Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-03-06

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 6
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 59▲ 28 vs year ago 62 · +45.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 22▼ 2 vs year ago 12 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 25▲ 24 vs year ago 2 · +1,200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS 10.00-20.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND VERY STRONG.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $216.68/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$216.68
40 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.81
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546216.681,18440
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale40 hd
216.68
—
MS average13 barns · 931 hd
219.49
−2.81
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—High1,683118.001,9863thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26084.001,0582thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$1,0005
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)986$9937

Every lot

24 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1390205.00/cwt205.00–205.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1413222.92/cwt220.00–227.509218
Steers—Medium and Large 1495219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0841
Steers—Medium and Large 1555223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,23820
Steers—Medium and Large 1657200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,31410
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265187.50/cwt187.50–187.504971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330210.00/cwt210.00–210.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370211.59/cwt205.00–217.507832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425211.00/cwt211.00–211.008973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455186.62/cwt182.50–190.008493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545182.50/cwt182.50–182.5099510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565170.00/cwt170.00–170.009611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0929
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400167.50/cwt167.50–167.506701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475191.25/cwt187.50–195.009082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600160.00/cwt160.00–160.009603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655147.50/cwt147.50–147.509661
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,683118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,9863
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04581.00/cwt81.00–81.008461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2831
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29501,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2986993.48/head850.00–1,150.009937

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.