Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-07-26

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 26
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 152▼ 9 vs year ago 107 · −8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 35▼ 9 vs year ago 25 · −36.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 8▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 7.00 HIGHER. HEIFERS TRADED 4.00 TO 8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00 TO 6.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.34/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$130.34
35 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.53
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511141.1072215thin
Medium and Large 1-2562131.787409thin
Medium and Large 2445128.105696thin
Medium and Large 352298.205135thin
One grade step is worth $42.90/cwt here — about $209 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 sale35 hd
130.34
—
MS average13 barns · 608 hd
131.88
−1.53
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—High2,05597.502,0041thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19469.788335thin

Every lot

38 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 1426169.00/cwt169.00–169.007208
Steers—Medium and Large 1541162.00/cwt162.00–162.008765
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335141.67/cwt140.00–145.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370122.50/cwt122.50–122.504531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441148.46/cwt135.00–151.0065511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465133.00/cwt133.00–133.006181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1504142.06/cwt135.00–146.007165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565113.75/cwt110.00–117.506432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580132.50/cwt132.50–132.507691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655107.50/cwt107.50–107.507041
Heifers—Medium and Large 370082.50/cwt82.50–82.505781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323161.34/cwt160.00–162.505212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372126.13/cwt115.00–135.004693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413136.36/cwt132.50–140.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433145.00/cwt145.00–145.006282
Bulls—Medium and Large 343592.50/cwt92.50–92.504021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453142.66/cwt140.50–145.006463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515102.00/cwt102.00–102.005253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520139.01/cwt138.00–140.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545132.50/cwt132.50–132.507222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570135.02/cwt132.50–137.507702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620127.50/cwt127.50–127.507912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623133.86/cwt130.00–138.008342
Bulls—Medium and Large 363092.50/cwt92.50–92.505831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725117.50/cwt117.50–117.508521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,05597.50/cwt97.50–97.502,0041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17374.19/cwt72.50–76.008702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20866.84/cwt63.00–73.508073
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,1633
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,7983
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,1255

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.