Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY PLAIN.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.70/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$118.70

20 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$47.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	439	125.24	550	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	502	119.37	599	12thin
Medium and Large 2	290	112.50	326	1thin
Medium and Large 3	685	77.50	531	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.74/cwt here — about $19 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 sale20 hd

118.70

—

MS average13 barns · 526 hd

122.08

−3.38

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%	Average	1,038	62.81	652	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	51.62	477	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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%	—	1,011	59.13/cwt	55.00–63.00	598	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	66.48/cwt	66.00–67.00	708	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	51.62/cwt	50.00–53.00	477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	280	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	790.91/cwt	700.00–900.00	7,458	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	990	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	118.82/cwt	118.00–120.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	504	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	930	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,000	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,188	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	685	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	114.99/cwt	112.50–117.50	619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	714	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	965	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	8,058	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	685	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,740	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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