Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-10-04

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 134 vs last sale 180▼ 164 vs year ago 210 · −78.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 64 vs year ago 84 · −76.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 15 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 UNEVENLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 6.0-8.0 LOWER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED 2.0-3.0 HIGHER. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. 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 $128.94/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$128.94
28 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.35
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464132.496159thin
Medium and Large 1-2375130.0248813thin
Medium and Large 2461121.305596thin
One grade step is worth $11.19/cwt here — about $55 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 sale28 hd
128.94
—
MS average13 barns · 577 hd
120.59
+8.35
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—Average1,60089.551,4332thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06553.795737thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96339.203774thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1350155.00/cwt155.00–155.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 1435155.00/cwt155.00–155.006741
Steers—Medium and Large 1550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007981
Steers—Medium and Large 1650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265120.00/cwt120.00–120.003181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435130.00/cwt130.00–130.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516130.44/cwt127.50–132.506735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568130.78/cwt127.50–135.007433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600121.25/cwt120.00–122.507282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1200132.50/cwt132.50–132.502651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2226136.04/cwt135.00–137.503075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285137.50/cwt137.50–137.503921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2350130.00/cwt130.00–130.004553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424122.58/cwt120.00–127.505204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530130.00/cwt130.00–130.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535118.75/cwt117.50–120.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565127.50/cwt127.50–127.507201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600122.50/cwt122.50–122.507352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635124.96/cwt122.50–127.507932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60089.55/cwt88.00–91.001,4332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96339.20/cwt35.00–45.003774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04151.30/cwt50.00–54.005345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12560.00/cwt60.00–60.006752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,8882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,8003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100661.36/cwt525.00–775.007,2756
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,450875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,6881
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,000650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,5001

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.