Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-07-17

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 60▲ 60 vs year ago 49 · +122.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 23▲ 20 vs year ago 20 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $218.11/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$218.11
38 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,035
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.25
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1439230.451,01223
Medium and Large 1-2473212.501,0048thin
Medium and Large 2594183.971,0927thin
One grade step is worth $46.47/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale38 hd
218.11
—
MS average13 barns · 698 hd
205.86
+12.25
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—Average1,288108.661,4002thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14790.881,0425thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98074.327285thin

Every lot

50 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 1300265.00/cwt265.00–265.007951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345247.50/cwt247.50–247.508542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0122
Steers—Medium and Large 1465245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1250232.50/cwt232.50–232.505811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355220.00/cwt220.00–220.007812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376228.05/cwt220.00–235.008574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440210.00/cwt210.00–210.009242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445210.00/cwt210.00–210.009351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455167.50/cwt167.50–167.507621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475217.24/cwt217.00–217.501,0322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500180.00/cwt180.00–180.009001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,1552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235255.00/cwt255.00–255.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2255198.00/cwt198.00–198.005051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268255.06/cwt245.00–265.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1303250.14/cwt232.50–267.507582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy375240.00/cwt240.00–240.009001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380235.33/cwt220.00–250.008943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385232.50/cwt232.50–232.508952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408232.45/cwt230.00–235.009482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425212.50/cwt212.50–212.509032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460227.61/cwt217.50–237.501,0472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1511225.69/cwt212.50–235.001,1535
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1071
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545189.00/cwt180.00–198.001,0302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558215.13/cwt205.00–225.001,2002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608187.41/cwt180.00–195.001,1392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2920162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,4901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1990150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4851
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,288108.66/cwt98.00–116.001,4002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%91386.00/cwt86.00–86.007852
Cows—Lean 85-90%91371.79/cwt60.00–81.006552
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02585.00/cwt80.00–90.008712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02558.00/cwt58.00–58.005951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30394.14/cwt90.00–97.001,2273

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.