Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-09-28

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 28
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 206▼ 209 vs year ago 399 · −52.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 70▼ 6 vs year ago 44 · −13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold mostly steady. Heifers sold mixed. Slaughter cows 3.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand good. Quality plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.11/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$121.11
60 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.65
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2408128.6052518thin
Medium and Large 1556119.7466520
Medium and Large 2439119.3352315thin
Medium and Large 3289109.573177thin
One grade step is worth $19.04/cwt here — about $208 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 sale60 hd
121.11
—
MS average13 barns · 812 hd
120.46
+0.65
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—Average1,48679.711,1855thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11857.316416thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86034.0429311

Every lot

51 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1150167.50/cwt167.50–167.502511
Steers—Medium and Large 1323151.87/cwt150.00–153.004913
Steers—Medium and Large 1374153.13/cwt147.50–162.505734
Steers—Medium and Large 1402148.32/cwt145.00–150.005963
Steers—Medium and Large 3405112.00/cwt112.00–112.004541
Steers—Medium and Large 1470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed91099.00/cwt99.00–99.009011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3207224.84/cwt150.00–270.004653
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272120.00/cwt120.00–120.003268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310125.00/cwt125.00–125.003884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313130.78/cwt128.00–132.504093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317117.35/cwt115.00–120.003723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364119.53/cwt115.00–122.004358
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400111.25/cwt110.00–112.504452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410105.00/cwt105.00–105.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465108.00/cwt108.00–108.005021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007431
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235135.00/cwt135.00–135.003174
Bulls—Medium and Large 3240107.50/cwt107.50–107.502581
Bulls—Medium and Large 3269111.12/cwt105.00–120.002994
Bulls—Medium and Large 3300115.00/cwt115.00–115.003451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328124.81/cwt120.00–130.004092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358123.22/cwt120.00–127.504413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370133.48/cwt132.00–135.004946
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410100.00/cwt100.00–100.004101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415122.15/cwt120.00–126.005075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416132.46/cwt130.00–135.005516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460115.98/cwt115.00–118.005343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523118.32/cwt118.00–119.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558116.48/cwt115.00–118.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618114.37/cwt112.00–116.007073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665113.52/cwt112.00–117.007554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007673
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy86097.00/cwt97.00–97.008341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy97085.00/cwt85.00–85.008251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36076.53/cwt74.00–80.001,0413
Bulls——1,67584.49/cwt84.00–85.001,4152
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72132.45/cwt30.00–35.002344
Cows—Lean 85-90%85320.00/cwt20.00–20.001712
Cows—Lean 85-90%97540.92/cwt35.00–48.003995
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11054.35/cwt50.00–57.006034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13563.24/cwt60.00–68.007182

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.