Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS SOLD STEADY TO 3.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS SOLD 3.00 TO 6.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD 5.00 TO 6.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS SOLD STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.72/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$116.72

41 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$25.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.27

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	123.31	688	20
Medium and Large 2	465	115.00	535	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	578	113.27	654	15thin
Medium and Large 3	396	97.56	387	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.76/cwt here — about $302 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 sale41 hd

116.72

—

MS average13 barns · 648 hd

122.99

−6.27

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	—	High	1,750	92.50	1,619	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,325	62.50	828	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,050	56.25	591	2thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	755	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	705	103.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	825	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	870	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	130.81/cwt	120.00–138.00	621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	557	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	80.11/cwt	70.00–90.00	365	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	647	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,215	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,285	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,923	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	10,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	129.93/cwt	127.50–132.00	486	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	250	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	124.51/cwt	120.00–127.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	641	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	655	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	828	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	126.14/cwt	119.00–133.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	135.32/cwt	130.00–138.00	568	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	5
Bulls	—	—	1,750	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	5

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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