Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-03-29

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 29
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 100▲ 30 vs year ago 50 · +60.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 15▲ 10 vs year ago 10 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 42 vs year ago 48 · −87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.75/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$118.75
31 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$494
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$53.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.44
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2362123.6544815thin
Medium and Large 1468121.295689thin
Medium and Large 2433110.844806thin
Medium and Large 365070.004551thin
One grade step is worth $53.65/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale31 hd
118.75
—
MS average13 barns · 905 hd
132.19
−13.44
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—Average1,36587.501,1944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14861.267035thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45060.008701thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average81939.113208thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1400151.25/cwt150.00–152.506052
Steers—Medium and Large 1563128.98/cwt128.00–130.007262
Steers—Medium and Large 1650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2100170.00/cwt170.00–170.001701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2254132.95/cwt130.00–135.003385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330142.00/cwt142.00–142.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350127.50/cwt127.50–127.504462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362113.34/cwt110.00–115.004103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378126.24/cwt125.00–127.504772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed380122.50/cwt122.50–122.504663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423131.05/cwt127.50–135.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458120.00/cwt120.00–120.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480112.50/cwt112.50–112.505403
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 365070.00/cwt70.00–70.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy76580.00/cwt80.00–80.006121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1150200.00/cwt200.00–200.003001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225162.50/cwt162.50–162.503661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260160.00/cwt160.00–160.004161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265137.55/cwt135.00–140.003652
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275110.00/cwt110.00–110.003031
Bulls—Medium and Large 3300105.00/cwt105.00–105.003151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2303127.45/cwt122.50–135.003863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320158.65/cwt152.50–165.005082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375148.83/cwt140.00–155.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375117.57/cwt112.50–122.504412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390132.50/cwt132.50–132.505173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450127.50/cwt127.50–127.505741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503137.51/cwt135.00–140.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 350592.50/cwt92.50–92.504671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515132.50/cwt132.50–132.506822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full575105.00/cwt105.00–105.006041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy765107.00/cwt107.00–107.008191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2152
Bulls——1,38085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%73334.13/cwt30.00–37.002503
Cows—Lean 85-90%87142.09/cwt40.00–45.003675
Cows—Boner 80-85%94555.94/cwt55.00–57.005292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28364.81/cwt62.00–67.008323
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45060.00/cwt60.00–60.008701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9004

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.