Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS WERE 5.00 TO 10.00 HIGHER. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.95/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$223.95

21 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

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

$62.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.93

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	234.87	1,366	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	540	200.00	1,080	3thin
Medium and Large 2	595	172.50	1,026	2thin

One grade step is worth $62.37/cwt here — about $340 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 sale21 hd

223.95

—

MS average13 barns · 1,271 hd

238.87

−14.93

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	Boner 80-85%	High	1,325	111.04	1,471	3thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1Full	—	715	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,421	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	273.76/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	248.34/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,202	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	264.85/cwt	257.50–272.50	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	238.28/cwt	222.50–247.50	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,119	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	243.75/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	234.84/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	228.75/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	238.34/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,378	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	243.70/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	293.53/cwt	268.00–320.00	1,227	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	111.04/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,471	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.

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