Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-06-23

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 23
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
65 vs last sale 172 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
43 vs last sale 69 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
88 vs last sale 139 51 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 3.00-5.00 higher. Remember no sale next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.95/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$124.95
48 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.54
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1609127.6677827
Medium and Large 3385123.334753thin
Medium and Large 2596121.1572118thin
One grade step is worth $6.51/cwt here — about $56 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 sale48 hd
124.95
MS average13 barns · 1,265 hd
131.49
−6.54
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
BullsLow1,54196.001,4795thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31064.9685110
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01749.1850010

Every lot, as filed

49 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2514119.71/cwt116.00–122.006154
SteersMedium and Large 2622114.30/cwt112.00–117.007113
SteersMedium and Large 2661119.00/cwt119.00–119.007879
SteersMedium and Large 3330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
HeifersMedium and Large 3345116.00/cwt116.00–116.004001
HeifersMedium and Large 3405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 3560107.00/cwt107.00–107.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 3543106.50/cwt106.00–107.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1629112.00/cwt112.00–112.0070410
HeifersMedium and Large 2490119.00/cwt119.00–119.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1745106.00/cwt106.00–106.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 1795102.00/cwt102.00–102.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 277095.00/cwt95.00–95.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 3380114.50/cwt114.00–115.004352
HeifersMedium and Large 1475130.47/cwt129.00–132.006202
HeifersMedium and Large 1515125.98/cwt122.00–130.006494
Bulls1,74596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6751
CowsLean 85-90%1,05453.52/cwt51.50–55.005645
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46771.39/cwt69.00–74.501,0473
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24362.21/cwt57.50–65.507737
CowsLean 85-90%92339.51/cwt37.00–42.003652
CowsLean 85-90%1,01748.39/cwt46.00–50.004923
SteersMedium and Large 3355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
SteersMedium and Large 11,025102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0461
SteersMedium and Large 1715120.00/cwt120.00–120.008581
SteersMedium and Large 1355170.00/cwt170.00–170.006041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2101,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0018,4531
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3111,137.38/cwt1,000.00–1,350.0014,91110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2151,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,1502
SteersMedium and Large 1570130.47/cwt129.00–132.007442
SteersMedium and Large 1255170.00/cwt170.00–170.004341
SteersMedium and Large 2360145.00/cwt145.00–145.005221
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,263881.56/cwt775.00–975.0011,1343
Bulls1,50099.45/cwt98.00–101.001,4922
Bulls1,48092.54/cwt92.00–93.001,3702
BullsMedium and Large 1515120.97/cwt120.00–122.006232
BullsMedium and Large 1473122.54/cwt120.00–125.005802
BullsMedium and Large 1695101.00/cwt101.00–101.007021
BullsMedium and Large 1575119.00/cwt119.00–119.006841
SteersMedium and Large 1773109.47/cwt106.00–113.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1830100.48/cwt99.00–102.008342
SteersMedium and Large 1473138.36/cwt135.00–140.006543
SteersMedium and Large 1526131.75/cwt129.00–137.006934
SteersMedium and Large 1623126.20/cwt126.00–128.0078610
SteersMedium and Large 3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
SteersMedium and Large 2495126.00/cwt125.00–127.006242
SteersMedium and Large 2518123.26/cwt120.00–125.006383
HeifersMedium and Large 2690103.00/cwt103.00–103.007111
HeifersMedium and Large 2418118.51/cwt117.00–120.004952

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.