Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND STRONG . QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $235.52/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$235.52

14 head · 397 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$32.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.96

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	402	237.86	956	13thin
Medium and Large 3	325	205.00	666	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.86/cwt here — about $290 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 sale14 hd

235.52

—

MS average13 barns · 590 hd

209.55

+25.96

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	1,235	114.00	1,408	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,157	106.62	1,233	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	82.34	844	5thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$900	3thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1Fleshy	—	535	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,217	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	410	233.86/cwt	225.00–242.50	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	530	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	215	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	241.30/cwt	232.50–250.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	221.32/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	243.75/cwt	242.50–245.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	250	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	455	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	981	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	223	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,045	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	3
Bulls	—	—	1,235	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,408	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	107.75/cwt	102.50–113.00	1,271	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	102.11/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,085	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	79.68/cwt	75.00–87.50	797	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,046	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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