Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-11-08

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 190▲ 60 vs year ago 120 · +50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 37▼ 14 vs year ago 54 · −25.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady and feeder bulls sold steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.51/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$114.51
24 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.00
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483124.3260013thin
Medium and Large 2620102.9263811thin
One grade step is worth $21.40/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale24 hd
114.51
—
MS average13 barns · 1,185 hd
124.52
−10.00
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—Average1,58081.251,2842thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16056.686572thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93533.733154thin

Every lot

41 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 1310165.00/cwt165.00–165.005121
Steers—Medium and Large 1425147.50/cwt147.50–147.506271
Steers—Medium and Large 1468142.58/cwt137.50–147.506672
Steers—Medium and Large 2520127.50/cwt127.50–127.506631
Steers—Medium and Large 1525147.20/cwt140.00–154.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 1575138.73/cwt132.00–145.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 2580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1745127.50/cwt127.50–127.509501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270135.00/cwt135.00–135.003651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370136.11/cwt132.00–140.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420122.50/cwt122.50–122.505151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428133.86/cwt130.00–137.505732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475127.74/cwt120.00–135.006072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515102.50/cwt102.50–102.505281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518118.35/cwt114.00–122.506132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580113.26/cwt112.50–114.006572
Heifers—Medium and Large 261097.50/cwt97.50–97.505951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633111.26/cwt110.00–112.507042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665100.02/cwt97.50–102.506652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725100.02/cwt97.50–102.507252
Heifers—Medium and Large 277589.76/cwt87.50–92.006962
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1255167.50/cwt167.50–167.504271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273137.39/cwt132.00–142.503752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318168.58/cwt165.00–172.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415142.19/cwt137.00–147.505902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468140.08/cwt135.00–145.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535119.43/cwt112.00–127.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570121.28/cwt120.00–122.506912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610107.50/cwt107.50–107.506562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660107.50/cwt107.50–107.507101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58081.25/cwt76.00–86.001,2842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89527.07/cwt24.00–30.002422
Cows—Lean 85-90%97540.38/cwt35.00–45.003942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16056.68/cwt53.00–60.006572

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.