Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-06-26

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 26
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 66▲ 27 vs year ago 73 · +37.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 10▲ 55 vs year ago 15 · +366.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 25▼ 9 vs year ago 20 · −45.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $213.36/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$213.36
45 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$65.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.83
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426232.1298929
Medium and Large 1-2581186.961,08710thin
Medium and Large 2438166.677316thin
One grade step is worth $65.46/cwt here — about $258 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 sale45 hd
213.36
—
MS average13 barns · 520 hd
196.53
+16.83
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—Average1,480112.131,6594thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19387.371,04315
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02770.007194thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,500$1,3252thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)800$7005

Every lot

43 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1350270.00/cwt270.00–270.009451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280237.50/cwt237.50–237.506651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308219.51/cwt200.00–240.006766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321231.58/cwt220.00–245.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360223.08/cwt220.00–227.508034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365176.49/cwt167.50–185.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405200.00/cwt200.00–200.008102
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419216.93/cwt212.50–220.009094
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435152.50/cwt152.50–152.506631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470213.71/cwt210.00–217.501,0042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515207.57/cwt205.00–210.001,0692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1955152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,4561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1240246.48/cwt235.00–257.505922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273269.22/cwt257.50–285.007353
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300185.00/cwt165.00–205.005552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320259.77/cwt250.00–265.008313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370246.20/cwt245.00–247.509112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385165.00/cwt165.00–165.006351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390215.00/cwt215.00–215.008392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424234.43/cwt217.50–252.509949
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455155.00/cwt155.00–155.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473228.53/cwt215.00–242.501,0812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520206.57/cwt200.00–210.001,0743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578204.19/cwt192.50–212.501,1803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603192.41/cwt170.00–215.001,1604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2765125.00/cwt125.00–125.009561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,035110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1392
Bulls——1,500101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,5151
Bulls——2,350127.50/cwt127.50–127.502,9961
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02561.00/cwt50.00–72.006252
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02879.00/cwt78.00–80.008122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07877.15/cwt68.00–86.008327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29496.32/cwt90.00–100.001,2468
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800700.00/head700.00–700.007005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5001,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3252

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.