Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-11-13

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 13
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 100▼ 58 vs year ago 116 · −50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 30▼ 25 vs year ago 60 · −41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. FANCY CALVES DID REALLY WELL. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $199.14/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$199.14
29 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$924
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$66.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461218.501,00810thin
Medium and Large 1-2438210.839249thin
Medium and Large 2484176.438547thin
Medium and Large 3503152.507683thin
One grade step is worth $66.00/cwt here — about $240 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 sale29 hd
199.14
—
MS average13 barns · 719 hd
202.23
−3.09
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%High1,17183.009727thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91760.205528thin

Every lot

35 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335215.00/cwt215.00–215.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365220.00/cwt220.00–220.008031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380202.50/cwt202.50–202.507703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418209.78/cwt205.00–220.008773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455204.00/cwt204.00–204.009281
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470165.00/cwt165.00–165.007761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545180.00/cwt180.00–180.009811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2745147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,0991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2215217.50/cwt217.50–217.504681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2255210.00/cwt210.00–210.005361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300197.50/cwt192.50–202.505932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345247.50/cwt247.50–247.508541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy355235.00/cwt235.00–235.008341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365207.50/cwt207.50–207.507572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385237.50/cwt237.50–237.509141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400165.00/cwt165.00–165.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425202.50/cwt202.50–202.508612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455212.50/cwt212.50–212.509673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463229.96/cwt227.50–232.501,0652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy490205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1002
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510167.50/cwt167.50–167.508541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563207.56/cwt205.00–210.001,1692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585155.00/cwt155.00–155.009071
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0351
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Fleshy600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Full97585.00/cwt85.00–85.008291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72545.00/cwt45.00–45.003261
Cows—Lean 85-90%87562.00/cwt62.00–62.005431
Cows—Lean 85-90%95662.43/cwt59.00–70.005976
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16281.83/cwt73.00–86.009516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1031

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.