Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-09-27

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 27
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 180▼ 10 vs year ago 190 · −5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 50▼ 23 vs year ago 38 · −60.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 5▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 3.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY-5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE TO GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.34/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$124.34
50 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$287
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.02
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477129.6061832
Medium and Large 1-2498120.7560210thin
Medium and Large 2488112.835506thin
Medium and Large 335892.553312thin
One grade step is worth $37.05/cwt here — about $287 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 sale50 hd
124.34
—
MS average13 barns · 1,099 hd
123.32
+1.02
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—Average1,76387.021,5342thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High97569.546782thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02840.354155thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1372156.73/cwt155.00–160.005833
Steers—Medium and Large 1433155.82/cwt150.00–162.506753
Steers—Medium and Large 1470146.48/cwt145.00–148.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 1519146.96/cwt145.00–150.007634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007495
Steers—Medium and Large 1575140.65/cwt135.00–145.008094
Steers—Medium and Large 1608136.23/cwt135.00–137.508282
Steers—Medium and Large 1665137.50/cwt137.50–137.509141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285127.50/cwt127.50–127.503631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315133.62/cwt130.00–140.004214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 335892.55/cwt90.00–95.003312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360133.77/cwt132.50–135.004822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405110.00/cwt110.00–110.004461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427132.99/cwt127.50–140.005689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458135.00/cwt135.00–135.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465118.75/cwt117.50–120.005522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474120.00/cwt120.00–120.005697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523128.22/cwt127.50–130.006714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555122.50/cwt122.50–122.506803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565117.00/cwt117.00–117.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575127.31/cwt122.50–130.007324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621124.23/cwt117.50–127.507715
Heifers—Medium and Large 270092.50/cwt92.50–92.506481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750107.50/cwt107.50–107.508061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004661
Bulls—Medium and Large 337595.00/cwt95.00–95.003561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440142.53/cwt140.00–145.006272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475121.67/cwt120.00–125.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 347595.00/cwt95.00–95.004511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515135.50/cwt133.00–138.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575138.00/cwt138.00–138.007941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575127.50/cwt127.50–127.507332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705111.22/cwt107.50–115.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76387.02/cwt85.00–90.001,5342
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95032.00/cwt32.00–32.003041
Cows—Boner 80-85%97569.54/cwt68.00–71.006782
Cows—Lean 85-90%99028.00/cwt28.00–28.002771
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06747.25/cwt45.00–53.005043
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2900900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,000850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,6253

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.