Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-10-16

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 108▲ 47 vs year ago 70 · +67.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 11▲ 6 vs year ago 32 · +18.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▼ 6 vs year ago 26 · −23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $224.55/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$224.55
31 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$59.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.64
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446238.161,06314thin
Medium and Large 1-2396217.9686215thin
Medium and Large 2540178.759652thin
One grade step is worth $59.41/cwt here — about $97 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
224.55
—
MS average13 barns · 662 hd
193.91
+30.64
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—Average1,925111.002,1371thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15082.379477thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00269.837006thin

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)1,350$1,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$1,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,450$9251thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1465265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy485255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,2391
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full515202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1721
Steers—Medium and Large 1600225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3501
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy675205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310212.50/cwt212.50–212.506593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325205.00/cwt205.00–205.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365212.50/cwt212.50–212.507762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465210.00/cwt210.00–210.009771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1361
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569216.31/cwt205.00–225.001,2314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy625155.00/cwt155.00–155.009691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235215.00/cwt215.00–215.005052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265275.00/cwt275.00–275.007291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290217.50/cwt217.50–217.506312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330202.50/cwt202.50–202.506681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365249.21/cwt245.00–258.009103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365220.00/cwt220.00–220.008032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423218.88/cwt205.00–227.509265
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427249.80/cwt245.00–260.001,0673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2555215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630217.32/cwt210.00–225.001,3692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2750155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,925111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,1371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98462.00/cwt59.00–65.006104
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03885.49/cwt85.00–86.008872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10480.60/cwt75.00–85.008906
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,3251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2001,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3501,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,450925.00/head925.00–925.009251

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.