Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-11-16

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 120▼ 149 vs year ago 336 · −44.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 54▼ 124 vs year ago 200 · −62.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS SOLD STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD STEADY TO 3.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND VERY GOOD FOR STEERS CALVES.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.85/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$115.85
45 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.99
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457125.1457114thin
Medium and Large 1-2544113.9462026
Medium and Large 2413113.504682thin
Medium and Large 355590.675033thin
One grade step is worth $34.47/cwt here — about $68 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 sale45 hd
115.85
—
MS average13 barns · 1,538 hd
121.84
−5.99
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—High1,52972.161,1035thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19952.206267thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92337.7034813

Every lot

44 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004761
Steers—Medium and Large 1333157.29/cwt155.00–160.005243
Steers—Medium and Large 1365159.13/cwt155.00–162.005814
Steers—Medium and Large 1550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006602
Steers—Medium and Large 396579.00/cwt79.00–79.007621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1293140.01/cwt139.00–141.004102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295128.00/cwt128.00–128.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315100.00/cwt100.00–100.003151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377131.68/cwt130.00–135.004963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425127.00/cwt127.00–127.005404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480114.95/cwt110.00–120.005526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1493118.49/cwt117.00–120.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523121.48/cwt118.00–125.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523117.49/cwt115.00–120.006146
Heifers—Medium and Large 253099.00/cwt99.00–99.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 356590.00/cwt90.00–90.005091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573115.66/cwt115.00–116.006633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606107.97/cwt105.00–110.006545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681104.00/cwt104.00–104.007085
Heifers—Medium and Large 378582.00/cwt82.00–82.006441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1100150.00/cwt150.00–150.001501
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320100.00/cwt100.00–100.003201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325132.00/cwt132.00–132.004291
Bulls—Medium and Large 3380110.00/cwt110.00–110.004181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420145.00/cwt142.00–148.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 352599.00/cwt99.00–99.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668106.67/cwt105.00–108.007133
Bulls—Medium and Large 374578.00/cwt78.00–78.005811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1341
Bulls——1,46082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1971
Bulls——1,47569.90/cwt65.00–74.001,0312
Bulls——1,80060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,0801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89332.00/cwt32.00–32.002863
Cows—Lean 85-90%93239.41/cwt30.00–46.0036710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14849.95/cwt48.00–52.005734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26755.20/cwt54.00–56.506993

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.