Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-28

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	126.13	784	47
Medium and Large 2	469	118.62	557	8thin
Medium and Large 3	425	115.00	489	2thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,682	87.97	1,480	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,700	55.00	935	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,069	53.91	576	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	48.79	506	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	130.52/cwt	130.00–131.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	118.51/cwt	116.00–121.00	691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	663	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,340	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,270	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,335	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,545	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,153	951.46/cwt	725.00–1,125.00	10,970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	176.23/cwt	170.00–182.00	467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	170.98/cwt	170.00–172.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	139.37/cwt	134.00–145.00	743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	125.99/cwt	124.00–128.00	772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	968	36
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	947	1,095.77/cwt	950.00–1,175.00	10,377	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	278	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	141.04/cwt	140.00–142.00	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	578	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	935	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	53.91/cwt	47.50–57.50	576	6
Bulls	—	—	1,523	86.45/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,317	2
Bulls	—	—	2,000	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	117.66/cwt	112.00–124.00	559	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	132.68/cwt	130.00–138.00	429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	51.09/cwt	50.00–52.50	603	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	46.48/cwt	45.00–48.00	415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	853	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	126.32/cwt	125.00–128.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	115.98/cwt	115.00–117.00	591	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Tue Jul 28, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 286Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 51Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 24Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
2	—	425	130.00–131.00	130.52
2	—	583	116.00–121.00	118.51
2	—	618	115.00–116.00	115.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	107.00	107.00
7	—	475	112.00–124.00	117.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	170.00–182.00	176.23
2	—	323	170.00–172.00	170.98
2	—	533	134.00–145.00	139.37
2	—	613	124.00–128.00	125.99
36	—	717	135.00	135.00
1	—	945	115.00	115.00
1	—	895	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	130.00	130.00
1	—	565	123.00	123.00
1	—	315	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	138.00–140.00	138.99
2	—	365	140.00–142.00	141.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	120.00–121.00	120.49
1	—	640	112.00	112.00
1	—	360	124.00	124.00
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
2	—	510	115.00–117.00	115.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	130.00–138.00	132.68
1	—	505	123.00	123.00
1	—	450	126.00	126.00
1	—	395	130.00	130.00
1	—	280	142.00	142.00
36	—	682	125.00	125.00
3	—	432	125.00–128.00	126.32
1	—	765	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,340	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,153	725.00–1,125.00	951.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	947	950.00–1,175.00	1,095.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,069	47.50–57.50	53.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	50.00–52.50	51.09
2	—	893	45.00–48.00	46.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	85.00–88.00	86.45
1	—	2,000	91.00	91.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Brookhaven Stockyard - Brookhaven, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle