Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-02-12

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 12
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 70▲ 101 vs year ago 99 · +102.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 29▼ 22 vs year ago 32 · −68.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 20▼ 33 vs year ago 35 · −94.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-6.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY ATTRACTIVE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $309.12/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$309.12
75 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,400
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$96.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.18
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2326338.001,10215thin
Medium and Large 1484306.191,48156
Medium and Large 2500241.881,2104thin
One grade step is worth $96.13/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale75 hd
309.12
—
MS average13 barns · 1,271 hd
304.95
+4.18
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—High1,468118.831,7453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,250111.751,3974thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02585.008711thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,9002thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added275335.00/cwt335.00–335.009216
Steers—Medium and Large 1329338.36/cwt325.00–340.001,1139
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added360340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2249
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added379339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,2854
Steers—Medium and Large 2410252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0351
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added442320.76/cwt307.00–328.001,41820
Steers—Medium and Large 2478250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1952
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added504277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3965
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added594286.03/cwt266.00–290.001,69912
Steers—Medium and Large 2635215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3651
Steers—Medium and Large 1640248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5871
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added695253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7585
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1205340.00/cwt340.00–340.006971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added215295.00/cwt295.00–295.006341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed250300.00/cwt300.00–300.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added315305.00/cwt305.00–305.009614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365225.00/cwt225.00–225.008211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added370280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373269.97/cwt265.00–275.001,0072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,13314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added445286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,27315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Full455207.50/cwt207.50–207.509442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added480236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,35210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy555202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4527
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Full735190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1230350.00/cwt350.00–350.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355265.00/cwt265.00–265.009411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371319.11/cwt290.00–335.001,1845
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420302.23/cwt295.00–310.001,2692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Full450217.50/cwt217.50–217.509791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478284.93/cwt275.00–305.001,3623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478256.02/cwt255.00–257.001,2244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608236.20/cwt232.50–240.001,4362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full735165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,455132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,9211
Bulls——1,475112.25/cwt105.00–120.001,6562
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0461
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02585.00/cwt85.00–85.008711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5243
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002

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.