Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-6.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY ATTRACTIVE.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $309.12/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$309.12

75 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$108

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

$96.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.18

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	326	338.00	1,102	15thin
Medium and Large 1	484	306.19	1,481	56
Medium and Large 2	500	241.88	1,210	4thin

One grade step is worth $96.13/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale75 hd

309.12

—

MS average13 barns · 1,271 hd

304.95

+4.18

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	—	High	1,468	118.83	1,745	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	111.75	1,397	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	85.00	871	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,900	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	735	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	—	450	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	256.02/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,224	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	230	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	319.11/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	338.36/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,113	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	360	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,224	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	379	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,285	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	370	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	445	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,273	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	695	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,758	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	504	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	442	320.76/cwt	307.00–328.00	1,418	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	250	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,352	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	594	286.03/cwt	266.00–290.00	1,699	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	275	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	315	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	821	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	871	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,046	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,524	3
Bulls	—	—	1,455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,921	1
Bulls	—	—	1,475	112.25/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,656	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	236.20/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	284.93/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,362	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	455	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	735	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	555	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	215	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	375	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,133	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	269.97/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,007	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	302.23/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,195	2

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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