Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-02-10

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 10
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 186 vs last sale 273▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 35▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 15▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded steady to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded steady. Demand moderate. Quality plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.76/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$126.76
50 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.03
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495132.6065625
Medium and Large 1-2456124.6856822
Medium and Large 359893.335583thin
One grade step is worth $39.27/cwt here — about $98 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 sale50 hd
126.76
—
MS average13 barns · 621 hd
127.79
−1.03
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—Average1,43862.508982thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12255.2862014
CowsLean 85-90%Low97543.814278thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1263168.14/cwt167.50–170.004424
Steers—Medium and Large 1315157.46/cwt155.00–160.004962
Steers—Medium and Large 1354163.95/cwt150.00–167.0058010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360155.00/cwt155.00–155.005582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440147.50/cwt147.50–147.506492
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added465151.00/cwt151.00–151.0070210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008339
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added736126.00/cwt126.00–126.009274
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335135.00/cwt129.00–139.004525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381121.21/cwt120.00–122.004625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410123.73/cwt122.50–125.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added476135.00/cwt135.00–135.006438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521126.81/cwt125.00–128.006615
Heifers—Medium and Large 354590.00/cwt90.00–90.004911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007379
Heifers—Medium and Large 360090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620122.00/cwt122.00–122.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 3650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735111.00/cwt111.00–111.008163
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2480135.00/cwt135.00–135.006482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37550.00/cwt50.00–50.006881
Bulls——1,50075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84535.00/cwt35.00–35.002962
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01846.74/cwt40.00–49.004766
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11361.30/cwt60.00–62.006824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12652.87/cwt50.00–55.0059510
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,125813.89/cwt750.00–875.009,1564

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.