Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS SOLD MOSTLY STEADY - 4.00 LOWER. FEEDER HEIFERS SOLD MOSTLY 3.00-5.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND WAS FAIR TO MODERATE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.00/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$121.00

71 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

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

$16.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.00

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	124.42	647	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	517	121.29	627	46
Medium and Large 2	485	117.14	568	7thin
Medium and Large 3	305	108.37	331	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.05/cwt here — about $316 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

121.00

—

MS average13 barns · 738 hd

123.00

−2.00

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	1,605	90.00	1,445	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	60.04	684	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	861	40.93	352	10

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	—	—	1,605	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	805	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	513	120.12/cwt	115.00–125.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	128.49/cwt	120.00–137.50	544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	118.49/cwt	117.50–120.00	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	494	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	780	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	124.35/cwt	120.00–130.00	502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	136.25/cwt	135.00–137.50	497	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	63.55/cwt	60.00–70.00	735	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	56.92/cwt	52.50–58.50	639	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	280	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	31.07/cwt	30.00–32.00	233	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	44.60/cwt	40.00–47.00	402	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	607	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	140	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	168	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	388	102.55/cwt	100.00–105.00	398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	118.34/cwt	117.50–119.00	676	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	125.78/cwt	120.00–133.00	595	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	120.92/cwt	118.00–125.00	642	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	152.80/cwt	145.00–160.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	149.92/cwt	147.50–151.00	675	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	144.73/cwt	142.00–148.00	731	11

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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