Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL AN ACCURATE TREND. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $247.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −165.32 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$247.00

7 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$18.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.62

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	525	257.50	1,352	2thin
Medium and Large 2	537	245.50	1,318	3thin
Medium and Large 1	570	238.75	1,361	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale7 hd

247.00

—

MS average12 barns · 111 hd

259.62

−12.62

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−165.32

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%	High	1,188	145.13	1,724	4thin

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%	—	1,188	145.13/cwt	142.50–150.00	1,724	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	565	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	241.70/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	475	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,318	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,225	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,235	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,243	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	228.56/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,354	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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