Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL AN ACCURATE TREND. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND STRONG. SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD 5.00-8.00 HIGHER.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $253.10/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −159.23 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$253.10

4 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,278

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.05

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	260.00	1,313	2thin
Medium and Large 2	505	246.19	1,243	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $70 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 sale4 hd

253.10

—

MS average12 barns · 101 hd

261.15

−8.05

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−159.23

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	140.47	1,763	6thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1-2	400–450	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,100	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,463	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	142.56/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	251.76/cwt	225.00–280.00	932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	246.19/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	294.32/cwt	282.50–307.50	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	248.00/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	815	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	480	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	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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