Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.50/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$142.50

11 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$43.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.85

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	163.75	778	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	587	140.00	822	8thin
Medium and Large 2	645	120.00	774	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.75/cwt here — about $4 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 sale11 hd

142.50

—

MS average13 barns · 386 hd

143.35

−0.85

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	850	43.00	366	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	863	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	433	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,680	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,920	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	366	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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →