Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 8.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand light. Quality plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.35/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$106.35

67 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$31.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.38

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	430	111.17	478	21
Medium and Large 1	742	105.37	782	43
Medium and Large 2	468	90.00	421	2thin
Medium and Large 3	380	80.00	304	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.17/cwt here — about $174 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 sale67 hd

106.35

—

MS average11 barns · 629 hd

116.73

−10.38

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	1,875	85.00	1,594	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,194	55.30	660	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,004	38.53	387	9thin

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · Peoples Livestock Auction - Houston, 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	655	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	504	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,400	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	4,590	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	12,502	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	8,809	2
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	750	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,313	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,200	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,099	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,520	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	7,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	878	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	966	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	774	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	813	38
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	775	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,069	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	261	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	492	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	109.26/cwt	99.00–119.00	421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	527	3
Bulls	—	—	1,875	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	448	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	58.12/cwt	53.50–65.00	699	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	51.07/cwt	50.00–52.00	603	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	40.85/cwt	35.00–46.50	417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	329	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	111.61/cwt	105.00–120.00	467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	413	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	595	1

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.

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