Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-10-09

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 9
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 127▼ 21 vs year ago 129 · −16.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 8▼ 19 vs year ago 30 · −63.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $205.95/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$205.95
31 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,030
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$108.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.96
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476221.311,05321
Medium and Large 1-2460208.249586thin
Medium and Large 2650150.009751thin
Medium and Large 3700112.507883thin
One grade step is worth $108.81/cwt here — about $265 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
205.95
—
MS average13 barns · 814 hd
200.99
+4.96
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—Average1,725116.002,0011thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25990.141,13510

Every lot

30 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 · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3235135.00/cwt135.00–135.003171
Heifers—Medium and Large 3300142.50/cwt142.50–142.504281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325245.00/cwt245.00–245.007961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377229.20/cwt225.00–232.508643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390200.00/cwt200.00–200.007803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420224.94/cwt220.00–230.009452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460212.50/cwt212.50–212.509781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518178.37/cwt167.50–190.009242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524211.36/cwt200.00–222.501,1084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558209.23/cwt202.50–220.001,1683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1531
Heifers—Medium and Large 3850125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235245.00/cwt245.00–245.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374229.88/cwt225.00–240.008604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full375200.00/cwt200.00–200.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425234.92/cwt230.00–240.009983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435211.11/cwt205.00–217.509184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465228.75/cwt225.00–232.501,0642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522213.78/cwt205.00–222.001,1165
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568217.28/cwt202.50–225.001,2343
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650150.00/cwt150.00–150.009751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2771
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Fleshy700112.50/cwt112.50–112.507883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,725116.00/cwt116.00–116.002,0011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25288.93/cwt80.00–90.001,1139
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3381

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.