Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL A TREND. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $252.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −159.82 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$252.50

2 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$55.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.36

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	280.00	1,442	1thin
Medium and Large 2	540	225.00	1,215	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.00/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.81, low $383.65, median $412.32 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

252.50

—

MS average11 barns · 87 hd

270.86

−18.36

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−159.82

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	1,245	126.88	1,580	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	114.13	1,377	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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$850	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	900–950	905	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	267.58/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	655	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,212	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,539	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	750	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Bulls	—	—	1,245	126.88/cwt	118.00–135.00	1,580	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	110.69/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,229	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	235.87/cwt	229.00–242.50	1,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	344.39/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,422	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,215	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.

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