Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 4.00-7.00 HIGHER. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.24/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$145.24

25 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$37.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.12

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	156.09	794	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	406	150.00	609	12thin
Medium and Large 2	499	131.50	656	5thin
Medium and Large 3	440	118.50	521	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.59/cwt here — about $272 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 sale25 hd

145.24

—

MS average1 barns · 26 hd

143.12

+2.12

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	1,650	90.00	1,485	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,117	74.16	828	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	53.78	530	5thin

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 3	—	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	330	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	153.28/cwt	147.50–159.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	167.49/cwt	165.00–170.00	695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	151.21/cwt	147.50–155.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	413	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,485	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	74.16/cwt	72.00–76.00	828	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	50.97/cwt	50.00–52.00	497	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	666	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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