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Peoples Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 9

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Dec 2Dec 9Dec 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

49 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 26▼ 1 vs year ago 50 · −2.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 19 vs year ago 26 · −73.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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 $239.17/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −144.48 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.

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

Price by quality 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.

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 median7 sales

383.65

−144.48

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	842	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	253.76/cwt	252.50–255.00	947	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,243	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,225	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,312	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,535	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,544	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,124	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,140	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	252.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,199	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,211	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,431	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,747	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	919	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	953	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	340.38/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,133	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	949	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,225	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	241.23/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,008	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,158	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	293.71/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,380	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	260.03/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,240	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,069	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	252.09/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,442	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,216	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	855	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,063	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,190	2

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 Dec 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 49Last week 26Year ago 50

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 26

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	330.00–350.00	340.38
1	350–400	355	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	425	272.50	272.50
2	450–500	470	292.50–295.00	293.71
1	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
6	550–600	572	250.00–252.50	252.09
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	695	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	322.50	322.50
1	300–350	310	307.50	307.50
1	350–400	350	271.00	271.00
2	400–450	418	240.00–242.50	241.23
3	450–500	477	255.00–262.50	260.03
2	500–550	528	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	255.00	255.00
2	350–400	373	252.50–255.00	253.76
3	400–450	440	282.50	282.50
1	450–500	495	247.50	247.50
1	500–550	530	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	620	247.50	247.50
1	650–700	650	237.50	237.50
1	700–750	710	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	267.50	267.50
2	450–500	475	250.00–255.00	252.50
1	500–550	510	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	590	242.50	242.50
1	800–850	820	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	242.50	242.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	110.00–114.00	111.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	90.00	90.00

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.