Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-04-05

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 5
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 80▼ 20 vs year ago 141 · −14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 20▼ 62 vs year ago 112 · −55.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 6▼ 63 vs year ago 75 · −84.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COPARED TO LAST WEEK: SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND WAS STRONG.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.12/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$127.12
55 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$769
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.42
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512131.606745thin
Medium and Large 1-2625130.1881442
Medium and Large 2520114.425956thin
Medium and Large 367089.756012thin
One grade step is worth $41.85/cwt here — about $72 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 sale55 hd
127.12
—
MS average13 barns · 1,131 hd
133.53
−6.42
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—Average1,47589.581,3212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17663.9575220
CowsLean 85-90%Average90147.744307thin

Every lot

48 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 1315193.09/cwt182.50–200.006084
Steers—Medium and Large 1355180.00/cwt180.00–180.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1468159.63/cwt150.00–170.007472
Steers—Medium and Large 1650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 1700132.50/cwt130.00–135.009282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300120.00/cwt120.00–120.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355120.00/cwt120.00–120.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460141.24/cwt140.00–142.506506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530132.00/cwt132.00–132.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 358592.00/cwt92.00–92.005381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600112.50/cwt112.50–112.506751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620130.00/cwt130.00–130.0080630
Heifers—Medium and Large 375587.50/cwt87.50–87.506611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785121.00/cwt121.00–121.009501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815120.00/cwt120.00–120.009786
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225157.50/cwt157.50–157.503541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265170.00/cwt165.00–175.004513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2290135.00/cwt135.00–135.003922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330128.75/cwt122.50–135.004252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360159.87/cwt152.50–170.005764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005483
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 338082.50/cwt82.50–82.503141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420157.62/cwt150.00–170.006624
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420132.56/cwt130.00–135.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480133.63/cwt122.50–145.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640139.00/cwt139.00–139.008901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745117.50/cwt117.50–117.508751
Bulls—Medium and Large 186597.50/cwt97.50–97.508431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,47589.58/cwt85.00–94.001,3212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88545.20/cwt40.00–51.004006
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00063.00/cwt63.00–63.006301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10357.20/cwt52.00–60.506316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20766.84/cwt62.00–71.0080714
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850620.00/cwt620.00–620.005,2703
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100720.00/cwt720.00–720.007,9207
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,125910.00/cwt910.00–910.0010,2381

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.