Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-04-27

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 27
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 104▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 19▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 20▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: STEERS TRADED 5.00-8.00 HIGHER. HEIFERS TRADED 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED 3.00-5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND WAS GOOD. QUALITY WAS PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.62/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$120.62
47 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.62
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504126.006356thin
Medium and Large 1-2486121.0158838
Medium and Large 2410115.004722thin
Medium and Large 368085.005781thin
One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about $57 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 sale47 hd
120.62
—
MS average12 barns · 458 hd
116.00
+4.62
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—Average1,46484.251,2336thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21158.407077thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low79037.002922thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320149.00/cwt149.00–149.004771
Steers—Medium and Large 1372142.86/cwt137.00–147.005313
Steers—Medium and Large 1410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006151
Steers—Medium and Large 1618130.00/cwt130.00–130.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 1675122.00/cwt122.00–122.008241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278127.01/cwt122.00–130.003535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2311133.04/cwt130.00–135.004145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330136.66/cwt133.00–140.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 233098.00/cwt98.00–98.003231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369132.82/cwt130.00–134.004907
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428126.95/cwt123.00–129.005436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438129.95/cwt127.00–133.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 346096.00/cwt96.00–96.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483119.27/cwt117.00–122.005768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495121.00/cwt119.00–123.005992
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004487
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370145.00/cwt145.00–145.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405131.52/cwt130.00–133.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457133.66/cwt130.00–137.006113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465105.00/cwt105.00–105.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468122.49/cwt120.00–125.005734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525117.92/cwt110.00–126.006194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570111.52/cwt110.00–113.006368
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617107.06/cwt101.00–110.006616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655103.00/cwt103.00–103.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 368085.00/cwt85.00–85.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy82590.00/cwt90.00–90.007431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23076.00/cwt76.00–76.009351
Bulls——1,50080.15/cwt78.00–83.001,2022
Bulls——1,51789.74/cwt88.00–92.001,3613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%73033.00/cwt33.00–33.002411
Cows—Lean 85-90%85041.00/cwt41.00–41.003491
Cows—Boner 80-85%98046.00/cwt46.00–46.004511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20553.50/cwt53.50–53.506451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25961.86/cwt59.00–63.007795
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,200950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,4003

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.