Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $232.39/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −179.94 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$232.39

8 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$43.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.52

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	264.75	1,423	2thin
Medium and Large 2	544	221.60	1,205	6thin

One grade step is worth $43.15/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale8 hd

232.39

—

MS average12 barns · 119 hd

230.87

+1.52

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−179.94

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	1,089	105.85	1,153	8thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 2	700–750	735	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	231.25/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	296.35/cwt	292.50–300.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	255.37/cwt	245.00–265.00	940	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	243.84/cwt	241.00–247.50	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	207.40/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	218.19/cwt	200.00–252.50	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	228.41/cwt	220.50–236.60	1,302	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	204.17/cwt	196.50–220.00	1,480	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	253.72/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	280.25/cwt	275.00–285.50	1,079	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	625	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,203	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	105.85/cwt	91.00–129.00	1,153	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	222.08/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,461	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	206.62/cwt	195.00–222.50	1,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	248.16/cwt	240.00–257.50	923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	949	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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