Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-04-14

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 14
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
17 head
20 vs last sale 37 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
2 vs last sale 4 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 2 4 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.33/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$150.33
6 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.72
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1349156.005444thin
Medium and Large 2473138.986572thin
One grade step is worth $17.02/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale6 hd
150.33
MS average8 barns · 416 hd
126.61
+23.72
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
BullsAverage1,33075.151,0003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13354.516182thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Gaunt340157.00/cwt157.00–157.005341
BullsMedium and Large 1605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1703121.00/cwt120.00–122.008512
Bulls1,57583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3071
Bulls1,20871.23/cwt70.00–72.508602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13354.51/cwt54.00–55.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 1420146.00/cwt146.00–146.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 1475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007131
SteersMedium and Large 1320157.00/cwt157.00–157.005021
SteersMedium and Large 1368155.00/cwt155.00–155.005702
SteersMedium and Large 2473138.98/cwt136.00–142.006572
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,095800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,7602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2755800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,0402

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.