Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: STEERS SOLD MIXED. HEIFERS SOLD STEADY-2.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD 2.00-4.00 LOWER. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.12/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$117.12

45 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$34.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.42

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	124.39	665	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	550	119.14	655	16thin
Medium and Large 2	506	115.58	585	16thin
Medium and Large 3	587	90.33	530	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.05/cwt here — about $135 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 sale45 hd

117.12

—

MS average13 barns · 717 hd

116.70

+0.42

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	1,250	75.00	938	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,100	45.00	495	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	37.77	388	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	—	421	123.89/cwt	120.00–127.00	522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	105.95/cwt	102.00–110.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	137.02/cwt	135.00–138.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.13/cwt	132.00–140.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	146.00/cwt	145.00–148.00	536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	105.98/cwt	102.00–110.00	692	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	123.61/cwt	120.00–126.00	451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	113.36/cwt	112.00–115.00	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	662	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	122.96/cwt	121.00–125.00	477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	136.77/cwt	135.00–138.50	561	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	1,115.94/cwt	1,050.00–1,150.00	15,288	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	200	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	605	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	800	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	423	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	495	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	37.77/cwt	37.50–38.00	388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	850	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	121.12/cwt	120.00–123.00	493	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	118.36/cwt	115.00–122.00	432	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	114.12/cwt	105.00–118.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	121.54/cwt	120.00–123.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	644	2

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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