Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-09-20

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 20
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 110▼ 26 vs year ago 206 · −12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 21▼ 20 vs year ago 70 · −28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 20▼ 30 vs year ago 35 · −85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS SOLD 5.00-10.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD 5.00-7.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER BULLS SOLD STEADY-5.00 LOWER. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.83/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$118.83
84 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.04
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454125.0756831
Medium and Large 1-2482117.7856746
Medium and Large 2293117.333443thin
Medium and Large 349683.754164thin
One grade step is worth $41.32/cwt here — about $152 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 sale84 hd
118.83
—
MS average13 barns · 1,342 hd
125.87
−7.04
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—Low1,56088.001,3734thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14658.4867017
CowsLean 85-90%Low90042.1738019

Every lot

60 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 2385127.50/cwt127.50–127.504911
Steers—Medium and Large 1545140.00/cwt140.00–140.007631
Steers—Medium and Large 1625127.50/cwt127.50–127.507971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2155122.00/cwt122.00–122.001891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1282138.28/cwt135.00–140.003903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305137.50/cwt135.00–140.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305122.00/cwt122.00–122.003723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373129.88/cwt127.50–132.504842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390110.00/cwt110.00–110.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 340070.00/cwt70.00–70.002801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy415122.00/cwt122.00–122.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418123.46/cwt122.50–125.005165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426131.04/cwt122.50–140.005587
Heifers—Medium and Large 345590.00/cwt90.00–90.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy465117.50/cwt117.50–117.505461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469125.97/cwt120.00–130.005915
Heifers—Medium and Large 350085.00/cwt85.00–85.004251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2504116.70/cwt110.00–117.5058838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy518110.69/cwt105.00–116.005732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528120.65/cwt110.00–127.506373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625117.50/cwt117.50–117.507341
Heifers—Medium and Large 363090.00/cwt90.00–90.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
Heifers—Medium and Large 175087.50/cwt87.50–87.506561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2218138.65/cwt137.50–140.003022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2250142.50/cwt142.50–142.503565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275150.09/cwt147.50–152.504132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316155.62/cwt140.00–165.0049210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365141.10/cwt137.50–145.005152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2366138.89/cwt132.50–147.505087
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371123.24/cwt120.00–132.504574
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415127.56/cwt125.00–130.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432133.33/cwt127.50–142.505765
Bulls—Medium and Large 343575.00/cwt75.00–75.003261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463126.35/cwt122.50–130.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468137.42/cwt132.50–145.006436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2481130.52/cwt127.50–132.506285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528134.57/cwt130.00–140.007116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530115.05/cwt110.00–120.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy555112.50/cwt112.50–112.506241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623123.67/cwt115.00–130.007704
Bulls—Medium and Large 365575.00/cwt75.00–75.004911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Bulls—Medium and Large 378090.99/cwt90.00–92.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 380085.00/cwt85.00–85.006801
Bulls—Medium and Large 31,01075.00/cwt75.00–75.007581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33891.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2182
Bulls——1,45075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0881
Bulls——2,11595.00/cwt95.00–95.002,0091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83828.18/cwt26.00–30.002363
Cows—Lean 85-90%89642.91/cwt34.00–49.0038413
Cows—Lean 85-90%97952.98/cwt51.00–55.005193
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04954.58/cwt51.00–58.005739
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25662.87/cwt60.00–66.007908
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2760475.00/cwt475.00–475.003,6101

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.