Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-7.00 HIGHER. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.02/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$147.02

41 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

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

$68.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.46

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	148.80	753	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	365	148.59	542	21
Medium and Large 3	375	80.00	300	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.80/cwt here — about $453 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 sale41 hd

147.02

—

MS average13 barns · 440 hd

136.56

+10.46

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	1,309	87.03	1,139	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,340	81.61	1,094	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,071	75.55	809	7thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	468	161.47/cwt	155.00–169.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	135.98/cwt	135.00–137.00	911	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	145.88/cwt	142.50–151.00	773	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	168.37/cwt	155.00–180.00	544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	154.98/cwt	152.50–157.50	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	141.63/cwt	140.00–142.50	535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	155.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	419	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	148.62/cwt	142.50–155.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	145.93/cwt	140.00–152.00	750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	136.20/cwt	132.50–140.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	133.71/cwt	132.50–135.00	836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	148.47/cwt	147.50–150.00	488	5
Bulls	—	—	1,468	106.56/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,564	2
Bulls	—	—	1,200	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	960	1
Bulls	—	—	1,100	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	605	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	987	68.61/cwt	65.00–70.00	677	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	80.76/cwt	75.00–85.00	916	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,340	81.61/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,094	2

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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