Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-06-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 35▼ 42 vs year ago 96 · −43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 14▼ 43 vs year ago 60 · −71.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 65▼ 19 vs year ago 22 · −86.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.60/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$131.60
28 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$388
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.39
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516133.6168912thin
Medium and Large 1-2397132.7752715thin
Medium and Large 333590.003021thin
One grade step is worth $43.61/cwt here — about $388 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 sale28 hd
131.60
—
MS average13 barns · 453 hd
123.22
+8.39
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—Average1,39585.001,1862thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31268.0889314
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,32055.007262thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005691
Steers—Medium and Large 1655132.00/cwt132.00–132.008651
Steers—Medium and Large 1818126.47/cwt125.00–128.001,0352
Steers—Medium and Large 1850122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2165135.00/cwt135.00–135.002233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329141.82/cwt135.00–147.504674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380138.00/cwt138.00–138.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465128.75/cwt127.50–130.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510107.00/cwt107.00–107.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525122.64/cwt112.50–128.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553127.51/cwt125.00–130.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715105.51/cwt105.00–106.007542
Heifers—Medium and Large 275592.50/cwt92.50–92.506981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2190140.00/cwt140.00–140.002663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310145.00/cwt145.00–145.004501
Bulls—Medium and Large 333590.00/cwt90.00–90.003021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380146.25/cwt145.00–147.505562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435128.18/cwt125.00–135.005586
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535128.00/cwt128.00–128.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535127.50/cwt127.50–127.506823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567127.97/cwt124.00–131.007265
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715128.00/cwt128.00–128.009151
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,39585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1862
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99040.00/cwt40.00–40.003961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29260.65/cwt55.00–65.007845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32372.21/cwt70.00–74.009559
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,65070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1551
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,6351,852.35/cwt1,660.00–2,000.0030,2862
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4651,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0014,6501

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.