Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-03-02

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 2
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 160▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 31▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 0▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Quality plain to average. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.84/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$127.84
58 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1520135.007021thin
Medium and Large 1526133.3670114thin
Medium and Large 1-2436131.3157332
Medium and Large 2373124.254645thin
Medium and Large 340898.244006thin
One grade step is worth $36.76/cwt here — about $302 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 sale58 hd
127.84
—
MS average13 barns · 933 hd
129.90
−2.06
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—Average1,53783.691,2863thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13259.606754thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90039.503562thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3330120.00/cwt120.00–120.003961
Steers—Medium and Large 1440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1535144.00/cwt144.00–144.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 1565140.50/cwt139.00–142.007942
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3220110.00/cwt110.00–110.002421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2301137.88/cwt135.00–142.004157
Heifers—Medium and Large 2307131.09/cwt128.00–135.004023
Heifers—Medium and Large 331884.72/cwt80.00–90.002692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365142.00/cwt142.00–142.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370138.00/cwt138.00–138.005112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380115.00/cwt115.00–115.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433136.63/cwt135.00–140.005926
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455105.00/cwt105.00–105.004781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2457131.11/cwt128.00–134.0059910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy470960.00/cwt960.00–960.004,5122
Heifers—Large 1520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520133.00/cwt133.00–133.006921
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535100.00/cwt100.00–100.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545132.00/cwt132.00–132.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added550132.00/cwt132.00–132.0072611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550106.00/cwt106.00–106.005833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565113.00/cwt113.00–113.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 3600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1290163.50/cwt162.00–165.004742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320165.00/cwt165.00–165.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323144.09/cwt140.00–148.004652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373160.61/cwt156.00–170.005997
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428146.78/cwt135.00–152.006288
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430153.50/cwt146.00–160.006604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480148.00/cwt148.00–148.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485149.00/cwt149.00–149.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500155.00/cwt155.00–155.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508142.36/cwt140.00–145.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy515121.00/cwt121.00–121.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525116.27/cwt115.00–117.506102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565137.81/cwt120.00–155.007792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600112.00/cwt110.00–115.006725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1780115.00/cwt115.00–115.008971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46078.50/cwt78.50–78.501,1461
Bulls——1,57586.29/cwt86.00–86.501,3592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90039.50/cwt35.00–44.003562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05854.46/cwt50.00–58.005763
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0161
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3800735.00/cwt735.00–735.005,8802
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2900900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 3900800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2001,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0014,5202
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,3001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,4002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850770.00/cwt770.00–770.006,5452
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1950840.00/cwt840.00–840.007,9804
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,2652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110752.03/cwt600.00–850.008,3484
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,130750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,4752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,2004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200790.00/cwt790.00–790.009,4802

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.