Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK. FEEDER STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-8.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.38/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$142.38

17 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$84.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.22

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	436	174.99	763	7thin
Medium and Large 2	619	124.50	770	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	745	121.50	905	5thin
Medium and Large 3	525	90.00	473	1thin

One grade step is worth $84.99/cwt here — about $291 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 sale17 hd

142.38

—

MS average13 barns · 463 hd

138.16

+4.22

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	—	High	2,025	115.00	2,329	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	62.00	636	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	872	50.45	440	7thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	200	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	152.59/cwt	147.50–157.50	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	168.35/cwt	165.00–175.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	126.80/cwt	115.00–135.00	558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	993	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	178.68/cwt	172.50–185.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	153.16/cwt	152.50–155.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	581	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	969.88/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	10,067	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,735	3
Bulls	—	—	2,025	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,329	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	884	51.23/cwt	46.00–53.00	453	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	540	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	288	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	636	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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