Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-05-29

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 95▲ 51 vs year ago 65 · +78.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 21▼ 4 vs year ago 14 · −28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 30▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $211.20/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$211.20
30 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$473
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$82.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.87
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436222.5597022
Medium and Large 1-2405185.717527thin
Medium and Large 3355140.004971thin
One grade step is worth $82.55/cwt here — about $473 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 sale30 hd
211.20
—
MS average12 barns · 561 hd
191.33
+19.87
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—Average1,075105.001,1291thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16396.121,1182thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02684.668685thin

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)1,053$9464thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,105$9252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)893$7753thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)971$1,21613
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)767$1,1673thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2350175.00/cwt175.00–175.006134
Steers—Medium and Large 1500237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1887
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2952
Steers—Medium and Large 1755202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,5805
Steers—Medium and Large 2985137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275235.00/cwt235.00–235.006461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380182.50/cwt182.50–182.506941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414217.99/cwt212.50–225.0090211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438227.66/cwt200.00–255.009972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540147.50/cwt147.50–147.507971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0356
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1483
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1228276.37/cwt257.50–285.006303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285197.50/cwt197.50–197.505632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325250.23/cwt242.50–257.508132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345190.00/cwt190.00–190.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 3355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372228.55/cwt202.50–250.008503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445222.50/cwt222.50–222.509901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465211.25/cwt210.00–212.509822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517201.65/cwt182.00–220.001,0435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525175.00/cwt175.00–175.009193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565191.89/cwt185.00–197.501,0844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2071
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,075105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86556.00/cwt56.00–56.004841
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06691.83/cwt81.00–100.009794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16396.12/cwt95.00–97.001,1182
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28911,155.10/head1,025.00–1,250.001,15511
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4101,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800625.00/head625.00–625.006252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,053945.97/head910.00–975.009464
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0801,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105925.00/head925.00–925.009252

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.