Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-09-25

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 25
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 115▼ 80 vs year ago 170 · −47.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▼ 19 vs year ago 21 · −90.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $202.20/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$202.20
26 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,111
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$125
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$64.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.25
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476217.491,0356thin
Medium and Large 1509216.061,09914thin
Medium and Large 3535160.008561thin
Medium and Large 1-2756153.491,1605thin
One grade step is worth $64.00/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale26 hd
202.20
—
MS average13 barns · 829 hd
200.95
+1.25
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%High1,425105.001,4961thin

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)900$1,0251thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305268.75/cwt267.50–270.008202
Steers—Medium and Large 1355270.00/cwt270.00–270.009591
Steers—Medium and Large 1467250.14/cwt245.00–255.001,1683
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275248.75/cwt245.00–252.506842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335245.07/cwt242.50–247.508212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363243.02/cwt235.00–250.008825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368220.11/cwt217.50–225.008103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy690180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy780175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy815162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed260250.00/cwt250.00–250.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300257.50/cwt255.00–260.007732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365255.00/cwt255.00–255.009311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy380245.00/cwt245.00–245.009311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy385205.00/cwt205.00–205.007891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435225.00/cwt225.00–225.009791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468222.46/cwt220.00–225.001,0412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525213.66/cwt205.00–223.001,1222
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535160.00/cwt160.00–160.008561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy700160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy750175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned756153.49/cwt152.50–155.001,1605
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,425105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4961
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19001,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251

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.