Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO 2 WEEKS AGO FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 3.00-4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $274.78/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$274.78

23 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$27.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.71

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	458	277.14	1,269	21
Medium and Large 1-2	490	250.00	1,225	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.14/cwt here — about $44 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 sale23 hd

274.78

—

MS average9 barns · 944 hd

270.08

+4.71

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	71.80	682	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,065	$1,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	305	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	272.33/cwt	267.50–277.50	989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	228.56/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,011	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	221.62/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,359	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,203	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	478	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,152	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	220.28/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,377	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	71.80/cwt	70.00–75.00	682	3

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 →