Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.60/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$131.60

28 head · 446 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

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

$43.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.39

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	133.61	689	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	397	132.77	527	15thin
Medium and Large 3	335	90.00	302	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.61/cwt here — about $388 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 sale28 hd

131.60

—

MS average13 barns · 453 hd

123.22

+8.39

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	—	Average	1,395	85.00	1,186	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	68.08	893	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,320	55.00	726	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Lean 85-90%	—	990	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	396	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,650	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,155	1
Bulls	—	—	1,395	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,186	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	60.65/cwt	55.00–65.00	784	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	72.21/cwt	70.00–74.00	955	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	141.82/cwt	135.00–147.50	467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	126.47/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,035	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	128.18/cwt	125.00–135.00	558	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	127.97/cwt	124.00–131.00	726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	165	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	223	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	146.25/cwt	145.00–147.50	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,635	1,852.35/cwt	1,660.00–2,000.00	30,286	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,465	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	127.51/cwt	125.00–130.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	122.64/cwt	112.50–128.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	128.75/cwt	127.50–130.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	105.51/cwt	105.00–106.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,041	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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