Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: HEIFERS AND STEERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY TO 2.00 LOWER. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.86/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$135.86

50 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$29.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.40

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	452	147.62	667	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	399	144.02	575	14thin
Medium and Large 2	518	117.76	610	18thin

One grade step is worth $29.87/cwt here — about $57 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 sale50 hd

135.86

—

MS average13 barns · 671 hd

125.46

+10.40

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	1,235	62.00	766	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	983	52.02	511	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	766	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	52.02/cwt	51.00–53.00	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	225	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	383	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	118.24/cwt	117.50–119.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	613	106.17/cwt	102.50–110.00	651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	117.50/cwt	112.50–122.50	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	416	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	147.38/cwt	140.00–152.50	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	156.91/cwt	145.00–165.00	596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	118.95/cwt	112.50–122.50	622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	110.00/cwt	107.50–112.50	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	117.44/cwt	112.50–122.50	558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	118.70/cwt	112.50–125.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	122.56/cwt	117.50–127.50	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	123.69/cwt	121.00–126.50	594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	133.12/cwt	125.00–137.50	620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	155.19/cwt	142.50–165.00	660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	121.00/cwt	117.50–125.00	586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	265	117.08/cwt	110.00–125.00	310	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.

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