Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $249.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −162.82 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$249.50

5 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$27.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.15

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	255.00	1,399	4thin
Medium and Large 2	545	227.50	1,240	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $159 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 sale5 hd

249.50

—

MS average12 barns · 105 hd

241.35

+8.15

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−162.82

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	—	High	1,775	157.50	2,796	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,375	136.00	1,870	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	105.00	1,076	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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%	—	1,525	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,242	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,076	1
Bulls	—	—	1,925	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,369	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,275	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	234.72/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	316.13/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	375	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	870	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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