Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-01-04

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 202▼ 113 vs year ago 177 · −63.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 40▼ 10 vs year ago 40 · −25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 12 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED 4.00-6.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED STEADY-2.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-7.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.66/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$124.66
24 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.63
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517129.3566811thin
Medium and Large 1-2545123.9067510thin
Medium and Large 2522110.005743thin
One grade step is worth $19.35/cwt here — about $95 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 sale24 hd
124.66
—
MS average8 barns · 315 hd
118.03
+6.63
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—Average1,50575.001,1292thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17950.045905thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85033.332833thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1395145.00/cwt145.00–145.005731
Steers—Medium and Large 1470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006823
Steers—Medium and Large 1513141.08/cwt137.00–145.007244
Steers—Medium and Large 1555142.00/cwt142.00–142.007881
Steers—Medium and Large 1613125.94/cwt120.00–130.007723
Steers—Medium and Large 1655119.00/cwt119.00–119.007791
Steers—Medium and Large 2720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1250135.00/cwt135.00–135.003381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303136.26/cwt135.00–137.504132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004033
Heifers—Medium and Large 340099.00/cwt99.00–99.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 350099.00/cwt99.00–99.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510122.30/cwt120.00–125.006243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305145.00/cwt145.00–145.004421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368143.30/cwt140.00–145.005273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563128.34/cwt125.00–130.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007195
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 275095.00/cwt95.00–95.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1813103.98/cwt103.00–105.008452
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,50575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67020.00/cwt20.00–20.001341
Cows—Lean 85-90%90035.00/cwt35.00–35.003151
Cows—Lean 85-90%98045.00/cwt45.00–45.004411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11548.74/cwt48.00–50.005433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27552.00/cwt52.00–52.006632
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,4252

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.