Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-09-18

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 18
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 96▲ 3 vs year ago 112 · +2.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 18▼ 25 vs year ago 35 · −71.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 27 vs year ago 30 · −90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER HEIFERS AND STEERS TRADED 5.00- 12.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 6.00-8.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD ON A LIGHT SUPPLY. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.66/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$215.66
50 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,104
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$407
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.34
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536221.031,18532
Medium and Large 1-2459218.931,0047thin
Medium and Large 2486201.929809thin
Medium and Large 3433180.007792thin
One grade step is worth $41.03/cwt here — about $407 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 sale50 hd
215.66
—
MS average13 barns · 1,476 hd
224.00
−8.34
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%High1,117100.341,1213thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1413263.64/cwt260.00–267.501,0892
Steers—Medium and Large 2430215.12/cwt205.00–225.009252
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2311
Steers—Medium and Large 2540218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1771
Steers—Medium and Large 1545247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3491
Steers—Medium and Large 1550256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4081
Steers—Medium and Large 2550205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1281
Steers—Medium and Large 3585175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0241
Steers—Medium and Large 2600202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255255.00/cwt255.00–255.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300226.25/cwt225.00–227.506792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335242.50/cwt242.50–242.508122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350245.00/cwt245.00–245.008581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419235.70/cwt230.00–240.009887
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450217.50/cwt217.50–217.509791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458233.69/cwt230.00–237.501,0702
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465180.00/cwt180.00–180.008371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy500215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505230.05/cwt222.50–237.501,1623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530192.38/cwt180.00–205.001,0202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full550190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy555185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full565212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566222.16/cwt217.50–229.001,2574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full605185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy613210.15/cwt202.50–217.501,2882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615215.85/cwt210.00–222.001,3272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668214.94/cwt210.00–220.001,4362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full710185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718207.56/cwt205.00–210.001,4902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2165255.00/cwt255.00–255.004213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2180245.00/cwt245.00–245.004411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285260.00/cwt260.00–260.007411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300220.00/cwt220.00–220.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320258.77/cwt257.50–260.008282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345242.50/cwt242.50–242.508372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375257.30/cwt245.00–270.009654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390210.00/cwt210.00–210.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400220.00/cwt220.00–220.008801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412243.28/cwt240.00–245.001,0023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy420227.50/cwt227.50–227.509561
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470207.29/cwt202.50–212.509742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513218.78/cwt217.50–220.001,1222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515221.27/cwt220.00–222.501,1402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy685203.75/cwt200.00–207.501,3962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy875162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,4221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01391.01/cwt90.00–92.009222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5771
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2700109.00/cwt109.00–109.007632

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.