Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: COWS TRADED STEADY. STEERS TRADED MIXED. HEIFER TRADED 4.00-10.00 LOWER. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $104.94/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$104.94

34 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$16.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.50

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	570	109.60	625	15thin
Medium and Large 1	623	109.58	683	6thin
Medium and Large 2	558	100.27	559	8thin
Medium and Large 3	475	92.86	441	5thin

One grade step is worth $16.74/cwt here — about $184 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 sale34 hd

104.94

—

MS average13 barns · 697 hd

108.44

−3.50

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	1,455	80.00	1,164	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	49.87	594	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,054	38.46	405	6thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1-2	—	205	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	200	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	610	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	185	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	352	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	93.49/cwt	90.00–97.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	800	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	289	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	98.07/cwt	95.00–101.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	134.05/cwt	130.00–138.00	496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	110.00/cwt	105.00–115.00	495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	133.50/cwt	132.00–135.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	395	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	105.82/cwt	105.00–107.50	667	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	769	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	16,250	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	506	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	19,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,465	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	22,500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	929	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	850	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	1,236.86/cwt	1,150.00–1,275.00	14,125	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,000	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	863.79/cwt	850.00–900.00	6,262	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	1,139.93/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	11,924	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,064.29/cwt	1,050.00–1,075.00	12,771	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	473	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	53.09/cwt	51.00–55.00	644	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	517	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	45.85/cwt	45.00–48.00	533	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	36.75/cwt	32.00–41.00	384	5
Bulls	—	—	1,455	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	300	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	115	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	90.16/cwt	85.00–95.00	419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	510	1

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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