Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-04-20

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 20
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 141▲ 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 112▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 75▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NO SALE LAST WEEK, SO NO TRENDS TO CALL

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.16/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$113.16
71 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.31
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1335133.004462thin
Medium and Large 1-2684112.9277268
Medium and Large 242090.003781thin
One grade step is worth $43.00/cwt here — about $68 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 sale71 hd
113.16
—
MS average12 barns · 749 hd
114.47
−1.31
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—Low1,37865.759062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08460.316549thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68054.009071thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10050.005501thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220110.00/cwt110.00–110.002422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2255115.00/cwt115.00–115.002932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318117.74/cwt114.00–120.003745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335133.00/cwt133.00–133.004462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363113.02/cwt112.00–114.004104
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed42090.00/cwt90.00–90.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773112.50/cwt112.50–112.5087055
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2205132.50/cwt132.50–132.502722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed310122.00/cwt122.00–122.003782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333139.04/cwt138.00–140.004632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed365117.50/cwt117.50–117.504292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425127.25/cwt122.50–132.005414
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480102.00/cwt102.00–102.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545102.50/cwt102.50–102.505591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560117.00/cwt117.00–117.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640107.50/cwt107.50–107.506881
Bulls—Medium and Large 376075.00/cwt75.00–75.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy85082.50/cwt82.50–82.507012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,10045.00/cwt45.00–45.004951
Bulls——1,65586.50/cwt86.50–86.501,4321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08460.31/cwt58.00–63.506549
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10050.00/cwt50.00–50.005501
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68054.00/cwt54.00–54.009071
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2850700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2850650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,5254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950735.00/cwt735.00–735.006,9832

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.