Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $216.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −176.59 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$216.67

3 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$55.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.53

vs MS average

−36.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	235.00	1,217	2thin
Medium and Large 2	515	180.00	927	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.00/cwt here — about $290 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 100–200 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $382.09, median $393.25 across 3 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 sale3 hd

216.67

—

MS average13 barns · 375 hd

224.20

−7.53

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−36.01

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−176.59

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	—	Low	1,065	121.00	1,289	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,105	110.00	1,216	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	93.70	978	5thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	251.03/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,077	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,378	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	140	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	100–150	135	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,217	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	259.79/cwt	242.50–276.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	233.13/cwt	222.50–245.00	741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,092	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	242.37/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	255.93/cwt	245.00–270.00	962	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	277.50/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,207	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	234.94/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	309.77/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,128	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,034	1
Bulls	—	—	1,065	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,289	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	93.70/cwt	85.00–103.00	978	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,216	2

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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