Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-06-09

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 9
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
17 vs last sale 91 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
8 vs last sale 13 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
20 vs last sale 18 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the 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 $122.52/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$122.52
40 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$541
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.12
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479126.6560716thin
Medium and Large 2402122.6749314thin
Medium and Large 3436115.7250510thin
One grade step is worth $10.93/cwt here — about $102 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 sale40 hd
122.52
MS average12 barns · 918 hd
122.40
+0.12
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
BullsAverage1,41388.531,2512thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22558.6671913
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01151.405204thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40055.00/cwt55.00–55.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1510131.05/cwt126.00–136.006682
BullsMedium and Large 1438135.21/cwt130.00–138.005924
BullsMedium and Large 1461134.15/cwt129.00–139.006185
BullsMedium and Large 2355138.00/cwt138.00–138.004901
BullsMedium and Large 2593111.34/cwt110.00–114.006603
BullsMedium and Large 2481123.76/cwt123.00–125.005954
BullsMedium and Large 2520118.81/cwt116.00–120.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 1245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003431
HeifersMedium and Large 1370129.00/cwt129.00–129.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 1600114.00/cwt114.00–114.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
HeifersMedium and Large 173599.00/cwt99.00–99.007281
HeifersMedium and Large 1328128.50/cwt128.00–129.004212
HeifersMedium and Large 1428131.06/cwt129.00–133.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 1475133.04/cwt129.00–135.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1529126.53/cwt125.00–130.006694
HeifersMedium and Large 2265136.00/cwt136.00–136.003601
HeifersMedium and Large 2565119.00/cwt119.00–119.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 2355121.49/cwt121.00–122.004312
HeifersMedium and Large 2425124.09/cwt120.00–128.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 2458125.00/cwt125.00–125.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 2518116.54/cwt114.00–119.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 2320122.02/cwt120.00–124.003904
HeifersMedium and Large 3335115.00/cwt115.00–115.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 3355110.00/cwt110.00–110.003911
HeifersMedium and Large 3585106.00/cwt106.00–106.006201
CowsLean 85-90%1,01151.40/cwt47.00–53.505204
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19758.12/cwt56.00–61.5069610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28063.19/cwt62.00–64.508092
Bulls1,41388.53/cwt85.00–92.001,2512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2851,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,1351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,025925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,4811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3231,124.67/cwt1,100.00–1,150.0014,8792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,055800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,4401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2681,021.62/cwt875.00–1,100.0012,9544
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2963774.29/cwt750.00–800.007,4564
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,6201,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0023,8952
SteersMedium and Large 3635101.00/cwt101.00–101.006411
SteersMedium and Large 2268149.95/cwt146.00–154.004023
SteersMedium and Large 2563122.02/cwt121.00–123.006872
SteersMedium and Large 2475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006182
SteersMedium and Large 2700111.00/cwt111.00–111.007771
SteersMedium and Large 2440129.00/cwt129.00–129.005681
SteersMedium and Large 1434136.69/cwt135.00–140.005934
SteersMedium and Large 1518136.49/cwt136.00–137.007072
SteersMedium and Large 1363153.10/cwt150.00–156.005562
SteersMedium and Large 1680121.00/cwt121.00–121.008231
SteersMedium and Large 1630122.00/cwt122.00–122.007691
SteersMedium and Large 1575133.00/cwt133.00–133.007651
SteersMedium and Large 1470136.00/cwt136.00–136.006391
SteersMedium and Large 1320155.00/cwt155.00–155.004961
SteersMedium and Large 1270170.00/cwt170.00–170.004591
HeifersMedium and Large 3424118.55/cwt115.00–120.005034
HeifersMedium and Large 3463117.32/cwt117.00–118.005433

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.