Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-03-30

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 30
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 27▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 12▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 6▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers are trading steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows are 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls are 8.00-10.00 lower. Quality plain to average. Demand moderate. Futures are still falling.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.72/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$126.72
25 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.32
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402134.175396thin
Medium and Large 1-2383132.515078thin
Medium and Large 2456118.4554011thin
One grade step is worth $15.72/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale25 hd
126.72
—
MS average12 barns · 638 hd
123.40
+3.32
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—Average1,63383.331,3613thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03860.476282thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87547.504162thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320165.00/cwt165.00–165.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 1375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006191
Steers—Medium and Large 1413161.73/cwt161.00–162.506682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275128.00/cwt128.00–128.003521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303141.01/cwt140.00–142.004272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320127.00/cwt125.00–128.004063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367131.68/cwt130.00–133.004836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475130.50/cwt129.00–132.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485115.96/cwt114.00–118.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500132.00/cwt132.00–132.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545112.00/cwt109.00–115.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573112.66/cwt109.00–119.006463
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345141.00/cwt141.00–141.004862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355132.00/cwt132.00–132.004691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373141.99/cwt140.00–144.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2389155.30/cwt151.00–162.006045
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400132.00/cwt132.00–132.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425153.95/cwt150.00–158.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455152.00/cwt152.00–152.006921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468153.52/cwt149.00–158.007184
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578112.94/cwt110.00–116.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585113.00/cwt113.00–113.006612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Full63590.00/cwt90.00–90.005721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,10090.00/cwt90.00–90.009901
Bulls——1,90080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87547.50/cwt47.50–47.504162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03860.47/cwt60.00–61.006282
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed700700.00/cwt700.00–700.004,9003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980802.04/cwt600.00–900.007,8605
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,1812
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed750500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,7503
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed763627.29/cwt600.00–650.004,7869
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed800600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,8005
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2839643.42/cwt600.00–650.005,39819

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.