Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 7.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY TO 3.00 HIGHER. DEMAND FAIR. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.85/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$133.85

26 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$46.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.10

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	438	144.29	632	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	474	132.73	629	13thin
Medium and Large 2	436	129.40	564	5thin
Medium and Large 3	555	97.50	541	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.79/cwt here — about $91 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 sale26 hd

133.85

—

MS average13 barns · 581 hd

127.75

+6.10

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	1,950	106.00	2,067	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,126	70.71	796	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	57.96	570	7thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	16,445	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,025	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	52.22/cwt	48.00–56.00	497	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	62.26/cwt	60.00–65.00	628	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	63.77/cwt	61.00–65.00	692	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	73.69/cwt	70.00–80.00	842	7
Bulls	—	—	1,950	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	200	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	290	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	985	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,895	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,018	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,872	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	145.27/cwt	140.00–150.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,088	1,326.44/cwt	1,200.00–1,450.00	14,432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	134.88/cwt	130.00–140.00	836	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,250	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	17,188	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	15,619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	358	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	92.50/cwt	82.50–102.50	430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	541	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	6,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	281	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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