Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-08-24

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 24
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
244 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 197▲ 244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 80▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 65▲ 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 SOLD MOSTLY STEADY - 4.00 LOWER. FEEDER HEIFERS SOLD MOSTLY 3.00-5.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND WAS FAIR TO MODERATE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.00/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$121.00
71 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.00
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520124.4264715thin
Medium and Large 1-2517121.2962746
Medium and Large 2485117.145687thin
Medium and Large 3305108.373313thin
One grade step is worth $16.05/cwt here — about $316 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 sale71 hd
121.00
—
MS average13 barns · 738 hd
123.00
−2.00
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—High1,60590.001,4451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13960.0468417
CowsLean 85-90%Low86140.9335210

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added450149.92/cwt147.50–151.0067513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added505144.73/cwt142.00–148.0073111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365136.25/cwt135.00–137.504972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395107.50/cwt107.50–107.504251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2404124.35/cwt120.00–130.005027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482126.00/cwt126.00–126.006075
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490107.50/cwt107.50–107.505271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3140120.00/cwt120.00–120.001681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318152.80/cwt145.00–160.004862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320120.00/cwt120.00–120.003841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350147.00/cwt147.00–147.005151
Bulls—Medium and Large 3388102.55/cwt100.00–105.003982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405122.00/cwt122.00–122.004944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413125.00/cwt125.00–125.005162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423128.49/cwt120.00–137.505442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473125.78/cwt120.00–133.0059514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy513120.12/cwt115.00–125.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531120.92/cwt118.00–125.0064214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy550121.00/cwt121.00–121.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562118.49/cwt117.50–120.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571118.34/cwt117.50–119.0067611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575113.00/cwt113.00–113.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610112.00/cwt112.00–112.006833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy805105.00/cwt105.00–105.008451
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75031.07/cwt30.00–32.002332
Cows—Lean 85-90%80035.00/cwt35.00–35.002801
Cows—Lean 85-90%90144.60/cwt40.00–47.004027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12356.92/cwt52.50–58.506399
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15663.55/cwt60.00–70.007358
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3780460.00/cwt460.00–460.003,5881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,8002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9003

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.