Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2019-12-16

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 144▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 42▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 53▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was very good. Quality plain to average. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.49/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$121.49
34 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.29
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416132.9055317thin
Medium and Large 1-2532111.8059510thin
Medium and Large 2405110.154466thin
Medium and Large 340092.503701thin
One grade step is worth $40.40/cwt here — about $183 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 sale34 hd
121.49
—
MS average13 barns · 542 hd
116.20
+5.29
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—Average1,67378.001,3052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17548.065655thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91631.052858thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310165.00/cwt165.00–165.005121
Steers—Medium and Large 1375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005251
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added423139.54/cwt132.00–147.005902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005643
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added523131.88/cwt127.00–137.006902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620117.00/cwt117.00–117.007252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230105.00/cwt105.00–105.002421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275122.50/cwt122.50–122.503371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315122.54/cwt120.00–125.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345105.00/cwt105.00–105.003621
Heifers—Medium and Large 336082.50/cwt82.50–82.502971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370120.51/cwt120.00–121.004462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417120.66/cwt120.00–122.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430110.00/cwt110.00–110.004733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488114.95/cwt112.00–118.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Full54092.50/cwt92.50–92.505001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2163113.69/cwt110.00–117.501852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323140.88/cwt135.00–150.004556
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373138.19/cwt130.00–145.005153
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 340092.50/cwt92.50–92.503701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413135.24/cwt127.00–144.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479123.50/cwt120.00–126.005924
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510108.00/cwt108.00–108.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy530105.00/cwt105.00–105.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006054
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2695114.00/cwt114.00–114.007922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 270097.50/cwt97.50–97.506831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2001
Bulls——1,74581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,4131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight74015.00/cwt15.00–15.001111
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight80030.00/cwt30.00–30.002402
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83037.50/cwt37.50–37.503111
Cows—Lean 85-90%99530.00/cwt30.00–30.002991
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05535.31/cwt35.00–36.003733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13345.26/cwt42.50–47.505133
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23852.27/cwt52.00–52.506472
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2800600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,8002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2895510.67/cwt450.00–540.004,5703

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.