383123.92/cwt120.00–128.004752
HeifersMedium and Large 3560100.00/cwt100.00–100.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 1315136.00/cwt136.00–136.004281
HeifersMedium and Large 1605104.00/cwt104.00–104.006291
HeifersMedium and Large 1655102.00/cwt102.00–102.006681
HeifersMedium and Large 1280148.47/cwt147.00–150.004162
HeifersMedium and Large 1368133.01/cwt132.00–134.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 1525128.00/cwt128.00–128.006722

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.