Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 56▲ 113 vs year ago 47 · +240.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 5▲ 11 vs year ago 6 · +183.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY TO 6.00 HIGHER. DEMAND MODERATE TO GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.04/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$123.04
75 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1383134.255142thin
Medium and Large 1-2484126.2561160
Medium and Large 2430113.964908thin
Medium and Large 346594.504405thin
One grade step is worth $39.75/cwt here — about $74 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
123.04
—
MS average13 barns · 891 hd
121.40
+1.63
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—Average1,23782.351,0193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01461.296214thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95546.704462thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365160.00/cwt160.00–160.005841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365151.00/cwt151.00–151.005514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425156.50/cwt156.50–156.5066520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500145.50/cwt145.50–145.507281
Steers—Medium and Large 1513140.00/cwt140.00–140.007182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600133.00/cwt133.00–133.0079813
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy900115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275137.00/cwt137.00–137.003772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315125.00/cwt125.00–125.003943
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350102.50/cwt102.50–102.503591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365136.00/cwt136.00–136.004961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384132.07/cwt122.00–137.005077
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385122.00/cwt122.00–122.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400132.50/cwt132.50–132.505301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418113.66/cwt107.50–122.504754
Heifers—Medium and Large 344590.00/cwt90.00–90.004011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460112.50/cwt112.50–112.505182
Heifers—Medium and Large 346595.00/cwt95.00–95.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516126.73/cwt125.00–130.0065442
Heifers—Medium and Large 353392.49/cwt90.00–95.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600118.00/cwt118.00–118.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635105.00/cwt105.00–105.006671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2362122.49/cwt120.00–127.504433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408122.50/cwt122.50–122.505002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418138.06/cwt135.00–142.005774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500137.50/cwt137.50–137.506881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528111.46/cwt105.00–117.505892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007203
Bulls—Medium and Large 282091.00/cwt91.00–91.007461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,23782.35/cwt80.00–85.001,0193
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95546.70/cwt43.00–50.004462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01461.29/cwt58.00–65.006214

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.