Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-02-19

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 19
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 200▲ 77 vs year ago 78 · +98.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 22 · −9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $277.18/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$277.18
54 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$448
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$129.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+27.99
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486282.931,37532
Medium and Large 1-2392280.321,10020
Medium and Large 3603153.759262thin
One grade step is worth $129.18/cwt here — about $448 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 sale54 hd
277.18
—
MS average13 barns · 596 hd
249.19
+27.99
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—High1,645117.001,9252thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12699.071,1164thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93860.015633thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1561
Steers—Medium and Large 1390330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2871
Steers—Medium and Large 1425290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2331
Steers—Medium and Large 1485310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5041
Steers—Medium and Large 1500282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3240233.93/cwt225.00–242.505612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed265275.00/cwt275.00–275.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280280.27/cwt265.00–295.007854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285320.00/cwt320.00–320.009121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300310.00/cwt305.00–315.009302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328284.86/cwt255.00–305.009349
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335222.50/cwt222.50–222.507451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369295.31/cwt282.50–305.001,0905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370250.00/cwt250.00–250.009253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1402303.32/cwt295.00–315.001,2193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445217.50/cwt217.50–217.509681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470248.74/cwt247.50–250.001,1692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full480252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1240322.55/cwt320.00–325.007742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1263348.43/cwt337.50–360.009162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2268306.49/cwt290.00–325.008215
Bulls—Medium and Large 3305220.00/cwt220.00–220.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316350.14/cwt335.00–360.001,1064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2318294.72/cwt280.00–305.009377
Bulls—Medium and Large 1362334.91/cwt330.00–340.001,2123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425312.32/cwt305.00–320.001,3272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463297.70/cwt290.00–305.001,3782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full485255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503271.29/cwt265.00–279.001,3653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1611250.03/cwt240.00–255.001,5284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy653225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655233.13/cwt230.00–235.001,5274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy665218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full780175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3651
Bulls—Medium and Large 390087.50/cwt87.50–87.507881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,400112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,5681
Bulls——1,890122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,3061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89547.51/cwt45.00–50.004252
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02585.00/cwt85.00–85.008711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12699.07/cwt98.00–102.001,1164

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.