Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED 2.00-4.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.43/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$133.43

32 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$25.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.88

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	449	142.31	639	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	493	128.75	634	8thin
Medium and Large 2	579	117.22	678	7thin

One grade step is worth $25.09/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale32 hd

133.43

—

MS average13 barns · 616 hd

132.55

+0.88

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	1,783	90.00	1,605	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,149	63.56	730	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	899	48.17	433	4thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1-2	—	360	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	148.09/cwt	140.00–160.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,048	644.30/cwt	640.00–650.00	6,752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	405	1
Bulls	—	—	1,783	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,605	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	312	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	50.89/cwt	50.00–52.50	477	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	68.85/cwt	65.00–72.50	791	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	56.94/cwt	53.00–60.00	654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	159.15/cwt	152.50–165.50	506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	149.51/cwt	145.00–157.50	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	542	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	123.71/cwt	118.00–130.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	121.47/cwt	120.00–122.50	632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	667	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.02/cwt	112.50–117.50	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	845	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	865.00/cwt	865.00–865.00	10,077	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,925	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	564	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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