Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-11-06

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 6
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 98▲ 2 vs year ago 98 · +2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 17▲ 21 vs year ago 9 · +233.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 2▲ 3 vs year ago 3 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED 5.00-8.00 HIGHER. HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. 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 $216.47/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$216.47
48 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$982
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$528
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$92.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.54
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456228.841,04332
Medium and Large 1-2444212.869447thin
Medium and Large 2476186.438877thin
Medium and Large 3378136.255142thin
One grade step is worth $92.59/cwt here — about $528 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 sale48 hd
216.47
—
MS average13 barns · 735 hd
196.92
+19.54
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—Average1,753112.951,9802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16584.179819thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08062.666775thin

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)1,070$9752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$7502thin

Every lot

51 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 1185275.00/cwt275.00–275.005091
Steers—Medium and Large 1520245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2741
Steers—Medium and Large 1590230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255255.00/cwt255.00–255.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265199.00/cwt198.00–200.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330225.00/cwt225.00–225.007431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378219.37/cwt210.00–230.008295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408223.82/cwt220.00–227.509132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445180.00/cwt180.00–180.008012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy465155.00/cwt155.00–155.007211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468213.72/cwt212.50–215.001,0002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full545185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563173.93/cwt160.00–187.509792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full575150.00/cwt150.00–150.008631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy655185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265252.97/cwt240.00–265.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313255.02/cwt242.50–260.007985
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325220.00/cwt220.00–220.007151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330237.50/cwt237.50–237.507842
Bulls—Medium and Large 3355137.50/cwt137.50–137.504881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373249.77/cwt245.00–255.009322
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Full400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy410205.00/cwt205.00–205.008411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415243.10/cwt235.00–250.001,0097
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435182.50/cwt170.00–195.007942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy445205.00/cwt205.00–205.009123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy455217.50/cwt217.50–217.509901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468227.05/cwt220.00–232.001,0635
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490195.00/cwt195.00–195.009561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508232.39/cwt225.00–240.001,1812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full555215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555180.00/cwt180.00–180.009991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy600202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610201.53/cwt198.00–205.001,2292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy735162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1805162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,753112.95/cwt110.00–116.001,9802
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02552.00/cwt52.00–52.005331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09480.79/cwt76.00–84.008846
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09465.32/cwt62.00–68.007154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30890.92/cwt86.00–95.001,1893
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070975.00/head975.00–975.009752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200750.00/head750.00–750.007502

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.