Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-08-09

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 70▼ 82 vs year ago 212 · −38.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 20▼ 10 vs year ago 25 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 9▼ 35 vs year ago 60 · −58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED STEADY - 5.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-3.00 LOWER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.57/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$137.57
47 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$58.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.73
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513143.6173628
Medium and Large 1-2554134.7974714thin
Medium and Large 2435118.185144thin
Medium and Large 373585.006251thin
One grade step is worth $58.61/cwt here — about $111 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 sale47 hd
137.57
—
MS average13 barns · 1,264 hd
133.84
+3.73
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27466.788513thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average88957.605125thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007606
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added535155.00/cwt155.00–155.008299
Steers—Medium and Large 1670140.00/cwt140.00–140.009389
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295150.00/cwt150.00–150.004431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390117.50/cwt117.50–117.504581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425121.35/cwt115.00–128.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500112.50/cwt112.50–112.505631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added540145.00/cwt145.00–145.0078318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580144.00/cwt144.00–144.008358
Heifers—Medium and Large 373585.00/cwt85.00–85.006251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full755101.00/cwt101.00–101.007631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290165.00/cwt165.00–165.004793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355137.50/cwt137.50–137.504881
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360100.65/cwt100.00–102.003623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385144.00/cwt144.00–144.005541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410142.50/cwt142.50–142.505843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435132.50/cwt132.50–132.505762
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445105.00/cwt105.00–105.004671
Bulls—Medium and Large 346097.42/cwt90.00–105.004482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472144.16/cwt142.50–145.006803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 351090.00/cwt90.00–90.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535137.50/cwt135.00–140.007362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605133.48/cwt130.00–138.008083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670125.87/cwt120.00–132.008432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685125.00/cwt125.00–125.008562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 375090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86559.66/cwt59.50–60.005163
Cows—Lean 85-90%92554.51/cwt53.50–56.005042
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22555.00/cwt55.00–55.006741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29872.67/cwt70.00–75.009432
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2800605.00/cwt605.00–605.004,8403
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,7255
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2717613.95/cwt600.00–675.004,4026
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0007

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.