Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-07-15

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
208 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 95▲ 99 vs year ago 109 · +90.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 55▲ 5 vs year ago 40 · +12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $290.09/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −110.70 against this barn's trailing median of $400.79.
Average price
$290.09
43 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.81
vs MS average
−1.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572291.001,66542
Medium and Large 2565252.001,4241thin
One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale43 hd
290.09
—
MS average13 barns · 358 hd
286.29
+3.81
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
−1.00
This barn, trailing median1 sales
400.79
−110.70
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—High1,756164.082,8816thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,182144.551,7095thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average863103.758956thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,085$1,7002thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$1,5002thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,2029
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2451300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3537
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,66542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255220.00/cwt220.00–220.005611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008551
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350230.00/cwt230.00–230.008051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413280.73/cwt275.00–282.001,15917
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413277.42/cwt275.00–280.001,1462
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4332
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465266.42/cwt263.00–270.001,2392
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2991
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225342.50/cwt342.50–342.507711
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225255.00/cwt255.00–255.005741
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318346.22/cwt345.00–347.501,1012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1863
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373330.86/cwt320.00–350.001,2343
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy380300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy400305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409313.72/cwt300.00–322.501,2834
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008301
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2334
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418245.18/cwt235.00–275.001,0254
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465287.77/cwt275.00–300.001,3382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned500285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530229.95/cwt225.00–235.001,2192
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4173
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned565272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5402
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3231
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5444
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy650215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3983
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,525135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,0591
Bulls——1,753161.48/cwt155.00–168.002,8313
Bulls——1,875182.53/cwt180.00–185.003,4222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82090.00/cwt90.00–90.007383
Cows—Lean 85-90%905117.50/cwt112.00–125.001,0633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117140.85/cwt137.50–144.001,5733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280150.11/cwt147.00–153.001,9212
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0851,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,500.00/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.