Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-03-09

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 9
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
350 head
▲ 195 vs last sale 155▲ 350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 19▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 32▲ 22 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 4.00-9.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls traded 5.00-6.00 higher. Demand light. Quality plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $121.57/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$121.57
103 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$807
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.59
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1644128.0882513thin
Medium and Large 1-2668120.7580689
Medium and Large 2600110.006601thin
One grade step is worth $18.08/cwt here — about $165 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 sale103 hd
121.57
—
MS average13 barns · 1,054 hd
140.16
−18.59
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—High1,72592.861,6022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05054.835762thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low82524.212006thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1435154.00/cwt154.00–154.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515131.00/cwt131.00–131.006756
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added560138.00/cwt138.00–138.007737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007503
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added678117.49/cwt115.00–120.007972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679119.85/cwt109.00–120.5081476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008802
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added840105.00/cwt105.00–105.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 1875110.00/cwt110.00–110.009631
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy95095.00/cwt95.00–95.009031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 323592.15/cwt85.00–99.002172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2250132.00/cwt132.00–132.003302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345125.00/cwt125.00–125.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370118.03/cwt112.50–123.004374
Heifers—Medium and Large 337599.00/cwt99.00–99.003711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378134.20/cwt132.00–137.505076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420126.50/cwt126.50–126.5053111
Heifers—Medium and Large 342587.15/cwt80.00–95.003702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445119.00/cwt119.00–119.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added44590.00/cwt90.00–90.004011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460127.50/cwt127.50–127.505872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480119.00/cwt119.00–119.005714
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added50590.00/cwt90.00–90.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2559110.36/cwt108.00–114.006175
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633131.00/cwt131.00–131.0082935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy71590.00/cwt90.00–90.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy87584.00/cwt84.00–84.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy90079.00/cwt79.00–79.007113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed200140.00/cwt140.00–140.002801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245165.00/cwt165.00–165.004041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265170.00/cwt170.00–170.004512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275110.00/cwt110.00–110.003031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1343154.55/cwt148.00–161.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388156.34/cwt155.00–158.006073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415155.00/cwt155.00–155.006431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423142.11/cwt140.00–144.006014
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed44080.00/cwt80.00–80.003521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462137.81/cwt137.50–138.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 348084.00/cwt84.00–84.004031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483151.92/cwt149.00–155.007342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528131.54/cwt127.00–138.006957
Bulls—Medium and Large 353583.00/cwt83.00–83.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 356388.71/cwt80.00–97.504992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-263098.00/cwt98.00–98.006172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy870105.00/cwt105.00–105.009141
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added58561.24/cwt60.00–62.503584
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,72592.86/cwt91.00–95.001,6022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77320.54/cwt20.00–22.001594
Cows—Lean 85-90%92831.54/cwt30.00–33.002932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05054.83/cwt53.00–56.505762
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3750800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3750650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,8752
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050570.00/cwt570.00–570.005,9854
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950810.00/cwt810.00–810.007,6952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,4252

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.