Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-11-27

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 27
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 58▼ 188 vs year ago 274 · −68.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 35▼ 15 vs year ago 40 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 6.00-12.00 CHEAPER. FANCY STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 3.00 - 5.00 HIGHER. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $200.62/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$200.62
34 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$851
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$323
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$76.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2385226.008705thin
Medium and Large 1406219.2789115thin
Medium and Large 2473175.1882812thin
Medium and Large 3365150.005482thin
One grade step is worth $76.00/cwt here — about $323 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 sale34 hd
200.62
—
MS average7 barns · 365 hd
182.11
+18.51
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—Average1,545113.581,7555thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19691.841,0988thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95160.775784thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1340240.00/cwt240.00–240.008161
Steers—Medium and Large 1372245.00/cwt245.00–245.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 1420236.07/cwt232.50–240.009912
Steers—Medium and Large 1475232.17/cwt222.00–245.001,1033
Steers—Medium and Large 1505215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0861
Steers—Medium and Large 1580207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310215.00/cwt215.00–215.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355205.00/cwt205.00–205.007281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428177.59/cwt172.50–182.507602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480152.50/cwt152.50–152.507322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500158.00/cwt158.00–158.007901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640127.50/cwt127.50–127.508161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy730117.00/cwt117.00–117.008541
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2118160.00/cwt160.00–160.001891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235210.00/cwt210.00–210.004941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285232.50/cwt232.50–232.506631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322233.98/cwt230.00–240.007533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358232.55/cwt230.00–235.008332
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365150.00/cwt145.00–155.005482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385226.00/cwt225.00–227.508705
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390205.00/cwt205.00–205.008001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408233.77/cwt232.50–235.009542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423191.33/cwt187.50–197.508094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full440225.00/cwt225.00–225.009901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463214.73/cwt205.00–225.009942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465175.00/cwt175.00–175.008141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy490195.00/cwt195.00–195.009561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515190.00/cwt190.00–190.009791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528178.94/cwt170.00–195.009453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy705172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy725130.00/cwt130.00–130.009431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,467115.64/cwt115.00–116.001,6963
Bulls——1,663110.48/cwt110.00–111.001,8372
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80042.00/cwt42.00–42.003361
Cows—Lean 85-90%99071.04/cwt70.00–72.007032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02559.00/cwt59.00–59.006051
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06886.21/cwt85.00–87.509212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23893.72/cwt91.00–95.001,1606

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.