Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-12-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 7
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 198▲ 21 vs year ago 144 · +14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 55▲ 23 vs year ago 42 · +54.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 135▼ 18 vs year ago 53 · −34.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 4.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY TO FIRM. DEMAND MODERATE TO GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.08/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$120.08
53 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.62
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1404130.1652621
Medium and Large 1-2404121.8049222
Medium and Large 2468108.395074thin
Medium and Large 358386.335046thin
One grade step is worth $43.83/cwt here — about $22 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
120.08
—
MS average13 barns · 1,322 hd
121.70
−1.62
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—Low1,43871.551,0297thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24048.6260317
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77548.008521thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96432.173109thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295165.00/cwt165.00–165.004871
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy300185.00/cwt185.00–185.005553
Steers—Medium and Large 2320139.75/cwt137.50–150.004476
Steers—Medium and Large 1323165.00/cwt165.00–165.005332
Steers—Medium and Large 1358173.36/cwt167.00–180.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 2375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
Steers—Medium and Large 2415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 1453152.49/cwt150.00–155.006912
Steers—Medium and Large 1535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 1617129.24/cwt121.00–135.007975
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2175140.00/cwt140.00–140.002453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1190140.00/cwt140.00–140.002661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305122.00/cwt122.00–122.003721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328136.09/cwt132.00–140.004466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330123.00/cwt123.00–123.004063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365133.25/cwt130.00–140.004864
Heifers—Medium and Large 336597.50/cwt97.50–97.503561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370128.00/cwt128.00–128.004746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436128.68/cwt125.00–135.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450122.50/cwt122.50–122.505513
Heifers—Medium and Large 345092.50/cwt92.50–92.504161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465129.00/cwt128.00–130.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473105.78/cwt100.00–112.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515105.00/cwt105.00–105.005413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530117.57/cwt115.00–120.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568118.00/cwt118.00–118.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 357590.00/cwt90.00–90.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 362580.00/cwt80.00–80.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 368580.00/cwt80.00–80.005481
Heifers—Medium and Large 380078.00/cwt78.00–78.006241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275137.50/cwt137.50–137.503782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1290165.00/cwt165.00–165.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328137.60/cwt135.00–140.004512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405145.70/cwt140.00–150.005903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440132.00/cwt132.00–132.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450147.00/cwt147.00–147.006623
Bulls—Medium and Large 345099.00/cwt99.00–99.004461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463135.05/cwt129.00–140.006253
Bulls—Medium and Large 350590.00/cwt90.00–90.004551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515129.35/cwt120.00–135.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006485
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006446
Bulls—Medium and Large 367590.00/cwt90.00–90.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 381085.50/cwt85.50–85.506932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26040.00/cwt40.00–40.005041
Bulls——1,31562.00/cwt62.00–62.008151
Bulls——1,49180.96/cwt80.00–82.001,2074
Bulls——1,52575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1441
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80317.62/cwt15.00–20.001412
Cows—Lean 85-90%95526.00/cwt26.00–26.002481
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01938.05/cwt35.00–42.003886
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20346.56/cwt42.00–48.005608
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27250.46/cwt50.00–52.006429
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,77548.00/cwt48.00–48.008521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3800500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2983596.61/cwt550.00–675.005,8653
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,200950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,5003

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.