Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-05-18

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 47▲ 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 6▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 7▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS STEADY. FEEDER HEIFERS 4.00-6.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS 5.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE TO GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.27/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$128.27
44 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.68
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461133.506164thin
Medium and Large 1-2443130.0857635
Medium and Large 2411115.004734thin
Medium and Large 342597.004121thin
One grade step is worth $36.50/cwt here — about $204 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 sale44 hd
128.27
—
MS average13 barns · 622 hd
125.59
+2.68
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—Average1,35587.781,1894thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15968.457937thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07958.376307thin

Every lot

44 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 · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added220177.50/cwt177.50–177.503912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305115.00/cwt115.00–115.003511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315130.63/cwt130.00–133.004119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383132.10/cwt129.00–135.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490124.00/cwt124.00–124.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510114.00/cwt114.00–114.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy67598.00/cwt98.00–98.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 372585.00/cwt85.00–85.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy90093.00/cwt93.00–93.008371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305120.00/cwt120.00–120.003661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315146.00/cwt146.00–146.004601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384135.24/cwt134.00–139.0051912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423136.87/cwt132.00–140.005796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425138.00/cwt138.00–138.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed425134.00/cwt134.00–134.005702
Bulls—Medium and Large 342597.00/cwt97.00–97.004121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435115.00/cwt110.00–120.005002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511121.22/cwt118.00–125.006198
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560111.00/cwt111.00–111.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007881
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 2-349570.00/cwt70.00–70.003473
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,10079.00/cwt79.00–79.008691
Bulls——1,42095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3491
Bulls——1,45088.55/cwt87.00–90.001,2842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00052.80/cwt51.00–55.005282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10063.50/cwt63.50–63.506991
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11160.60/cwt59.00–62.006735
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11867.63/cwt66.50–68.007564
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27072.58/cwt71.50–74.009222
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2805600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,8301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,000910.00/cwt910.00–910.009,1004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250899.84/cwt800.00–960.0011,2485
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,345959.22/cwt950.00–970.0012,9026
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2810485.00/cwt485.00–485.003,9291

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.