Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-10-02

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 2
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 90▲ 23 vs year ago 104 · +22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 2▼ 17 vs year ago 25 · −68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS 5.00-10.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS STEADY TO 3.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. 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 $201.52/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$201.52
38 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$73
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$84.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.26
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2325245.007963thin
Medium and Large 1511214.221,09417thin
Medium and Large 2427199.3585010thin
Medium and Large 3540160.928698thin
One grade step is worth $84.08/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale38 hd
201.52
—
MS average12 barns · 649 hd
196.25
+5.26
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—Average1,793110.521,9822thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14296.771,1053thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345127.50/cwt127.50–127.504401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361206.07/cwt200.00–210.007445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008861
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408135.46/cwt110.00–160.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467210.81/cwt200.00–220.009846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy475202.50/cwt202.50–202.509621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475127.50/cwt127.50–127.506061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500180.00/cwt180.00–180.009001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Full615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009841
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625132.50/cwt132.50–132.508281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full635205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3190180.00/cwt180.00–180.003421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed225220.00/cwt220.00–220.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed255240.00/cwt240.00–240.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325245.00/cwt245.00–245.007963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy355180.00/cwt180.00–180.006391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385235.84/cwt232.50–240.009083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy420215.00/cwt215.00–215.009031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433228.68/cwt222.50–232.509904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435207.50/cwt207.50–207.509031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470227.26/cwt220.00–235.001,0682
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473200.00/cwt200.00–200.009462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy515212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0941
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518156.62/cwt152.50–160.008113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Fleshy600180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0801
Bulls—Medium and Large 3600172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1612200.82/cwt200.00–202.501,2293
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy680165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full700155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0851
Bulls—Medium and Large 3700150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,793110.52/cwt108.00–113.001,9822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02585.00/cwt85.00–85.008711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200102.66/cwt100.00–105.001,2322

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.