Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-05-17

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 17
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 160▼ 7 vs year ago 137 · −5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 17▼ 5 vs year ago 45 · −11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 27 · −18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 4.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY TO 2.00 LOWER. 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 $120.64/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$120.64
61 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$125
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$50.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.76
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2372133.6449711thin
Medium and Large 1558127.5171232
Medium and Large 2461111.3851311thin
Medium and Large 374683.376227thin
One grade step is worth $50.27/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale61 hd
120.64
—
MS average13 barns · 601 hd
125.40
−4.76
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—Average1,72387.731,5116thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11859.0066018
CowsLean 85-90%Average97343.7542612

Every lot

55 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1455137.98/cwt136.00–140.006282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3245110.00/cwt110.00–110.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295115.00/cwt115.00–115.003391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2359123.98/cwt122.50–125.004455
Heifers—Medium and Large 341593.70/cwt90.00–97.503892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425122.50/cwt122.50–122.505213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428135.00/cwt135.00–135.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490107.50/cwt107.50–107.505271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520118.00/cwt118.00–118.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545122.50/cwt122.50–122.506681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564121.43/cwt117.50–130.006855
Heifers—Medium and Large 356587.50/cwt87.50–87.504941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714108.59/cwt100.00–110.007757
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2215120.00/cwt120.00–120.002581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2250140.00/cwt140.00–140.003503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250130.00/cwt130.00–130.003251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004493
Bulls—Medium and Large 336597.50/cwt97.50–97.503561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373140.00/cwt140.00–140.005222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395117.50/cwt117.50–117.504641
Bulls—Medium and Large 341592.50/cwt92.50–92.503841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425141.16/cwt130.00–150.0060011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435130.00/cwt130.00–130.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440102.50/cwt102.50–102.504511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2457114.89/cwt107.50–125.005253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475132.50/cwt132.50–132.506291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525132.50/cwt130.00–135.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568129.85/cwt120.00–135.007383
Bulls—Medium and Large 258598.00/cwt98.00–98.005731
Bulls—Medium and Large 260097.50/cwt97.50–97.505851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618120.14/cwt115.00–125.007422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1683114.99/cwt110.00–120.007855
Bulls—Medium and Large 271590.00/cwt90.00–90.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718110.23/cwt105.00–121.007913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765112.50/cwt112.50–112.508611
Bulls—Medium and Large 378378.01/cwt76.00–80.006112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1825101.00/cwt100.00–102.008332
Bulls—Medium and Large 392878.77/cwt77.50–80.007312
Bulls—Medium and Large 31,02080.00/cwt80.00–80.008161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2801
Bulls——1,60075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2001
Bulls——1,78492.84/cwt92.00–95.001,6564
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82835.00/cwt35.00–35.002902
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00245.50/cwt40.00–51.0045610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04754.40/cwt50.00–59.005709
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18963.61/cwt62.50–66.007569
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2850675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,7381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,025900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,160825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,5701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,9005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,2502

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.