Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Demand was good. Quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $239.17/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −173.15 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$239.17

9 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,336

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$347

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

$47.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.56

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	249.65	1,417	7thin
Medium and Large 2	528	202.50	1,069	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.15/cwt here — about $347 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

239.17

—

MS average11 barns · 131 hd

274.73

−35.56

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−173.15

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	1,063	111.98	1,190	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	90.00	855	1thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	293.71/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,069	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	252.09/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	252.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,199	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	260.03/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,240	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	340.38/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	253.76/cwt	252.50–255.00	947	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,243	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,140	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,190	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	241.23/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	919	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	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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