Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-06-16

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 16
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 108▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 21▲ 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 38▲ 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers were mixed, 4.00 higher to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cattle were 1.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.59/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$142.59
29 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.05
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1392146.0857323
Medium and Large 2431129.175576thin
One grade step is worth $16.91/cwt here — about $17 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 sale29 hd
142.59
—
MS average12 barns · 1,056 hd
134.53
+8.05
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
Bulls—Average1,51393.771,4195thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26662.4879110
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02552.815419thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1—559131.38/cwt129.00–132.007345
SteersMedium and Large 1—263160.08/cwt150.00–165.004215
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2931,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0019,3952
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4801,711.32/cwt1,500.00–1,950.0025,3282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2101,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0014,5201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,7951,725.68/cwt1,325.00–1,950.0030,9764
SteersMedium and Large 1—325155.14/cwt150.00–160.005043
SteersMedium and Large 1—235153.05/cwt150.00–160.003603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4651,333.53/cwt1,100.00–1,525.0019,5362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2231,087.12/cwt1,050.00–1,125.0013,2952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,000875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2051,205.00/cwt1,205.00–1,205.0014,5201
BullsMedium and Large 1—560118.50/cwt117.00–120.006642
BullsMedium and Large 1—465124.89/cwt120.00–130.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1—74592.00/cwt92.00–92.006851
BullsMedium and Large 1—655111.00/cwt111.00–111.007271
BullsMedium and Large 1—440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
BullsMedium and Large 1—395134.00/cwt134.00–134.005291
HeifersMedium and Large 1—240140.00/cwt140.00–140.003361
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02552.81/cwt49.00–55.505419
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26662.48/cwt58.50–70.0079110
BullsMedium and Large 1—638112.98/cwt111.00–115.007212
BullsMedium and Large 1—535120.26/cwt116.00–128.006433
Bulls——1,51393.77/cwt88.00–105.001,4195
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335105.00/cwt105.00–105.003521
HeifersMedium and Large 1—72899.07/cwt95.00–103.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515131.00/cwt128.00–134.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 1—81097.00/cwt97.00–97.007861
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605126.00/cwt126.00–126.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270126.00/cwt126.00–126.003401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422127.30/cwt120.00–132.005377
HeifersMedium and Large 1—459128.27/cwt126.00–130.005894
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369127.42/cwt123.00–134.004704
HeifersMedium and Large 1—87089.00/cwt89.00–89.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 2—68098.00/cwt98.00–98.006661
SteersMedium and Large 1—358147.36/cwt140.00–152.005283
SteersMedium and Large 1—605129.00/cwt129.00–129.007801
SteersMedium and Large 2—515122.52/cwt120.00–125.006312
SteersMedium and Large 2—335136.00/cwt134.00–138.004562
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555111.00/cwt111.00–111.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 2—495119.00/cwt119.00–119.005891
SteersMedium and Large 1—545135.00/cwt130.00–140.007362
SteersMedium and Large 1—465137.00/cwt137.00–137.006371
SteersMedium and Large 2—495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
SteersMedium and Large 2—390128.00/cwt128.00–128.004991

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.