Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

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 STRONG. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.67/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −141.59 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$251.67

15 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$102

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

$3.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.24

vs MS average

−24.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	255.00	1,275	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	251.43	1,377	14thin

One grade step is worth $3.57/cwt here — about −$102 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

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 sale15 hd

251.67

—

MS average13 barns · 307 hd

247.42

+4.24

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−24.79

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−141.59

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	1,640	141.63	2,323	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	984	112.09	1,103	10

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)	1,113	$1,374	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$1,355	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,057	$1,271	7
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	980	$925	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	855	$2,200	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,050	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	960	$1,563	5

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,640	141.63/cwt	132.00–150.00	2,323	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	984	112.09/cwt	95.00–120.00	1,103	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	355	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	263.68/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,113	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	331.29/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	289.00/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,055	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	367.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,341	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,355.00/head	1,355.00–1,355.00	1,355	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,316.98/head	1,200.00–1,525.00	1,317	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,421	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	327.60/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,025	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,562.50/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	475	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,188	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	309.80/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,187	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,352	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	367.69/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,232	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	356.45/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,312	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,089	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	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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