Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: HEIFERS AND STEERS TRADED STEADY-5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-4.00 HIGHER. QUALITY WAS PLAIN TO AVERAGE. DEMAND WAS FAIR.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $110.35/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$110.35

59 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

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

$37.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.74

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	481	117.17	563	28
Medium and Large 1	647	107.12	693	20
Medium and Large 2	532	103.07	549	9thin
Medium and Large 3	320	80.00	256	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.17/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 sale59 hd

110.35

—

MS average12 barns · 567 hd

111.09

−0.74

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	1,769	80.78	1,429	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,138	50.57	575	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	36.45	362	6thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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	—	430	118.37/cwt	115.00–120.00	509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	200	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	87.50/cwt	80.00–96.00	280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	102.46/cwt	100.00–105.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	808	96.32/cwt	95.00–99.00	778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	117.84/cwt	110.00–122.50	616	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	725	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	471	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	625	57.14/cwt	52.00–65.00	357	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	200	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	75	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	235	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	94	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	665	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	333	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	585	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	108.36/cwt	105.00–110.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	723	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	30.84/cwt	25.00–35.00	285	3
Bulls	—	—	1,825	85.04/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,552	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	950	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	48.85/cwt	47.00–52.00	554	4
Bulls	—	—	1,600	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,088	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	42.06/cwt	40.00–44.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	563	98.23/cwt	97.00–100.00	553	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	875	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	691	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	625	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	107.14/cwt	100.00–115.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	114.89/cwt	110.00–120.00	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	122.99/cwt	122.00–125.00	643	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	114.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	718	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	776	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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