Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-08-10

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 10
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 195▲ 212 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 40▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 22▲ 60 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 unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 5.00-8.00 lower. Quality was 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 $122.13/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$122.13
73 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419138.435808thin
Medium and Large 1-2452125.5856743
Medium and Large 2681109.7474721
Medium and Large 3450104.004681thin
One grade step is worth $34.43/cwt here — about $112 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 sale73 hd
122.13
—
MS average13 barns · 1,205 hd
124.22
−2.09
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—High1,52078.001,1862thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11855.636224thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09449.165388thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,90040.007601thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2185160.00/cwt160.00–160.002963
Steers—Medium and Large 1260167.50/cwt167.50–167.504361
Steers—Medium and Large 1327162.84/cwt155.00–167.505325
Steers—Medium and Large 1415155.00/cwt155.00–155.006435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 1510141.00/cwt141.00–141.007193
Steers—Medium and Large 2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008787
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy720127.00/cwt127.00–127.009141
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added730115.15/cwt115.15–115.1584137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810110.00/cwt110.00–110.008912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338138.72/cwt137.50–140.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004767
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388131.44/cwt130.00–132.505107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430118.00/cwt118.00–118.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434120.11/cwt115.00–129.0052114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450126.00/cwt126.00–126.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450104.00/cwt104.00–104.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562122.02/cwt118.00–124.006869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615114.00/cwt114.00–114.007013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710108.50/cwt108.50–108.5077019
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 325590.00/cwt90.00–90.002301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2290144.00/cwt144.00–144.004181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300141.00/cwt141.00–141.004233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2412121.44/cwt117.00–125.005003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445131.43/cwt128.00–140.005857
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462128.42/cwt123.00–135.005939
Bulls—Medium and Large 348080.00/cwt80.00–80.003841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510112.94/cwt110.00–116.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525123.00/cwt123.00–123.006463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy559129.00/cwt129.00–129.007217
Bulls—Medium and Large 358090.00/cwt90.00–90.005221
Bulls—Medium and Large 360093.00/cwt93.00–93.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625113.00/cwt113.00–113.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635127.50/cwt127.50–127.508109
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,00067.00/cwt67.00–67.006701
Bulls——2,04089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,8161
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95032.00/cwt32.00–32.003041
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10949.23/cwt47.00–53.005465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11855.63/cwt50.00–60.006224
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13057.57/cwt55.00–60.006512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,90040.00/cwt40.00–40.007601
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0631,119.20/cwt1,100.00–1,140.0011,8974
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,8802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,190650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,7351

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.