Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-08-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 100▼ 10 vs year ago 118 · −8.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 12▼ 55 vs year ago 90 · −61.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▼ 55 vs year ago 80 · −68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. DEMAND STRONG ON SHORT SUPPLY. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.58/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$220.58
31 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$97.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.52
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2345227.867867thin
Medium and Large 1467223.091,04122
Medium and Large 2400205.008201thin
Medium and Large 3375130.004881thin
One grade step is worth $97.86/cwt here — about $299 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 sale31 hd
220.58
—
MS average13 barns · 1,052 hd
222.10
−1.52
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—High1,319120.491,5893thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,145103.811,18930
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00891.349214thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,1047
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)800$1,0007
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)868$9696

Every lot

41 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 1345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 1465260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2091
Steers—Medium and Large 1541251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3586
Steers—Medium and Large 1565227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2851
Steers—Medium and Large 1675215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4511
Steers—Medium and Large 2675155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315245.00/cwt245.00–245.007721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345227.86/cwt225.00–230.007867
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383232.48/cwt230.00–235.008902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400205.00/cwt205.00–205.008201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428224.88/cwt210.00–235.009624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0698
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508222.61/cwt215.00–230.001,1312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy545155.00/cwt155.00–155.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569204.55/cwt200.00–206.001,1644
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285210.00/cwt210.00–210.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300230.00/cwt230.00–230.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355237.50/cwt237.50–237.508431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368264.88/cwt260.00–270.009754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430247.59/cwt245.00–250.001,0652
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435200.00/cwt200.00–200.008702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455185.00/cwt185.00–185.008421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475205.00/cwt205.00–205.009742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570212.87/cwt208.00–218.001,2132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618211.32/cwt205.00–218.001,3062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,4132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2800158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2643
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,228116.98/cwt114.00–120.001,4372
Bulls——1,500127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,9131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96379.13/cwt77.00–81.007622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053103.54/cwt102.00–105.001,0902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,070100.86/cwt89.00–107.001,07921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,321110.68/cwt108.00–115.001,4629
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2868969.10/head900.00–1,000.009696
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,103.57/head1,075.00–1,125.001,1047

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.