Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a mixed market with feeder bulls selling considerably higher across the board. Supply was average with good demand. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3$ lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $238.02/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −174.30 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$238.02

10 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$29.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.37

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	252.54	1,372	5thin
Medium and Large 2	561	223.50	1,254	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.04/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale10 hd

238.02

—

MS average12 barns · 122 hd

243.39

−5.37

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−174.30

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	1,075	112.79	1,212	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	915	94.98	869	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	350–400	375	311.31/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,167	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	248.99/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	336.65/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,037	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	274.26/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,297	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	248.46/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	229.93/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,226	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	226	230.60/cwt	225.00–235.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	238.37/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,108	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	341.90/cwt	338.00–350.00	920	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	294.40/cwt	288.00–300.00	1,248	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	270.23/cwt	265.00–275.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	220.32/cwt	218.00–225.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	236	267.33/cwt	263.00–270.00	631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	240.67/cwt	240.00–242.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	305.40/cwt	300.00–315.00	702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	190.38/cwt	188.00–195.00	1,472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	227.62/cwt	225.00–230.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	211.52/cwt	208.00–215.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	264.77/cwt	262.00–270.00	898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	246.09/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,036	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	219.21/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,271	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	200.60/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,364	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	214.00/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	254.91/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	236.94/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	222.31/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,040	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	222	241.97/cwt	238.00–250.00	537	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	208.98/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	270.10/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,021	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	246.63/cwt	242.00–255.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	218.34/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	228.30/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,411	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	112.79/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,212	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	94.98/cwt	90.00–100.00	869	3

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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