Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL A TREND. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE. DEMAND EXTRA STRONG.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.92/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −137.33 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$255.92

5 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$22.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.84

vs MS average

−10.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	264.87	1,369	3thin
Medium and Large 2	543	242.50	1,316	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $382.09, median $393.25 across 3 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 sale5 hd

255.92

—

MS average13 barns · 234 hd

259.76

−3.84

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−10.95

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−137.33

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	1,955	145.00	2,835	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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,198	4thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	500–550	517	264.87/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,369	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	2
Bulls	—	—	1,955	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,147	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	275.91/cwt	262.50–295.00	1,578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,197.82/head	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	295.15/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	260.21/cwt	257.50–262.00	1,179	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	328.74/cwt	305.00–355.00	1,381	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	258.61/cwt	247.50–270.00	1,060	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,163	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	264.00/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,122	4

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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