Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-08-14

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 108▼ 101 vs year ago 150 · −67.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 35▼ 64 vs year ago 89 · −71.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 25▼ 45 vs year ago 50 · −90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND STRONG . 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 $235.52/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$235.52
14 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$290
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.96
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402237.8695613thin
Medium and Large 3325205.006661thin
One grade step is worth $32.86/cwt here — about $290 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 sale14 hd
235.52
—
MS average13 barns · 590 hd
209.55
+25.96
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—Average1,235114.001,4081thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,157106.621,23310
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02582.348445thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,045$9003thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1668221.32/cwt217.50–225.001,4782
Steers—Medium and Large 1700242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315243.75/cwt242.50–245.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345225.00/cwt225.00–225.007761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380240.00/cwt240.00–240.009121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428241.30/cwt232.50–250.001,0332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy455215.50/cwt215.50–215.509811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500127.50/cwt127.50–127.506381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1215255.00/cwt255.00–255.005481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed223245.00/cwt245.00–245.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325205.00/cwt205.00–205.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335260.00/cwt260.00–260.008711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395252.00/cwt252.00–252.009951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy410233.86/cwt225.00–242.509592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full530205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full570210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,235114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,4081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00079.68/cwt75.00–87.507974
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,063102.11/cwt99.00–105.001,0852
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180107.75/cwt102.50–113.001,2718
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,045900.00/head900.00–900.009003

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.