Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-02-06

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 51▲ 17 vs year ago 18 · +94.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 40▲ 11 vs year ago 4 · +275.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 80▲ 58 vs year ago 2 · +2,900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

FEEDER HEIFERS AND STEERS TRADED 5.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GREAT. 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 $128.95/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$128.95
14 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$407
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$60.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2615144.838919thin
Medium and Large 2510125.006382thin
Medium and Large 357783.954843thin
One grade step is worth $60.89/cwt here — about $407 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 sale14 hd
128.95
—
MS average11 barns · 276 hd
155.05
−26.09
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—Average1,00092.009201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High985100.009851thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05067.177054thin

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)1,400$1,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,135$1,3254thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,103$1,17312
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$1,1501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$1,0503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,134$1,31911

Every lot

27 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 1325212.51/cwt210.00–215.006913
Steers—Medium and Large 1463189.76/cwt175.00–205.008792
Steers—Medium and Large 1500190.00/cwt190.00–190.009501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2150167.50/cwt167.50–167.502512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345132.50/cwt132.50–132.504573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363170.10/cwt165.00–175.006172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435165.00/cwt165.00–165.007181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400170.00/cwt170.00–170.006803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2445115.00/cwt115.00–115.005121
Bulls—Medium and Large 351590.92/cwt80.00–102.504682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545162.00/cwt162.00–162.008833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575135.00/cwt135.00–135.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 370070.00/cwt70.00–70.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2900102.50/cwt102.50–102.509233
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,00092.00/cwt92.00–92.009201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%985100.00/cwt100.00–100.009851
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00859.56/cwt53.00–66.006003
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0581
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0401,267.31/head1,225.00–1,325.001,2675
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2131,362.11/head1,325.00–1,400.001,3626
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0801,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1031,173.28/head1,075.00–1,275.001,17312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4001,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501

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.