Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 6.00-12.00 CHEAPER. FANCY STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 3.00 - 5.00 HIGHER. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $200.62/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$200.62

34 head · 424 lb average

Value per head Derived

$851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$323

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$76.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.51

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	385	226.00	870	5thin
Medium and Large 1	406	219.27	891	15thin
Medium and Large 2	473	175.18	828	12thin
Medium and Large 3	365	150.00	548	2thin

One grade step is worth $76.00/cwt here — about $323 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 sale34 hd

200.62

—

MS average7 barns · 365 hd

182.11

+18.51

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	1,545	113.58	1,755	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	91.84	1,098	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	951	60.77	578	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2Fleshy	—	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	705	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	440	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	191.33/cwt	187.50–197.50	809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	730	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	232.17/cwt	222.00–245.00	1,103	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	236.07/cwt	232.50–240.00	991	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	150.00/cwt	145.00–155.00	548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	226.00/cwt	225.00–227.50	870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	233.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	233.77/cwt	232.50–235.00	954	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	235	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	177.59/cwt	172.50–182.50	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	118	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	214.73/cwt	205.00–225.00	994	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	178.94/cwt	170.00–195.00	945	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	232.55/cwt	230.00–235.00	833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	285	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	663	1
Bulls	—	—	1,663	110.48/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,837	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	605	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	336	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	71.04/cwt	70.00–72.00	703	2
Bulls	—	—	1,467	115.64/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,696	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	86.21/cwt	85.00–87.50	921	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	93.72/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,160	6

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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