Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $205.95/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$205.95

31 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$108.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.96

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	476	221.31	1,053	21
Medium and Large 1-2	460	208.24	958	6thin
Medium and Large 2	650	150.00	975	1thin
Medium and Large 3	700	112.50	788	3thin

One grade step is worth $108.81/cwt here — about $265 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 sale31 hd

205.95

—

MS average13 barns · 814 hd

200.99

+4.96

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	1,725	116.00	2,001	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	90.14	1,135	10

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 3Fleshy	—	700	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	375	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	235	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	228.75/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	850	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,043	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	224.94/cwt	220.00–230.00	945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	178.37/cwt	167.50–190.00	924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	235	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	211.36/cwt	200.00–222.50	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	229.20/cwt	225.00–232.50	864	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	209.23/cwt	202.50–220.00	1,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	211.11/cwt	205.00–217.50	918	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	234.92/cwt	230.00–240.00	998	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	217.28/cwt	202.50–225.00	1,234	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	229.88/cwt	225.00–240.00	860	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	213.78/cwt	205.00–222.00	1,116	5
Bulls	—	—	1,725	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	2,001	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	88.93/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,113	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,338	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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