Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER HEIFERS AND STEERS TRADED MOSTLY MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $152.38/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$152.38

39 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$21.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.89

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	163.17	780	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	552	142.14	785	20

One grade step is worth $21.03/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale39 hd

152.38

—

MS average13 barns · 525 hd

156.28

−3.89

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	1,500	75.00	1,125	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	76.73	950	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	892	49.13	438	3thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,050	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	965	$750	2thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	290	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	493	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	997	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	172.41/cwt	165.00–185.00	734	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	177.27/cwt	160.00–192.50	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	151.00/cwt	142.50–160.00	941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	155.19/cwt	147.50–162.50	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	212.23/cwt	207.50–217.50	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	132.74/cwt	132.50–133.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	140.04/cwt	135.00–145.00	924	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	135.04/cwt	132.50–137.50	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	210	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	143.86/cwt	140.00–147.50	762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	152.25/cwt	152.00–152.50	888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	923	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	173.13/cwt	165.00–185.00	667	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	2
Bulls	—	—	1,500	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,125	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	74.43/cwt	74.00–75.00	882	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	79.03/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,019	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	56.20/cwt	51.00–60.00	499	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	315	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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →