Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mixed. Feeder heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows traded 5.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded steady to 5.00 lower. Quality plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.70/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$121.70

37 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$30.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.19

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	315	132.00	416	3thin
Medium and Large 1	473	128.33	607	22
Medium and Large 2	541	108.74	589	9thin
Medium and Large 3	365	101.67	371	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.33/cwt here — about $45 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 sale37 hd

121.70

—

MS average7 barns · 650 hd

121.89

−0.19

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	1,368	93.37	1,278	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,128	61.28	691	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	885	38.02	336	9thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 3	—	240	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	555	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	600	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	557	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	139.41/cwt	135.00–145.00	581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	135.61/cwt	130.00–145.00	628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	604	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	5,670	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,223	937.42/cwt	900.00–950.00	11,465	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,440	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	18,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,170.00/cwt	1,170.00–1,170.00	14,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	435	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	113.11/cwt	105.00–115.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	690	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	135.18/cwt	132.00–139.00	441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	131.88/cwt	130.00–136.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	130.96/cwt	130.00–132.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	708	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	41.40/cwt	40.00–44.00	395	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	625	27.60/cwt	25.00–30.00	173	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	600	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	225	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	62.27/cwt	60.00–68.00	682	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	59.87/cwt	53.00–65.00	703	7
Bulls	—	—	1,245	92.55/cwt	91.00–93.50	1,152	2
Bulls	—	—	1,615	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,534	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,313	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	5,775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	632	3

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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