Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-06-03

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 3
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 33▼ 47 vs year ago 79 · −59.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 7▼ 13 vs year ago 30 · −43.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 42 vs year ago 45 · −93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL A TREND. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $262.50/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −121.15 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$262.50
6 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,424
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$463
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$65.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.22
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550275.001,5132thin
Medium and Large 1552271.671,4993thin
Medium and Large 3500210.001,0501thin
One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about $463 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
262.50
—
MS average10 barns · 108 hd
264.72
−2.22
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−121.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
455408362315median 383.6504/1305/1808/0310/1210/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.81, low $328.90, median $383.65 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,455148.002,1531thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,154129.381,49310
CowsLean 85-90%Average845105.168894thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,5002thin

Every lot

24 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270267.50/cwt267.50–267.507222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0681
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,0331
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy525237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2472
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3681
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy419294.02/cwt257.50–317.501,2325
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3382
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3455187.50/cwt187.50–187.508531
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3Fleshy500210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4961
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5132
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728223.77/cwt217.50–230.001,6292
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6402
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,455148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,1531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80090.00/cwt90.00–90.007201
Cows—Lean 85-90%860110.21/cwt94.00–118.009483
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101123.33/cwt114.00–130.001,3586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234138.45/cwt137.00–140.001,7084
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0251,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002

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.