Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: HEIFERS AND STEERS SOLD 5.00-10.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. TYPICAL OCTOBER WEATHER IS UPON US.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.72/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$116.72

67 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

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

$14.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.22

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	119.35	574	28
Medium and Large 1-2	460	115.71	532	33
Medium and Large 2	331	112.50	373	4thin
Medium and Large 3	255	105.00	268	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.35/cwt here — about $307 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 sale67 hd

116.72

—

MS average13 barns · 815 hd

114.50

+2.22

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	—	Low	1,140	58.50	667	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	45.50	550	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	924	33.21	307	4thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	—	810	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	105.99/cwt	105.00–110.00	507	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	114.08/cwt	110.00–118.00	437	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	105.50/cwt	99.00–112.00	633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	107.41/cwt	105.00–110.00	618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	123.78/cwt	122.00–125.00	395	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	126.97/cwt	122.00–132.00	493	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,085	547.67/cwt	535.00–560.00	5,942	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,320	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	9,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	124.54/cwt	120.00–127.00	531	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	116.32/cwt	110.00–125.00	598	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	135.52/cwt	132.00–139.00	492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	610	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,500	876.67/cwt	850.00–900.00	13,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	122.74/cwt	122.00–125.00	568	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,363	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	400	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	468	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	35.94/cwt	34.00–39.00	336	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	106.50/cwt	105.00–108.00	320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	362	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	223	1
Bulls	—	—	1,295	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	525	3
Bulls	—	—	985	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	640	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	45.50/cwt	42.00–47.50	550	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	368	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	115.30/cwt	112.00–120.00	544	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	122.84/cwt	120.00–125.00	525	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	245	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	290	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	130.02/cwt	127.00–133.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	200	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	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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