Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NO SALE LAST WEEK, SO NO TRENDS TO CALL

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.16/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$113.16

71 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$43.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.31

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	335	133.00	446	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	684	112.92	772	68
Medium and Large 2	420	90.00	378	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.00/cwt here — about $68 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 sale71 hd

113.16

—

MS average12 barns · 749 hd

114.47

−1.31

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	1,378	65.75	906	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,084	60.31	654	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,680	54.00	907	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	50.00	550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2	—	363	113.02/cwt	112.00–114.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	117.74/cwt	114.00–120.00	374	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,983	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	907	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	870	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	242	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	293	2
Bulls	—	—	1,100	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	495	1
Bulls	—	—	1,655	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	760	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	272	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	127.25/cwt	122.50–132.00	541	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	60.31/cwt	58.00–63.50	654	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	310	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	365	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	420	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	490	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	850	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	139.04/cwt	138.00–140.00	463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	559	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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