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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 27

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 84 vs last sale 117▼ 83 vs year ago 116 · −71.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 25▼ 3 vs year ago 10 · −30.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL AN ACCURATE TREND. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND STRONG. SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD 5.00-8.00 HIGHER.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $253.10/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −130.56 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.

Average price

$253.10

4 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,278

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.05

vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	260.00	1,313	2thin
Medium and Large 2	505	246.19	1,243	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $70 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

253.10

—

MS average12 barns · 101 hd

261.15

−8.05

This barn, trailing median7 sales

383.65

−130.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.81, low $328.90, median $383.65 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,255	140.47	1,763	6thin

Every lot

23 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	684	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	294.32/cwt	282.50–307.50	951	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	936	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,040	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,100	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	480	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,116	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,225	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,376	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,580	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	815	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,508	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,394	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	998	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	251.76/cwt	225.00–280.00	932	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,313	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	246.19/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,243	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650	248.00/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,612	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	740	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,499	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,463	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,281	142.56/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,826	5

This sale against other markets

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Peoples Livestock Auction - Houston, MS

Mon May 27, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 33Last week 117Year ago 116

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 25Year ago 10

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL AN ACCURATE TREND. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND STRONG. SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD 5.00-8.00 HIGHER.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	415	270.00	270.00
2	450–500	475	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	505	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	225.00–280.00	251.76
2	500–550	505	240.00–252.50	246.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	650	246.00–250.00	248.00
1	700–750	740	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	715	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	285.00	285.00
2	300–350	323	282.50–307.50	294.32
1	350–400	365	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	505	242.50	242.50
1	800–850	800	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	260.00	260.00
1	800–850	845	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	232.50	232.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	130.00	130.00
5	—	1,281	142.00–145.00	142.56

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.