Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-07-10

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 100▼ 49 vs year ago 109 · −45.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 70▼ 77 vs year ago 100 · −77.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 11▲ 0 vs year ago 30 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 10.00-20.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND STRONG ON A LIGHT RUN. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $234.69/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$234.69
19 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.98
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437254.301,11012thin
Medium and Large 1-2445225.001,0012thin
Medium and Large 2539191.501,0335thin
One grade step is worth $62.80/cwt here — about $78 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 sale19 hd
234.69
—
MS average7 barns · 367 hd
204.72
+29.98
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—Average1,945119.282,3202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07589.279606thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96383.508042thin

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)1,070$1,1176
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$1,0901thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,035$8503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)800$1,0502thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)885$1111thin

Every lot

38 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 1230315.00/cwt315.00–315.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 1365275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0041
Steers—Medium and Large 1400270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0801
Steers—Medium and Large 1460247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1391
Steers—Medium and Large 1545230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2541
Steers—Medium and Large 1567228.35/cwt227.50–230.001,2953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255232.50/cwt232.50–232.505931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360235.00/cwt235.00–235.008461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425228.75/cwt227.50–230.009722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440212.50/cwt212.50–212.509352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523179.17/cwt177.50–181.009372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,2222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2785147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,6061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305300.00/cwt300.00–300.009151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385220.00/cwt220.00–220.008471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420256.88/cwt250.00–265.001,0795
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2453202.50/cwt202.50–202.509172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480236.58/cwt222.50–245.001,1363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500241.25/cwt225.00–257.501,2062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,945119.28/cwt118.00–120.502,3202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90075.00/cwt75.00–75.006751
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02592.00/cwt92.00–92.009431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02579.00/cwt78.00–80.008102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10094.41/cwt89.00–100.001,0394
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19701,090.00/head1,090.00–1,090.001,0901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035850.00/head850.00–850.008503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,040.00/head1,040.00–1,040.001,0405
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1701,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1885111.00/head111.00–111.001111
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502

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.