Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-07-28

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 28
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
111 vs last sale 286 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
37 vs last sale 51 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
9 vs last sale 24 15 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 3.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Sold mixed load 72 head char. and Black hided average wt steers 717 lbs @ 135.00, and heifers 682 lbs @ 125.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.68/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$124.68
57 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.30
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622126.1378447
Medium and Large 2469118.625578thin
Medium and Large 3425115.004892thin
One grade step is worth $11.13/cwt here — about $295 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 sale57 hd
124.68
MS average13 barns · 985 hd
124.98
−0.30
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
BullsAverage1,68287.971,4803thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70055.009351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06953.915766thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03748.795064thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1425130.52/cwt130.00–131.005552
BullsMedium and Large 1583118.51/cwt116.00–121.006912
BullsMedium and Large 1618115.51/cwt115.00–116.007142
BullsMedium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
BullsMedium and Large 2620107.00/cwt107.00–107.006631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3401,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2701,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,3351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2935700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,5451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,153951.46/cwt725.00–1,125.0010,9702
SteersMedium and Large 1265176.23/cwt170.00–182.004672
SteersMedium and Large 1323170.98/cwt170.00–172.005522
SteersMedium and Large 1533139.37/cwt134.00–145.007432
SteersMedium and Large 1613125.99/cwt124.00–128.007722
SteersMedium and Large 1717135.00/cwt135.00–135.0096836
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29471,095.77/cwt950.00–1,175.0010,3776
SteersMedium and Large 2515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
SteersMedium and Large 2565123.00/cwt123.00–123.006951
SteersMedium and Large 3278138.99/cwt138.00–140.003862
SteersMedium and Large 3365141.04/cwt140.00–142.005152
SteersMedium and Large 1945115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0871
SteersMedium and Large 1895115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0291
HeifersMedium and Large 2480120.49/cwt120.00–121.005782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70055.00/cwt55.00–55.009351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06953.91/cwt47.50–57.505766
Bulls1,52386.45/cwt85.00–88.001,3172
Bulls2,00091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8201
BullsMedium and Large 3495111.00/cwt111.00–111.005491
BullsMedium and Large 2475117.66/cwt112.00–124.005597
HeifersMedium and Large 1323132.68/cwt130.00–138.004293
HeifersMedium and Large 1505123.00/cwt123.00–123.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1450126.00/cwt126.00–126.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
CowsLean 85-90%1,18051.09/cwt50.00–52.506032
CowsLean 85-90%89346.48/cwt45.00–48.004152
HeifersMedium and Large 2640112.00/cwt112.00–112.007171
HeifersMedium and Large 1280142.00/cwt142.00–142.003981
HeifersMedium and Large 2360124.00/cwt124.00–124.004461
HeifersMedium and Large 2330120.00/cwt120.00–120.003961
HeifersMedium and Large 1682125.00/cwt125.00–125.0085336
HeifersMedium and Large 1432126.32/cwt125.00–128.005463
SteersMedium and Large 2315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 2445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
HeifersMedium and Large 1765130.00/cwt130.00–130.009951
HeifersMedium and Large 3425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 2510115.98/cwt115.00–117.005912

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.