Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 7.00 HIGHER. HEIFERS TRADED 4.00 TO 8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00 TO 6.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.34/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$130.34

35 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$42.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.53

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	141.10	722	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	562	131.78	740	9thin
Medium and Large 2	445	128.10	569	6thin
Medium and Large 3	522	98.20	513	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.90/cwt here — about $209 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 sale35 hd

130.34

—

MS average13 barns · 608 hd

131.88

−1.53

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	2,055	97.50	2,004	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	69.78	833	5thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	—	—	2,055	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	2,004	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	66.84/cwt	63.00–73.50	807	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	74.19/cwt	72.50–76.00	870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	161.34/cwt	160.00–162.50	521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	135.02/cwt	132.50–137.50	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	148.46/cwt	135.00–151.00	655	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	453	142.66/cwt	140.50–145.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	618	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,163	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	133.86/cwt	130.00–138.00	834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	720	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	141.67/cwt	140.00–145.00	475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	126.13/cwt	115.00–135.00	469	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	142.06/cwt	135.00–146.00	716	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	113.75/cwt	110.00–117.50	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	136.36/cwt	132.50–140.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	453	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,798	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,125	5

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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