Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-04-19

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 19
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 101▼ 26 vs year ago 104 · −25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 6▼ 4 vs year ago 19 · −21.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 11▼ 10 vs year ago 20 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED 2.00-4.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.43/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$133.43
32 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.88
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449142.3163917thin
Medium and Large 1-2493128.756348thin
Medium and Large 2579117.226787thin
One grade step is worth $25.09/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale32 hd
133.43
—
MS average13 barns · 616 hd
132.55
+0.88
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—High1,78390.001,6052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14963.567309thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89948.174334thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1535142.50/cwt142.50–142.507621
Steers—Medium and Large 1560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300132.50/cwt132.50–132.503983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360132.00/cwt132.00–132.004752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390139.00/cwt139.00–139.005421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420123.71/cwt118.00–130.005202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435137.50/cwt137.50–137.505981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455122.50/cwt122.50–122.505573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520121.47/cwt120.00–122.506325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525107.50/cwt107.50–107.505641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545132.50/cwt132.50–132.507221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650112.50/cwt112.50–112.507311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270150.00/cwt150.00–150.004051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318159.15/cwt152.50–165.505062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365149.51/cwt145.00–157.505463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375132.50/cwt132.50–132.504972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418148.09/cwt140.00–160.006195
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458127.50/cwt127.50–127.505842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500132.50/cwt132.50–132.506631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523127.50/cwt127.50–127.506674
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530123.00/cwt123.00–123.006521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550127.50/cwt127.50–127.507012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555127.50/cwt127.50–127.507081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570115.02/cwt112.50–117.506562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620117.50/cwt117.50–117.507291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636128.00/cwt128.00–128.008141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1740113.00/cwt113.00–113.008361
Bulls—Medium and Large 284595.00/cwt95.00–95.008031
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78040.00/cwt40.00–40.003121
Cows—Lean 85-90%93850.89/cwt50.00–52.504773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14856.94/cwt53.00–60.006544
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14968.85/cwt65.00–72.507915
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,048644.30/cwt640.00–650.006,7522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,9254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,165865.00/cwt865.00–865.0010,0772
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,0002

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.