Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 4.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED 2.00 TO 6.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.86/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$127.86

36 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$12.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.54

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	460	133.57	615	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	124.11	700	15thin
Medium and Large 2	407	120.82	492	5thin

One grade step is worth $12.76/cwt here — about $123 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 sale36 hd

127.86

—

MS average13 barns · 1,031 hd

133.40

−5.54

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,138	58.50	666	4thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	575	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	759	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	141.20/cwt	138.00–146.00	671	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	138.00/cwt	136.00–140.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	156.47/cwt	152.00–165.00	656	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	907	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	163.41/cwt	160.00–170.00	608	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	790	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	125	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	137.49/cwt	130.00–142.50	521	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	755	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	3,511	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	880	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	159.94/cwt	150.00–170.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	805	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	702	143.98/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,011	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	142.75/cwt	142.50–143.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	61.51/cwt	60.00–63.00	765	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,033	55.49/cwt	52.00–58.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	364	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	720	441.67/cwt	425.00–500.00	3,180	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	630	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	3,780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	852	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	128.78/cwt	127.50–130.00	674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	744	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	116.04/cwt	115.00–117.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	145.78/cwt	140.00–155.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	137.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	657	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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →