Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL A TREND. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $262.50/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −149.82 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$262.50

6 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$463

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$65.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.22

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	550	275.00	1,513	2thin
Medium and Large 1	552	271.67	1,499	3thin
Medium and Large 3	500	210.00	1,050	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about $463 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

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 sale6 hd

262.50

—

MS average10 barns · 108 hd

264.72

−2.22

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−149.82

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	1,455	148.00	2,153	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,154	129.38	1,493	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	845	105.16	889	4thin

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)	1,025	$1,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	138.45/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,708	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	123.33/cwt	114.00–130.00	1,358	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	110.21/cwt	94.00–118.00	948	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	1
Bulls	—	—	1,455	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	419	294.02/cwt	257.50–317.50	1,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	525	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	500–550	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	223.77/cwt	217.50–230.00	1,629	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	853	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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