Sale reports / Mississippi / Brookhaven Livestock Auction / 2020-08-18

Brookhaven Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brookhaven, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2117
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 221▲ 263 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 11▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 9▲ 4 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 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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502129.1364854
Medium and Large 2463117.9054620
Medium and Large 3508105.495364thin
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,38071.689892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,82056.281,0243thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02831.053192thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1—505123.00/cwt123.00–123.006211
BullsMedium and Large 1—625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006562
BullsMedium and Large 1—418127.25/cwt124.00–132.005323
BullsMedium and Large 2—365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
BullsMedium and Large 2—430117.00/cwt117.00–117.005031
SteersMedium and Large 2—430126.03/cwt125.00–127.005422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,130850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,6051
SteersMedium and Large 3—390142.00/cwt142.00–142.005542
SteersMedium and Large 1—325178.00/cwt178.00–178.005791
SteersMedium and Large 1—915114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0431
SteersMedium and Large 1—550139.87/cwt133.00–140.0076956
SteersMedium and Large 2—380152.00/cwt152.00–152.005781
SteersMedium and Large 2—790119.00/cwt119.00–119.009401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375132.96/cwt130.00–138.004995
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475120.63/cwt118.00–125.005733
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524114.40/cwt112.00–117.005995
SteersMedium and Large 2—730116.00/cwt116.00–116.008472
SteersMedium and Large 2—305157.41/cwt150.00–162.004803
SteersMedium and Large 3—335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340140.03/cwt138.00–142.004762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425117.59/cwt114.00–122.005007
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415112.00/cwt112.00–112.004651
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480102.00/cwt102.00–102.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568103.97/cwt103.00–105.005912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623108.96/cwt108.00–110.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415127.00/cwt126.00–128.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522129.43/cwt118.00–130.0067642
HeifersMedium and Large 2—300127.00/cwt127.00–127.003811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388123.97/cwt120.00–128.004812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580113.01/cwt112.00–114.006552
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
BullsMedium and Large 3—483108.00/cwt108.00–108.005222
BullsMedium and Large 2—64090.00/cwt90.00–90.005761
BullsMedium and Large 2—558109.44/cwt105.00–114.006112
BullsMedium and Large 2—480119.63/cwt117.00–123.005743
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,82056.28/cwt50.00–58.001,0243
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02831.05/cwt30.00–32.003192
BullsMedium and Large 2—67394.69/cwt90.00–99.006373
BullsMedium and Large 2—521111.87/cwt110.00–115.005838
BullsMedium and Large 3—520104.00/cwt104.00–104.005411
Bulls——1,38071.68/cwt70.00–73.009892
BullsMedium and Large 3—57090.00/cwt90.00–90.005131
BullsMedium and Large 3—435108.05/cwt106.00–110.004702

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.