Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-01-20

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 20
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 126▲ 274 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 52▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 23▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 6.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand really good. Quality very attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.19/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$125.19
113 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$39.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.76
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521131.1368486
Medium and Large 1496127.176316thin
Medium and Large 2404113.534588thin
Large 3475101.004801thin
Medium and Large 355291.4050412thin
One grade step is worth $39.73/cwt here — about $179 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 sale113 hd
125.19
—
MS average13 barns · 1,197 hd
133.95
−8.76
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—Average1,50876.151,1486thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19753.006347thin
CowsLean 85-90%High87533.102909thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2220150.00/cwt150.00–150.003302
Steers—Medium and Large 1318180.00/cwt180.00–180.005722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345180.00/cwt180.00–180.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 1365177.73/cwt175.00–180.006493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405165.00/cwt165.00–165.006682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420180.00/cwt180.00–180.007566
Steers—Medium and Large 1430162.50/cwt162.50–162.506991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508161.31/cwt157.00–164.008198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622135.14/cwt132.00–140.008415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630146.50/cwt146.50–146.509234
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy670123.00/cwt123.00–123.008241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680140.00/cwt140.00–140.009522
Steers—Medium and Large 1680135.00/cwt135.00–135.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1700139.00/cwt139.00–139.009731
Steers—Medium and Large 2700119.00/cwt119.00–119.008331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750130.00/cwt130.00–130.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 1800132.50/cwt130.00–135.001,0602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added844120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0135
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy945115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2274145.29/cwt142.50–150.003987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added275155.00/cwt155.00–155.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280120.00/cwt120.00–120.003361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320148.00/cwt148.00–148.004742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370141.00/cwt141.00–141.005221
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380100.00/cwt100.00–100.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382140.00/cwt140.00–140.005355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405148.00/cwt148.00–148.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408113.71/cwt107.50–120.004646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416137.95/cwt135.00–142.0057412
Heifers—Medium and Large 343084.83/cwt80.00–90.003652
Heifers—Medium and Large 347080.43/cwt70.00–90.003782
Heifers—Large 3475101.00/cwt101.00–101.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485136.00/cwt136.00–136.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500106.00/cwt106.00–106.005301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514133.73/cwt133.00–135.0068719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 352598.00/cwt98.00–98.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588124.00/cwt123.00–125.007294
Heifers—Medium and Large 361895.33/cwt90.00–98.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662125.50/cwt125.50–125.5083123
Heifers—Medium and Large 369595.00/cwt95.00–95.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy720101.00/cwt101.00–101.007271
Heifers—Medium and Large 375092.00/cwt92.00–92.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy76098.00/cwt98.00–98.007452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy81092.50/cwt92.50–92.507493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy85090.00/cwt90.00–90.007651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3215125.00/cwt125.00–125.002691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2245175.00/cwt175.00–175.004292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358175.27/cwt173.00–177.506272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433149.99/cwt148.00–153.006498
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460160.00/cwt160.00–160.007361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471151.77/cwt145.00–157.007157
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490149.00/cwt149.00–149.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520129.52/cwt129.00–130.006742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528145.53/cwt140.00–151.007684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565121.06/cwt118.00–125.006846
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007203
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650116.00/cwt116.00–116.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1855107.50/cwt107.50–107.509191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32065.00/cwt65.00–65.008581
Bulls——1,50881.09/cwt80.00–82.001,2232
Bulls——1,57076.57/cwt75.00–78.001,2023
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81017.25/cwt15.00–20.001402
Cows—Lean 85-90%89336.40/cwt32.00–40.003256
Cows—Lean 85-90%90045.00/cwt45.00–45.004051
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15648.55/cwt42.00–54.005614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25258.93/cwt57.00–60.007383
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995840.00/cwt840.00–840.008,3582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3152
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,355730.00/cwt730.00–730.009,8922
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2700850.00/cwt850.00–850.005,9502
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,8702

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.