Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-07-22

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 22
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 208▼ 101 vs year ago 190 · −53.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 45▲ 11 vs year ago 24 · +45.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 12▼ 4 vs year ago 25 · −16.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 5.00-8.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. SEVERAL FLESHY CALVES OFFERED TODAY.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.61/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −126.28 against this barn's trailing median of $364.89.
Average price
$238.61
9 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,231
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$255
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.18
vs MS average
−26.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529255.001,3484thin
Medium and Large 1-2510230.001,1733thin
Medium and Large 2500218.751,0942thin
One grade step is worth $36.25/cwt here — about $255 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale9 hd
238.61
—
MS average13 barns · 400 hd
247.79
−9.18
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−26.02
This barn, trailing median4 sales
364.89
−126.28
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

4 sales
411379348316median 364.8903/2307/1310/1210/2610/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $330.42, median $364.89 across 4 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—Average1,532142.002,1753thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,159134.131,5546thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,003117.301,1779thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,2252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)905$2,1836
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)863$1,4173thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)867$1,1503thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)875$9251thin

Every lot

66 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 1355340.00/cwt335.00–345.001,2072
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4141
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4882
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy465315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4652
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220340.00/cwt340.00–340.007483
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240330.00/cwt330.00–330.007921
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285320.00/cwt320.00–320.009121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy300310.00/cwt310.00–310.009301
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy315290.00/cwt290.00–290.009143
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy345252.50/cwt252.50–252.508711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355265.00/cwt265.00–265.009411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy385305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1741
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Full435237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0331
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy460255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1731
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1991
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy500225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1733
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2361
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full535265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4181
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620238.90/cwt230.00–255.001,4813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5531
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy718221.41/cwt218.00–225.001,5902
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy800201.25/cwt190.00–212.501,6102
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Full820150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285340.00/cwt340.00–340.009691
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1051
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy330335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2871
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy390240.00/cwt240.00–240.009361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420316.15/cwt310.00–330.001,3284
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy428298.98/cwt275.00–325.001,2802
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy458262.38/cwt255.00–270.001,2022
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465283.39/cwt280.00–285.001,3183
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1282
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy515245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3651
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2861
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570246.22/cwt242.50–250.001,4032
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4851
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4693
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5641
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6451
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy775205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5891
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy865195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6871
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,050101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0611
Bulls——1,655155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,5651
Bulls——1,890170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,2131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90095.00/cwt95.00–95.008551
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016120.09/cwt109.00–126.001,2208
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,124130.33/cwt126.00–139.001,4654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228141.74/cwt140.00–143.001,7412
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed7951,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28502,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28652,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2875925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29801,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252

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.