Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: STEERS TRADED 5.00-8.00 HIGHER. HEIFERS TRADED 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED 3.00-5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND WAS GOOD. QUALITY WAS PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.62/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$120.62

47 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$41.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.62

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	126.00	635	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	486	121.01	588	38
Medium and Large 2	410	115.00	472	2thin
Medium and Large 3	680	85.00	578	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about $57 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 sale47 hd

120.62

—

MS average12 barns · 458 hd

116.00

+4.62

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	1,464	84.25	1,233	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,211	58.40	707	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	790	37.00	292	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	825	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	133.66/cwt	130.00–137.00	611	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	107.06/cwt	101.00–110.00	661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	119.27/cwt	117.00–122.00	576	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	142.86/cwt	137.00–147.00	531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	129.95/cwt	127.00–133.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	121.00/cwt	119.00–123.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	127.01/cwt	122.00–130.00	353	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	133.04/cwt	130.00–135.00	414	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	126.95/cwt	123.00–129.00	543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	132.82/cwt	130.00–134.00	490	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	61.86/cwt	59.00–63.00	779	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	241	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	136.66/cwt	133.00–140.00	451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	680	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	131.52/cwt	130.00–133.00	533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	117.92/cwt	110.00–126.00	619	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	980	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	451	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	111.52/cwt	110.00–113.00	636	8
Bulls	—	—	1,230	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	935	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	80.15/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,202	2
Bulls	—	—	1,517	89.74/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,361	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	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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