Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-07-24

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 24
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 109▲ 133 vs year ago 57 · +233.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 40▼ 11 vs year ago 35 · −31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▼ 15 vs year ago 40 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY TO 4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND MODERATE ON LIGHT SUPPLY. 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 $228.75/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$228.75
24 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.53
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1401241.1096716thin
Medium and Large 1-2465222.501,0352thin
Medium and Large 2382197.927556thin
One grade step is worth $43.18/cwt here — about $211 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 sale24 hd
228.75
—
MS average13 barns · 527 hd
200.22
+28.53
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%High1,19998.021,1759thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93570.696615thin

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 (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,3751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,144$1,2324thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,175$1,2001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)900$1,0503thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)845$3386

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 · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235147.61/cwt145.00–150.003472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265235.00/cwt235.00–235.006231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310227.50/cwt227.50–227.507051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360236.30/cwt232.50–240.008512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373194.45/cwt180.00–215.007255
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400167.50/cwt167.50–167.506701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410215.00/cwt215.00–215.008821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425175.00/cwt175.00–175.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455170.00/cwt170.00–170.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575117.50/cwt117.50–117.506761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600155.00/cwt155.00–155.009301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2200210.00/cwt210.00–210.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320255.01/cwt245.00–270.008164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335170.00/cwt170.00–170.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350211.25/cwt202.50–220.007392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370234.41/cwt222.50–245.008674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418237.98/cwt235.00–242.509955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555177.50/cwt177.50–177.509851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85057.00/cwt57.00–57.004851
Cows—Lean 85-90%90089.00/cwt89.00–89.008011
Cows—Lean 85-90%97569.15/cwt62.00–78.006743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04092.46/cwt90.00–95.009622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24499.61/cwt95.00–106.001,2397
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2650550.00/head550.00–550.005503
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040126.00/head126.00–126.001263
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1001,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1631,213.71/head1,175.00–1,250.001,2142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1751,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001

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.