Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-10-05

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 5
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 190▲ 32 vs year ago 178 · +18.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 38▲ 38 vs year ago 46 · +82.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady . Demand fair. 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 $119.25/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$119.25
53 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.50
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1258139.293598thin
Medium and Large 1-2449118.7553336
Medium and Large 2437112.204905thin
Medium and Large 335092.503244thin
One grade step is worth $46.79/cwt here — about $35 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 sale53 hd
119.25
—
MS average13 barns · 1,137 hd
114.75
+4.50
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—Average1,11467.657547thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24549.1061126
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02034.603538thin

Every lot

55 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 1317155.02/cwt150.00–160.004915
Steers—Medium and Large 1357150.00/cwt150.00–150.005363
Steers—Medium and Large 2Full765106.00/cwt106.00–106.008111
Steers—Medium and Large 1775118.00/cwt118.00–118.009155
Steers—Medium and Large 1875115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0061
Steers—Medium and Large 1900116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0442
Steers—Medium and Large 1975115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1213
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1177152.65/cwt147.50–160.002703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2205132.50/cwt132.50–132.502722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2205130.00/cwt130.00–130.002671
Heifers—Medium and Large 3235100.00/cwt100.00–100.002351
Heifers—Medium and Large 330090.00/cwt90.00–90.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1306131.27/cwt128.00–135.004025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329120.00/cwt120.00–120.003957
Heifers—Medium and Large 336590.00/cwt90.00–90.003291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465117.00/cwt117.00–117.005446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470110.00/cwt105.00–115.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 350090.00/cwt90.00–90.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510117.55/cwt117.00–118.0060011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006675
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640101.00/cwt101.00–101.006461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2225130.00/cwt130.00–130.002931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268130.00/cwt130.00–130.003482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300145.00/cwt145.00–145.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323110.00/cwt110.00–110.003552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325123.50/cwt115.00–130.004014
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373107.76/cwt107.50–108.004022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388120.00/cwt120.00–120.004662
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420132.50/cwt132.50–132.505574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424138.75/cwt135.00–140.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462133.95/cwt130.00–140.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550137.00/cwt137.00–137.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550122.00/cwt122.00–122.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565105.00/cwt105.00–105.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 357095.00/cwt95.00–95.005421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655112.00/cwt112.00–112.007341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy78095.00/cwt95.00–95.007411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy80092.00/cwt92.00–92.007361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy90589.50/cwt89.50–89.508101
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 353560.00/cwt60.00–60.003211
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 365060.00/cwt60.00–60.003901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,00050.00/cwt50.00–50.005001
Bulls——1,13370.59/cwt67.00–74.008006
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90527.79/cwt25.00–30.002512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05836.87/cwt35.00–40.003906
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19547.47/cwt44.00–49.5056717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33852.19/cwt51.00–53.006989

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.