Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-09-14

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 14
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 165▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 59▲ 21 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 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. 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 $115.95/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$115.95
49 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.61
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1429125.7553919thin
Medium and Large 1-2513115.3659217thin
Medium and Large 2352111.343928thin
Medium and Large 347088.084145thin
One grade step is worth $37.68/cwt here — about $125 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 sale49 hd
115.95
—
MS average13 barns · 1,037 hd
118.56
−2.61
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20064.007681thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95846.364443thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1313150.00/cwt150.00–150.004702
Steers—Medium and Large 1383140.00/cwt140.00–140.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400134.00/cwt134.00–134.005365
Steers—Medium and Large 1465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006421
Steers—Medium and Large 2475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added560128.00/cwt128.00–128.007171
Steers—Medium and Large 1615120.35/cwt118.00–125.007403
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Steers—Medium and Large 2Full70098.00/cwt98.00–98.006861
Steers—Medium and Large 1710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 381575.00/cwt75.00–75.006111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy210172.50/cwt172.50–172.503621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275115.36/cwt110.00–120.003172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280140.00/cwt140.00–140.003921
Heifers—Medium and Large 333092.50/cwt92.50–92.503051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345110.00/cwt110.00–110.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350131.00/cwt130.00–132.004592
Heifers—Medium and Large 336093.94/cwt90.00–98.003382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370124.00/cwt124.00–124.004593
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372110.00/cwt110.00–110.004093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2403110.00/cwt110.00–110.004432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423121.87/cwt119.00–127.005163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434119.15/cwt117.00–123.005178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475120.06/cwt118.00–122.005703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505118.40/cwt114.00–121.005985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550112.00/cwt112.00–112.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 365080.00/cwt80.00–80.005202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690106.00/cwt106.00–106.007316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1200160.00/cwt160.00–160.003201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240110.00/cwt110.00–110.002641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315137.50/cwt137.50–137.504333
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320107.50/cwt107.50–107.503441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365110.00/cwt110.00–110.004021
Bulls—Medium and Large 337590.00/cwt90.00–90.003381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004686
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427133.30/cwt132.00–136.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455129.47/cwt127.00–132.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485121.00/cwt121.00–121.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515112.00/cwt112.00–112.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520113.00/cwt113.00–113.005885
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570116.18/cwt112.50–120.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578114.84/cwt113.00–116.006645
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 370085.00/cwt85.00–85.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2790102.00/cwt102.00–102.008061
Bulls—Medium and Large 293594.00/cwt94.00–94.008791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87543.54/cwt42.00–45.003812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12552.00/cwt52.00–52.005851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20064.00/cwt64.00–64.007681

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.