Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-05-04

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 4
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 76▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 27▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 7▲ 52 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 5.00-7.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS AND COWS STEADY-4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND MODERATE. 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 $111.72/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$111.72
32 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.92
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1408118.264824thin
Medium and Large 1-2425116.2749522
Medium and Large 252793.004903thin
Medium and Large 347288.334173thin
One grade step is worth $29.92/cwt here — about $66 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 sale32 hd
111.72
—
MS average12 barns · 1,149 hd
113.64
−1.92
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—Average1,17585.761,0082thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24159.9774412
CowsLean 85-90%Average91826.672453thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy455135.00/cwt135.00–135.006141
Steers—Medium and Large 1568133.96/cwt132.00–136.007612
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009104
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy795105.00/cwt105.00–105.008351
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added810110.00/cwt110.00–110.008911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328122.08/cwt117.00–130.004006
Heifers—Medium and Large 235599.00/cwt99.00–99.003511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375128.00/cwt128.00–128.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418127.51/cwt127.00–128.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy42090.00/cwt90.00–90.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 342090.00/cwt90.00–90.003782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422119.77/cwt116.00–125.005056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528108.64/cwt106.00–110.005746
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy55095.00/cwt95.00–95.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570107.50/cwt107.50–107.506132
Heifers—Medium and Large 357585.00/cwt85.00–85.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 267585.00/cwt85.00–85.005741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285158.00/cwt158.00–158.004501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360145.00/cwt145.00–145.005221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360135.32/cwt130.00–143.004876
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465133.91/cwt130.00–138.006234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480129.45/cwt128.00–131.006212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515121.00/cwt121.00–121.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560105.00/cwt105.00–105.005882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620116.58/cwt113.00–120.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 162095.00/cwt95.00–95.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 167089.00/cwt89.00–89.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 172386.97/cwt85.00–89.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy76585.00/cwt85.00–85.006501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,17585.76/cwt85.50–86.001,0082
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90025.00/cwt25.00–25.002251
Cows—Lean 85-90%90015.00/cwt15.00–15.001351
Cows—Lean 85-90%95540.00/cwt40.00–40.003821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20656.79/cwt53.00–59.506854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25961.56/cwt60.00–64.507758
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2845640.00/cwt640.00–640.005,4082
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850660.00/cwt660.00–660.005,6103
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850620.00/cwt620.00–620.005,2705
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2910594.50/cwt575.00–660.005,4104
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1995700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,9651
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2885700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,1952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,055500.00/cwt500.00–500.005,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,0622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,205900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,8451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,5001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28501,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.008,6702
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0011,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2900845.00/cwt845.00–845.007,6052
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2988950.13/cwt900.00–990.009,3874

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.