Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND MODERATE. MOST OF THE CALVES WERE CARRYING ALOT OF FLESH. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.09/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −144.16 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$249.09

11 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$5.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.94

vs MS average

−18.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	253.33	1,331	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	515	247.50	1,275	8thin

One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about $56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale11 hd

249.09

—

MS average13 barns · 227 hd

240.15

+8.94

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−18.50

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−144.16

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	1,490	137.90	2,055	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	111.36	1,333	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	91.33	865	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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	969	$1,038	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,775	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	650	$900	3thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,490	137.90/cwt	121.00–152.00	2,055	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,093	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,756	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	700	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	497	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,076	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	108.63/cwt	101.00–116.00	1,255	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	550	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	410	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,226	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	375	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,172	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	850	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	775	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	650	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	264.77/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	540	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,030	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	500	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	515	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,275	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	518	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	302.49/cwt	275.00–320.00	947	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	812	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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