Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-07-31

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 31
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 190▼ 60 vs year ago 160 · −37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 24▼ 22 vs year ago 34 · −64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 3.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND VERY GOOD FOR ALL CLASSES. SOMEWHAT LIGHTER NUMBERS AS HIGH TEMPERATURES CONTINUE. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.62/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$244.62
39 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,315
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.81
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537244.621,31539
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale39 hd
244.62
—
MS average13 barns · 866 hd
247.43
−2.81
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—Average1,245102.631,2783thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,333104.491,3933thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91370.006392thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1455248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,13110
Steers—Medium and Large 1545246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,34318
Steers—Medium and Large 1600238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,42811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1185232.00/cwt232.00–232.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215270.00/cwt270.00–270.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378223.82/cwt220.00–227.508462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400200.00/cwt200.00–200.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428227.96/cwt227.00–235.009769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478227.47/cwt222.50–232.501,0872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509216.29/cwt210.00–218.001,1015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2165237.50/cwt237.50–237.503923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225280.00/cwt280.00–280.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275200.00/cwt200.00–200.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280259.82/cwt250.00–270.007272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373249.53/cwt240.00–260.009312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380215.00/cwt215.00–215.008171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400245.00/cwt245.00–245.009801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400237.50/cwt237.50–237.509502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435208.72/cwt207.50–210.009082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455187.50/cwt187.50–187.508531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575207.00/cwt205.00–208.001,1903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1805157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1960136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,245102.63/cwt101.00–105.001,2783
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80047.00/cwt47.00–47.003761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02593.00/cwt93.00–93.009531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333104.49/cwt100.00–108.001,3933

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.