Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS AND COWS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. MOSTLY NEW CROP CALVES TODAY.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.52/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$144.52

28 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$88.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.46

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	338	168.26	569	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	462	149.28	689	11thin
Medium and Large 2	643	121.71	783	6thin
Medium and Large 3	670	80.00	536	2thin

One grade step is worth $88.26/cwt here — about $33 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 sale28 hd

144.52

—

MS average13 barns · 498 hd

139.07

+5.46

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	—	Average	1,933	109.63	2,119	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,250	75.00	938	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	765	54.00	413	1thin

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	—	235	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	166.84/cwt	165.00–167.50	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.67/cwt	145.00–152.50	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	149.91/cwt	142.50–155.00	759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	159.98/cwt	157.50–162.50	421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	153.45/cwt	152.50–155.00	491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	154.51/cwt	152.50–156.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	145.84/cwt	142.50–150.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	131.24/cwt	130.00–132.50	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	131.23/cwt	130.00–132.50	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	715	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	117.65/cwt	112.50–122.50	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	572	3
Bulls	—	—	2,200	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	2,244	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	113.44/cwt	113.00–114.00	2,042	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	938	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	765	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	413	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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