Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 3.00-5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −154.92 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$238.33

3 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,259

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.32

vs MS average

−31.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	250.00	1,325	2thin
Medium and Large 2	525	215.00	1,129	1thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $196 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 sale3 hd

238.33

—

MS average13 barns · 331 hd

248.65

−10.32

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−31.67

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−154.92

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	1,775	153.37	2,722	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,310	121.16	1,587	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	780	102.41	799	2thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	900	$1,125	3thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	—	1,775	153.37/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,722	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	124.22/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,712	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,238	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	102.41/cwt	101.00–104.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	371	299.29/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,110	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	417	277.62/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,158	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	354.85/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,164	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	330.16/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,040	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	352.86/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,440	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	351.31/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,303	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	258.77/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	284.67/cwt	265.00–320.00	1,446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	279.44/cwt	255.00–305.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	367.00/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,149	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	340.40/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	195	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	235.21/cwt	230.00–240.00	983	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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