Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 3.00-4.00 HIGHER. HIGHER UNDERTONE NOTED. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND STRONG.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $241.09/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$241.09

32 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$9.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.69

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	244.19	1,252	22
Medium and Large 1-2	483	234.25	1,131	10thin

One grade step is worth $9.94/cwt here — about $120 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 sale32 hd

241.09

—

MS average13 barns · 1,826 hd

253.77

−12.69

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	1,615	118.33	1,911	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,650	110.00	1,815	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,123	99.85	1,121	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	82.00	841	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,325	$2,050	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,108	$1,924	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,210	$1,700	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,600	$2,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,350	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	700	$1,000	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1-2	—	335	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	700	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	276.71/cwt	257.50–302.00	1,159	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	309.80/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,171	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	240.46/cwt	227.50–252.50	1,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	605	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	242.99/cwt	237.50–248.00	1,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,114	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	266.61/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,362	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	256.01/cwt	242.50–270.00	1,467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	245.64/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	255.56/cwt	250.00–265.00	966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,600	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	1,923.68/head	1,850.00–2,200.00	1,924	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	—	—	1,400	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,274	1
Bulls	—	—	1,723	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,274	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	112.19/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,451	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	95.73/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,020	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,815	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	841	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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →