Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 3.00-4.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.32/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$123.32

33 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$34.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.63

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	130.00	657	3thin
Medium and Large 1	560	126.77	710	21
Medium and Large 2	455	121.67	554	6thin
Medium and Large 3	390	95.76	373	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.24/cwt here — about $283 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 sale33 hd

123.32

—

MS average7 barns · 426 hd

130.94

−7.63

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	1,225	90.00	1,103	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,142	63.93	730	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	54.59	505	2thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.07/cwt	142.50–152.50	780	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	141.63/cwt	140.00–145.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	112.47/cwt	110.00–115.00	827	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	860.62/cwt	850.00–875.00	10,138	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,975	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	128.10/cwt	122.50–132.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	121.04/cwt	115.00–125.00	690	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	149.90/cwt	145.00–155.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	734	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	54.59/cwt	54.00–55.00	505	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	949	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	63.06/cwt	61.00–65.00	701	7
Bulls	—	—	1,225	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	133.75/cwt	132.50–135.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	151.27/cwt	147.50–155.00	610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	116.23/cwt	115.00–117.50	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	133.39/cwt	132.50–135.00	496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	255	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	344	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,818	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	912	683.23/cwt	675.00–700.00	6,231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	112.68/cwt	110.00–118.00	851	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,400	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	800	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,000	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	93.64/cwt	85.00–102.50	379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	430	3

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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