Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.77/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$131.77

22 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$6.23/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	471	134.69	634	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	500	132.00	660	3thin
Medium and Large 2	350	128.46	450	9thin

One grade step is worth $6.23/cwt here — about $184 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 sale22 hd

131.77

—

MS average12 barns · 1,447 hd

135.15

−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	1,010	61.84	625	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	46.84	454	4thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Medium and Large 1	—	560	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	141.54/cwt	132.50–147.50	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	146.73/cwt	142.50–150.00	753	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	41.78/cwt	41.00–43.00	424	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	51.89/cwt	50.00–53.50	479	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	972	59.65/cwt	54.00–65.00	580	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	149.88/cwt	142.50–160.00	562	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	133.45/cwt	132.00–135.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	215	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	344	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	127.54/cwt	122.50–132.50	772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	123.75/cwt	122.50–125.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	131.17/cwt	127.50–135.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	399	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	145.97/cwt	145.00–147.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	129.21/cwt	127.50–130.00	417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	896	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	938	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	598	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	765	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	128.29/cwt	122.00–135.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	120.95/cwt	120.00–122.00	514	2

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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