Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-5.00 CHEAPER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.95/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$143.95

19 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$8.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.76

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	426	148.60	633	5thin
Medium and Large 1	510	143.21	730	10thin
Medium and Large 2	421	140.00	590	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.60/cwt here — about $43 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 sale19 hd

143.95

—

MS average13 barns · 425 hd

139.19

+4.76

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	—	Low	1,547	87.00	1,346	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,055	67.00	707	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	944	43.83	414	4thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	280	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	141.45/cwt	138.00–145.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	146.33/cwt	142.50–148.00	762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	151.50/cwt	148.00–155.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	172.74/cwt	172.50–173.00	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	282	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	123.52/cwt	122.50–125.00	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	158.71/cwt	157.50–160.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	165.81/cwt	165.00–167.50	771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	146.25/cwt	142.50–150.00	402	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,600	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	17,280	1
Bulls	—	—	1,200	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	612	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	279	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,806	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	683	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	728	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	48.11/cwt	43.00–55.00	461	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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