Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-03-15

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 197 vs last sale 303▲ 79 vs year ago 27 · +292.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 22▲ 8 vs year ago 12 · +66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 8▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. FEEDER STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 8.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED 2.00 TO 8.00 LOWER. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.57/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$134.57
59 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$357
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.25
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474139.8766332
Medium and Large 1-2491131.0664418thin
Medium and Large 2505123.086228thin
Medium and Large 3255120.003061thin
One grade step is worth $19.87/cwt here — about $357 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 sale59 hd
134.57
—
MS average13 barns · 576 hd
134.82
−0.25
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—High1,95085.001,6581thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21155.5067210
CowsLean 85-90%Average83736.843084thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328165.00/cwt165.00–165.005412
Steers—Medium and Large 1385162.56/cwt160.00–165.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 1403161.01/cwt158.00–165.006493
Steers—Medium and Large 1480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310132.50/cwt132.50–132.504112
Heifers—Medium and Large 333085.00/cwt85.00–85.002811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345132.50/cwt132.50–132.504571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385112.50/cwt112.50–112.504331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410122.50/cwt122.50–122.505021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427131.66/cwt130.00–135.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450127.50/cwt127.50–127.505741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465117.50/cwt117.50–117.505461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515109.21/cwt105.00–112.505623
Heifers—Medium and Large 351585.00/cwt85.00–85.004381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570104.87/cwt97.50–112.505983
Heifers—Medium and Large 360882.41/cwt75.00–90.005012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
Heifers—Medium and Large 370085.00/cwt85.00–85.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy71598.00/cwt98.00–98.007011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1200147.50/cwt147.50–147.502951
Bulls—Medium and Large 3255120.00/cwt120.00–120.003061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280140.78/cwt132.50–150.003942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300142.50/cwt142.50–142.504283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340159.49/cwt159.00–160.005422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1386157.45/cwt152.50–160.006085
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415148.49/cwt135.00–155.006163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435127.50/cwt127.50–127.505551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460141.28/cwt136.00–145.006505
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464146.05/cwt140.00–155.006786
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476125.03/cwt120.00–130.005954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522136.83/cwt130.00–145.007146
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530129.20/cwt127.50–131.006856
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533124.76/cwt122.00–127.506652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565124.00/cwt123.00–125.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615112.50/cwt112.50–112.506924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618124.86/cwt120.00–130.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635107.50/cwt107.50–107.506831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675112.50/cwt112.50–112.507591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy71097.50/cwt97.50–97.506921
Bulls—Medium and Large 188590.00/cwt90.00–90.007971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,95085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,6581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72529.14/cwt25.00–33.002112
Cows—Lean 85-90%94844.54/cwt44.00–45.004222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19362.96/cwt62.00–64.007512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21653.64/cwt50.00–57.006528
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2700610.00/cwt610.00–610.004,2701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,033712.89/cwt700.00–725.007,3642

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.