Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-01-23

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 23
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 135 vs last sale 220▼ 285 vs year ago 370 · −77.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 32▼ 15 vs year ago 30 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 6▼ 8 vs year ago 13 · −61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER HEIFERS AND STEERS TRADED MOSTLY MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $152.38/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$152.38
39 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.89
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478163.1778019thin
Medium and Large 1-2552142.1478520
One grade step is worth $21.03/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale39 hd
152.38
—
MS average13 barns · 525 hd
156.28
−3.89
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—Average1,50075.001,1251thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23876.739504thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average89249.134383thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,0502thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)965$7502thin

Every lot

45 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 1230205.00/cwt205.00–205.004721
Steers—Medium and Large 1328212.23/cwt207.50–217.506962
Steers—Medium and Large 1380195.00/cwt195.00–195.007411
Steers—Medium and Large 1405210.00/cwt210.00–210.008511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2200135.00/cwt135.00–135.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1210155.00/cwt155.00–155.003261
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300132.50/cwt132.50–132.503981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325155.19/cwt147.50–162.505043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335145.00/cwt145.00–145.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375142.50/cwt142.50–142.505343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385162.50/cwt162.50–162.506261
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413132.74/cwt132.50–133.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415157.50/cwt157.50–157.506542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475142.50/cwt142.50–142.506771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528135.04/cwt132.50–137.507136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530143.86/cwt140.00–147.507622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550132.50/cwt132.50–132.507293
Heifers—Medium and Large 355087.50/cwt87.50–87.504811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 360085.00/cwt85.00–85.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605137.50/cwt137.50–137.508322
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2245157.50/cwt157.50–157.503863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1290170.00/cwt170.00–170.004931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320177.27/cwt160.00–192.505672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370172.50/cwt172.50–172.506383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385173.13/cwt165.00–185.006674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426172.41/cwt165.00–185.007344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465165.00/cwt165.00–165.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510162.50/cwt162.50–162.508291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583152.25/cwt152.00–152.508882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623151.00/cwt142.50–160.009412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660140.04/cwt135.00–145.009246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700122.50/cwt122.50–122.508583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725137.50/cwt137.50–137.509971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1800122.00/cwt122.00–122.009761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820112.50/cwt112.50–112.509232
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,50075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88856.20/cwt51.00–60.004992
Cows—Lean 85-90%90035.00/cwt35.00–35.003151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18574.43/cwt74.00–75.008822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29079.03/cwt78.00–80.001,0192
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2965750.00/head750.00–750.007502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502

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.