Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY MOSTLY PLAIN.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $238.06/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −174.26 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$238.06

9 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$68

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

$6.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.17

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	500	240.00	1,200	3thin
Medium and Large 1	540	238.75	1,289	4thin
Medium and Large 2	543	233.75	1,268	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale9 hd

238.06

—

MS average11 barns · 161 hd

230.88

+7.17

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−174.26

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	1,208	130.23	1,573	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	118.00	1,210	2thin

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)	1,074	$1,323	8

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	245.84/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,062	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	141.90/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,774	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	118.00/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,210	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	125.23/cwt	113.00–135.00	1,490	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,237	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	740	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	1,336.72/head	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,337	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	320.00/cwt	315.00–325.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	263.06/cwt	245.00–280.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	254.98/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,160	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	267.54/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	243.32/cwt	232.50–250.00	1,153	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	299.44/cwt	275.00–325.00	997	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	239.59/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,205	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,089	1,314.67/head	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,315	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	226.25/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,029	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	244.89/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	545	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	688	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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