Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL A TRUE MARKET.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.47/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$136.47

15 head · 402 lb average

Value per head Derived

$549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$53.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.13

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	435	147.00	640	6thin
Medium and Large 2	280	145.00	406	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	413	138.75	572	6thin
Medium and Large 3	333	93.75	312	2thin

One grade step is worth $53.25/cwt here — about $328 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 sale15 hd

136.47

—

MS average13 barns · 322 hd

139.60

−3.13

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%	High	1,025	67.00	687	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	750	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,125	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	410	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,263	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	145.99/cwt	140.00–152.50	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	136.67/cwt	130.00–145.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	606	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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