Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-15.00 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 $277.18/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$277.18

54 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,263

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$448

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$129.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.99

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	486	282.93	1,375	32
Medium and Large 1-2	392	280.32	1,100	20
Medium and Large 3	603	153.75	926	2thin

One grade step is worth $129.18/cwt here — about $448 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 sale54 hd

277.18

—

MS average13 barns · 596 hd

249.19

+27.99

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	1,645	117.00	1,925	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,126	99.07	1,116	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	938	60.01	563	3thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	265	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	294.72/cwt	280.00–305.00	937	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	303.32/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	310.00/cwt	305.00–315.00	930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	240	233.93/cwt	225.00–242.50	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	280.27/cwt	265.00–295.00	785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	295.31/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	248.74/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	306.49/cwt	290.00–325.00	821	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	653	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	665	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	871	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	99.07/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,116	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	47.51/cwt	45.00–50.00	425	2
Bulls	—	—	1,890	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	2,306	1
Bulls	—	—	1,400	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	334.91/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,212	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	900	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	305	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	671	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	780	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	485	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,237	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	250.03/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	350.14/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,106	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	312.32/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	263	348.43/cwt	337.50–360.00	916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	240	322.55/cwt	320.00–325.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	297.70/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	284.86/cwt	255.00–305.00	934	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	271.29/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	233.13/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	480	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	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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