Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-06-10

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 10
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 32▼ 84 vs year ago 131 · −64.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 17▼ 30 vs year ago 40 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL AN ACCURATE TREND. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $247.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −136.65 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$247.00
7 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.62
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525257.501,3522thin
Medium and Large 2537245.501,3183thin
Medium and Large 1570238.751,3612thin
One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale7 hd
247.00
—
MS average12 barns · 111 hd
259.62
−12.62
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−136.65
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,188145.131,7244thin

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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400215.00/cwt215.00–215.008601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460228.56/cwt220.00–237.501,0512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2252
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3183
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2431
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,3681
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285340.00/cwt340.00–340.009691
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415220.00/cwt220.00–220.009131
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2353
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy475252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1401
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2701
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy515255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full565217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2291
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3541
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628241.70/cwt240.00–245.001,5183
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5041
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188145.13/cwt142.50–150.001,7244

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.