Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mixed. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 10.00 higher. Demand good. Quality mostly average. Next sale January 6, 2025.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $248.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −163.57 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$248.75

2 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.77

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	252.50	1,465	1thin
Medium and Large 2	570	245.00	1,397	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.50/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 sale2 hd

248.75

—

MS average12 barns · 121 hd

281.52

−32.77

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−163.57

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	—	Average	1,923	137.50	2,643	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	118.26	1,473	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	96.71	948	9thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,298	$2,467	19
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$1,556	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,549	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	990	$1,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,350	1thin

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 2	300–350	320	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	238.93/cwt	230.00–247.50	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	267.28/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	261.53/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,352	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	273.82/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,150	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,212	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,022	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	266.35/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,159	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	1,548.64/head	1,250.00–1,700.00	1,549	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	1,556.11/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,556	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,298	2,466.87/head	1,500.00–2,600.00	2,467	19
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2
Bulls	—	—	1,605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,087	1
Bulls	—	—	2,240	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	3,248	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	95.67/cwt	78.00–110.00	931	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,092	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	107.61/cwt	89.00–115.00	1,183	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	128.90/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,794	7

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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