Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $192.27/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$192.27

31 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$980

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$124

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

$44.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.07

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	368	219.17	807	9thin
Medium and Large 1	578	183.28	1,059	17thin
Medium and Large 2	534	174.39	932	5thin

One grade step is worth $44.77/cwt here — about −$124 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

192.27

—

MS average13 barns · 580 hd

199.34

−7.07

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	101.00	1,515	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,122	92.24	1,034	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	928	75.54	701	2thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$1,050	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,000	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	630	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,212	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	193.27/cwt	187.50–197.50	1,092	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	845	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	410	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	208.68/cwt	200.00–220.00	770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	208.86/cwt	205.00–212.50	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	470	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	216.19/cwt	205.00–230.00	914	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	775	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	190.98/cwt	190.00–192.00	922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	855	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,069	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,130	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	93.50/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,136	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	75.54/cwt	75.00–76.00	701	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,028	90.97/cwt	90.00–92.00	935	2
Bulls	—	—	1,500	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,515	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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