Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-08-03

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 3
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 107▲ 195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 25▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED 4.00-8.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED 6.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY-5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND MODERATE TO GOOD. 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 $119.79/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$119.79
69 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$537
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$43.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.36
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2394130.4751328
Medium and Large 1500129.1664614thin
Medium and Large 2435113.5449417thin
Medium and Large 355387.4048310thin
One grade step is worth $43.07/cwt here — about $30 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 sale69 hd
119.79
—
MS average13 barns · 1,215 hd
126.15
−6.36
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—Average1,29489.561,1597thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17267.0478616
CowsLean 85-90%Low93852.9449715

Every lot

66 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 1250160.00/cwt160.00–160.004001
Steers—Medium and Large 1310169.00/cwt169.00–169.005241
Steers—Medium and Large 1415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006231
Steers—Medium and Large 1527143.62/cwt135.00–145.007577
Steers—Medium and Large 2560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
Steers—Medium and Large 1585138.00/cwt138.00–138.008071
Steers—Medium and Large 1600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 1680130.29/cwt125.00–132.008864
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed165142.50/cwt142.50–142.502353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225130.00/cwt130.00–130.002931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318136.00/cwt136.00–136.004324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333125.48/cwt125.00–126.004182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350142.50/cwt142.50–142.504991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362133.36/cwt130.00–135.004836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366119.95/cwt118.00–122.004394
Heifers—Medium and Large 340796.07/cwt90.00–101.003913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415117.96/cwt108.00–127.004903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423137.75/cwt135.00–140.005833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425133.00/cwt133.00–133.005658
Heifers—Medium and Large 345097.50/cwt97.50–97.504391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467138.81/cwt132.00–145.006483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488105.00/cwt105.00–105.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520105.00/cwt105.00–105.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522103.52/cwt102.50–105.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530128.00/cwt128.00–128.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558120.03/cwt117.00–125.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560112.50/cwt112.50–112.506303
Heifers—Medium and Large 356369.09/cwt65.00–73.003892
Heifers—Medium and Large 263097.50/cwt95.00–100.006142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650123.00/cwt123.00–123.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy66595.00/cwt95.00–95.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 372382.54/cwt80.00–85.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 376580.00/cwt80.00–80.006121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323148.78/cwt142.50–156.004812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325138.00/cwt138.00–138.004495
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378134.90/cwt130.00–140.005106
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380124.37/cwt120.00–128.004733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395153.00/cwt153.00–153.006041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423142.37/cwt140.00–145.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428122.49/cwt120.00–125.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy450110.00/cwt110.00–110.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463139.78/cwt132.00–148.006472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468135.03/cwt130.00–140.006326
Bulls—Medium and Large 349097.50/cwt90.00–105.004782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530136.00/cwt136.00–136.007211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580124.99/cwt124.00–126.007252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630122.98/cwt120.00–126.007752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——85083.00/cwt83.00–83.007061
Bulls——1,08086.00/cwt86.00–86.009292
Bulls——1,10089.00/cwt89.00–89.009791
Bulls——1,65094.31/cwt92.50–95.501,5563
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91141.40/cwt40.00–42.003774
Cows—Lean 85-90%91753.71/cwt50.00–56.004935
Cows—Boner 80-85%94360.00/cwt60.00–60.005662
Cows—Lean 85-90%97460.00/cwt57.00–63.505846
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20568.05/cwt65.00–74.0082014
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2850950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,0752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900780.00/cwt780.00–780.007,0203
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2900570.00/cwt570.00–570.005,1301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2925640.00/cwt640.00–640.005,9201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,300887.50/cwt875.00–900.0011,5382

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.