Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-08-30

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 30
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 50▼ 12 vs year ago 60 · −20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 38▼ 250 vs year ago 270 · −92.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 100▼ 37 vs year ago 67 · −55.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER HEIFERS AND STEERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. 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 $145.69/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$145.69
29 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$357
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$58.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.87
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491153.9775610thin
Medium and Large 1-2440145.9664213thin
Medium and Large 2422138.535855thin
Medium and Large 342095.003991thin
One grade step is worth $58.97/cwt here — about $357 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 sale29 hd
145.69
—
MS average10 barns · 401 hd
134.82
+10.87
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—Average1,808101.501,8352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13856.986493thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87948.254244thin

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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265155.00/cwt155.00–155.004111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308138.80/cwt132.50–145.004282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 355590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335162.50/cwt162.50–162.505441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365190.00/cwt190.00–190.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375151.25/cwt147.50–155.005676
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405145.00/cwt145.00–145.005873
Bulls—Medium and Large 342095.00/cwt95.00–95.003991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435161.22/cwt160.00–162.507012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463158.26/cwt150.00–165.007333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483137.58/cwt132.50–142.506652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525137.50/cwt137.50–137.507221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535142.50/cwt142.50–142.507622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575142.50/cwt142.50–142.508191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590135.00/cwt135.00–135.007972
Bulls—Medium and Large 187597.50/cwt97.50–97.508531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,5971
Bulls——1,985105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,0841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%60040.00/cwt40.00–40.002401
Cows—Lean 85-90%90041.50/cwt41.50–41.503741
Cows—Lean 85-90%96552.00/cwt52.00–52.005021
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05059.50/cwt59.50–59.506251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12564.00/cwt64.00–64.007201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14553.47/cwt52.00–55.006122
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0013,7503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0016,1005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0016,5005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0021,7752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2501,272.00/cwt1,200.00–1,350.0015,9002

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.