Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-02-01

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 1
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 72▼ 147 vs year ago 273 · −53.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 8▲ 3 vs year ago 35 · +8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▼ 3 vs year ago 15 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-8.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.87/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$115.87
75 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.34
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488123.2560112thin
Medium and Large 1-2416119.9950045
Medium and Large 2458110.215058thin
Medium and Large 346892.9843510thin
One grade step is worth $30.27/cwt here — about $167 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 sale75 hd
115.87
—
MS average13 barns · 1,050 hd
123.21
−7.34
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—High1,67286.601,4484thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14853.3161218
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00937.3437710

Every lot

64 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 1335167.00/cwt167.00–167.005591
Steers—Medium and Large 1355166.46/cwt162.50–170.005913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy355147.00/cwt147.00–147.005223
Steers—Medium and Large 1425153.00/cwt153.00–153.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 1465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230127.00/cwt127.00–127.002922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230117.00/cwt117.00–117.002691
Heifers—Medium and Large 3235107.00/cwt107.00–107.002511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2255130.00/cwt130.00–130.003323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
Heifers—Medium and Large 328090.00/cwt90.00–90.002521
Heifers—Medium and Large 3300110.00/cwt110.00–110.003301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320124.80/cwt120.00–128.003995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353132.48/cwt130.00–135.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 337587.00/cwt87.00–87.003261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426120.78/cwt117.00–125.0051519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461123.53/cwt120.00–127.005694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462111.57/cwt106.00–119.005153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470117.47/cwt115.00–120.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 349085.00/cwt85.00–85.004171
Heifers—Medium and Large 352594.00/cwt94.00–94.004941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528110.20/cwt105.00–114.005829
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550105.00/cwt105.00–105.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 355097.00/cwt97.00–97.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570121.74/cwt119.00–123.006944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613102.49/cwt102.00–103.006282
Heifers—Medium and Large 363584.92/cwt80.00–90.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 365090.00/cwt90.00–90.005851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1218157.59/cwt150.00–165.003442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280155.00/cwt155.00–155.004342
Bulls—Medium and Large 3305120.00/cwt120.00–120.003661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313152.60/cwt150.00–155.004782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370147.91/cwt140.00–155.005472
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415100.00/cwt100.00–100.004151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425133.50/cwt132.00–135.005674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427139.32/cwt132.00–150.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518127.18/cwt122.00–131.006596
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558126.51/cwt126.00–127.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585112.00/cwt112.00–112.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615106.00/cwt106.00–106.006521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620123.39/cwt120.00–127.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650122.00/cwt122.00–122.007931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705103.00/cwt103.00–103.007263
Bulls—Medium and Large 270585.00/cwt85.00–85.005991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66884.07/cwt82.50–86.001,4022
Bulls——1,67589.13/cwt88.00–90.001,4932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97640.91/cwt35.00–47.503996
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00049.00/cwt49.00–49.004901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00328.45/cwt28.00–29.002852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05951.56/cwt48.00–55.0054611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23022.00/cwt22.00–22.002711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28756.06/cwt55.00–60.007217
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,2002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,6943
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,185910.00/cwt910.00–910.0010,7841

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.