Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-6.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GREAT. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. THE FUTURE OF THE CATTLE MARKET HAS ALOT OF OPTIMISM.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.83/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$146.83

19 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$42.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.25

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	400	170.00	680	3thin
Medium and Large 1	457	167.39	765	6thin
Medium and Large 2	498	127.54	635	10thin

One grade step is worth $42.46/cwt here — about $45 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

146.83

—

MS average13 barns · 449 hd

144.58

+2.25

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%	High	1,210	85.03	1,029	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	725	35.00	254	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	390	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	173.62/cwt	165.00–178.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	273	152.61/cwt	150.00–155.00	417	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	475	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	145.01/cwt	142.50–147.50	824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	120.16/cwt	112.50–127.50	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	147.56/cwt	140.00–152.50	747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	140.52/cwt	135.00–146.00	897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	122.41/cwt	120.00–127.50	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	166.25/cwt	165.00–167.50	540	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,750	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	85.03/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,029	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	254	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.

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