Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-03-13

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 13
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 90▲ 76 vs year ago 40 · +190.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 5 vs year ago 20 · −25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 26▲ 16 vs year ago 9 · +177.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED UNEVENLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $224.29/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$224.29
41 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$925
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2399230.569219thin
Medium and Large 1416222.5392532
One grade step is worth $8.02/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale41 hd
224.29
—
MS average13 barns · 814 hd
224.29
+0.00
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07283.228923thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89248.194307thin

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)1,200$1,0755
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)855$7004thin

Every lot

37 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 1250235.00/cwt235.00–235.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 1325217.50/cwt217.50–217.507071
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added355245.00/cwt245.00–245.008705
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380225.00/cwt225.00–225.008554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415235.00/cwt235.00–235.009755
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added425220.00/cwt220.00–220.0093515
Steers—Medium and Large 1453217.06/cwt195.00–220.009839
Steers—Medium and Large 1505190.00/cwt190.00–190.009601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3240135.00/cwt135.00–135.003241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300177.50/cwt177.50–177.505331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360193.91/cwt190.00–205.006984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415190.00/cwt190.00–190.007891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added420205.00/cwt205.00–205.0086112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435147.00/cwt147.00–147.0063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450205.00/cwt205.00–205.009231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573158.54/cwt142.50–175.009082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2240177.50/cwt177.50–177.504262
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
Bulls—Medium and Large 3300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added490210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,02910
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530119.86/cwt105.00–135.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576182.95/cwt160.00–195.001,0548
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668160.72/cwt159.00–162.501,0742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1781
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80026.00/cwt26.00–26.002081
Cows—Lean 85-90%81838.93/cwt31.00–50.003183
Cows—Lean 85-90%99764.85/cwt62.00–70.006473
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07283.22/cwt76.00–88.008923
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2855700.00/head700.00–700.007004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0755

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.