Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2019-10-21

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 21
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
222 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 300▲ 222 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 76▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 12▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Quality was plain to average. Several bawling calves offered today as well. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.69/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$118.69
45 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.99
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493126.6762413thin
Medium and Large 2479119.7957327
Medium and Large 352192.004805thin
One grade step is worth $34.67/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale45 hd
118.69
—
MS average13 barns · 674 hd
109.70
+8.99
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,51576.001,1512thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23448.7860214
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95835.7934325

Every lot

60 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added538124.00/cwt124.00–124.006676
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 3630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 374080.00/cwt80.00–80.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 1755119.00/cwt118.00–120.008982
Steers—Medium and Large 381079.00/cwt79.00–79.006401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2180130.00/cwt130.00–130.002341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2245117.00/cwt117.00–117.002871
Heifers—Medium and Large 3245110.00/cwt110.00–110.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333124.67/cwt120.00–129.004152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417116.37/cwt110.00–120.004853
Heifers—Medium and Large 344393.51/cwt92.00–95.004142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474113.02/cwt110.00–115.005364
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510101.00/cwt101.00–101.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 353590.00/cwt90.00–90.004821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added545105.00/cwt105.00–105.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565105.23/cwt102.50–108.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 356889.29/cwt88.00–92.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 360085.00/cwt85.00–85.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 262395.49/cwt95.00–96.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 367082.00/cwt82.00–82.005491
Heifers—Medium and Large 377570.00/cwt70.00–70.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 282585.00/cwt85.00–85.007011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003011
Bulls—Medium and Large 332092.00/cwt92.00–92.002941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327130.23/cwt127.00–135.004265
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355152.46/cwt150.00–155.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375132.00/cwt132.00–132.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2403127.75/cwt127.50–128.005152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 346595.00/cwt95.00–95.004421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482122.99/cwt119.00–128.005937
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518128.65/cwt125.00–131.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529112.41/cwt109.00–116.005957
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564111.45/cwt108.00–114.006294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580110.99/cwt110.00–112.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2603110.00/cwt109.00–111.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 360791.00/cwt90.00–93.005523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665106.00/cwt106.00–106.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1780105.00/cwt105.00–105.008191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25070.00/cwt70.00–70.008751
Bulls——1,78082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,4601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81522.55/cwt20.00–25.001843
Cows—Lean 85-90%92833.47/cwt30.00–38.5031112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03742.55/cwt39.00–46.0044110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23448.78/cwt46.50–52.5060214
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2896599.27/cwt535.00–670.005,3695
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2915600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,4901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2975650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,3381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,045784.09/cwt700.00–900.008,1944
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,6003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,110670.00/cwt670.00–670.007,4371
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,200725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,315750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,8631
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,320800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,5601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,343824.02/cwt800.00–850.0011,0672
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3851,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.0014,1271
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2935578.75/cwt500.00–590.005,4118

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.