Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-04-06

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 6
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 50▲ 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 10▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 48▲ 75 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 8.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand light. 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 $106.35/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$106.35
67 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$31.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.38
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2430111.1747821
Medium and Large 1742105.3778243
Medium and Large 246890.004212thin
Medium and Large 338080.003041thin
One grade step is worth $31.17/cwt here — about $174 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 sale67 hd
106.35
—
MS average11 barns · 629 hd
116.73
−10.38
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—Average1,87585.001,5941thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19455.3066020
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00438.533879thin

Every lot

50 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 1390133.00/cwt133.00–133.005191
Steers—Medium and Large 1425128.00/cwt128.00–128.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
Steers—Medium and Large 1465128.00/cwt128.00–128.005951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500123.00/cwt123.00–123.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1510127.00/cwt127.00–127.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added878110.00/cwt110.00–110.0096633
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295127.00/cwt127.00–127.003752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350118.00/cwt118.00–118.004136
Heifers—Medium and Large 236590.00/cwt90.00–90.003291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380118.00/cwt118.00–118.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 338080.00/cwt80.00–80.003041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400118.00/cwt118.00–118.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418111.61/cwt105.00–120.004676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450109.00/cwt109.00–109.004913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550105.00/cwt105.00–105.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 257090.00/cwt90.00–90.005131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-259098.00/cwt98.00–98.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy60095.00/cwt95.00–95.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy65090.00/cwt90.00–90.005852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added774105.00/cwt105.00–105.0081338
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 229090.00/cwt90.00–90.002611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380129.00/cwt129.00–129.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385109.26/cwt99.00–119.004214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400126.00/cwt126.00–126.005043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-246596.00/cwt96.00–96.004462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550119.00/cwt119.00–119.006555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-255595.00/cwt95.00–95.005273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-261580.00/cwt80.00–80.004924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-275580.00/cwt80.00–80.006042
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,87585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86520.00/cwt20.00–20.001731
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02140.85/cwt35.00–46.504178
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18151.07/cwt50.00–52.006038
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20358.12/cwt53.50–65.0069912
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2750575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,3138
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed775525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,0693
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,4005
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,2007
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,4008
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850540.00/cwt540.00–540.004,5903
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000730.00/cwt730.00–730.007,3004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055835.00/cwt835.00–835.008,8092
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,5202
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,255725.00/cwt725.00–725.009,0992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,330940.00/cwt940.00–940.0012,5022
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3505

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.