Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-06-24

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 24
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 43▼ 60 vs year ago 100 · −60.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 14▼ 50 vs year ago 70 · −71.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 10▲ 31 vs year ago 11 · +281.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $220.00/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$220.00
4 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,463
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.09
vs MS average
−36.48 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1665220.001,4634thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
220.00
—
MS average11 barns · 198 hd
236.09
−16.09
National average148 barns · 6,323 hd
256.48
−36.48
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—Average1,550157.772,4452thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,222137.071,6744thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average929110.731,0298thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,385$2,32910
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$2,3004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,268$2,06913
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,223$1,7172thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)800$1,0751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)915$9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,267$2,4159

Every lot

32 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,1861
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390215.00/cwt215.00–215.008391
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3441
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3782
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3301
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2241
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4581
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6651
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1221
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335245.00/cwt245.00–245.008213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423196.58/cwt195.00–198.008322
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1751
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4634
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7302
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423289.20/cwt275.00–305.001,2232
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3541
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528244.86/cwt235.00–255.001,2932
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2651
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,550157.77/cwt151.00–165.002,4452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%929110.73/cwt100.00–116.001,0298
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,063131.60/cwt121.00–138.001,3992
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,380142.54/cwt140.00–145.001,9672
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28001,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2915975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2231,717.03/head1,700.00–1,735.001,7172
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2582,190.66/head1,800.00–2,300.002,1914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2732,014.63/head1,710.00–2,400.002,0159
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3852,329.24/head2,300.00–2,400.002,32910
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2672,414.91/head2,300.00–2,500.002,4159

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.