Name: Brookhaven Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady on a light test. Split load steers and heifers black hides, steers average wt was 550 lbs 1.40 per lb and heifers 522 lbs 1.30 per lb. Total weight was 51,150 lbs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.04/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$125.04

78 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$23.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.58

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	129.13	648	54
Medium and Large 2	463	117.90	546	20
Medium and Large 3	508	105.49	536	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.64/cwt here — about $113 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 sale78 hd

125.04

—

MS average13 barns · 1,382 hd

125.61

−0.58

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	—	Low	1,380	71.68	989	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,820	56.28	1,024	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	31.05	319	2thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	127.25/cwt	124.00–132.00	532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	126.03/cwt	125.00–127.00	542	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,130	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	139.87/cwt	133.00–140.00	769	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	132.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	120.63/cwt	118.00–125.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	114.40/cwt	112.00–117.00	599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	157.41/cwt	150.00–162.00	480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	140.03/cwt	138.00–142.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	117.59/cwt	114.00–122.00	500	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	103.97/cwt	103.00–105.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	108.96/cwt	108.00–110.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	127.00/cwt	126.00–128.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	129.43/cwt	118.00–130.00	676	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	123.97/cwt	120.00–128.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	113.01/cwt	112.00–114.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	109.44/cwt	105.00–114.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	119.63/cwt	117.00–123.00	574	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,820	56.28/cwt	50.00–58.00	1,024	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	31.05/cwt	30.00–32.00	319	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	94.69/cwt	90.00–99.00	637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	111.87/cwt	110.00–115.00	583	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	541	1
Bulls	—	—	1,380	71.68/cwt	70.00–73.00	989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	108.05/cwt	106.00–110.00	470	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 Aug 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 263Last week 221Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 11Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 9Year 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
1	—	505	123.00	123.00
2	—	625	105.00	105.00
3	—	418	124.00–132.00	127.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	130.00	130.00
1	—	430	117.00	117.00
1	—	640	90.00	90.00
2	—	558	105.00–114.00	109.44
3	—	480	117.00–123.00	119.63
3	—	673	90.00–99.00	94.69
8	—	521	110.00–115.00	111.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	108.00	108.00
1	—	520	104.00	104.00
1	—	570	90.00	90.00
2	—	435	106.00–110.00	108.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	125.00–127.00	126.03
1	—	380	152.00	152.00
1	—	790	119.00	119.00
2	—	730	116.00	116.00
3	—	305	150.00–162.00	157.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	142.00	142.00
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	178.00	178.00
1	—	915	114.00	114.00
56	—	550	133.00–140.00	139.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	130.00–138.00	132.96
2	—	340	138.00–142.00	140.03
2	—	623	108.00–110.00	108.96
2	—	415	126.00–128.00	127.00
42	—	522	118.00–130.00	129.43
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	118.00–125.00	120.63
5	—	524	112.00–117.00	114.40
7	—	425	114.00–122.00	117.59
1	—	300	127.00	127.00
2	—	388	120.00–128.00	123.97
2	—	580	112.00–114.00	113.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	112.00	112.00
1	—	480	102.00	102.00
2	—	568	103.00–105.00	103.97

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,820	50.00–58.00	56.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	30.00–32.00	31.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	70.00–73.00	71.68

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