Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-09-09

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 153▼ 15 vs year ago 96 · −15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 10▲ 7 vs year ago 18 · +38.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 9▲ 2 vs year ago 8 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 8.00-10.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.87/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −133.02 against this barn's trailing median of $364.89.
Average price
$231.87
4 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.02
vs MS average
−6.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520233.331,2133thin
Medium and Large 2530227.501,2061thin
One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about $8 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale4 hd
231.87
—
MS average13 barns · 362 hd
224.85
+7.02
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−6.74
This barn, trailing median4 sales
364.89
−133.02
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—High1,550144.002,2324thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,249122.141,52611
CowsLean 85-90%Average989107.361,0624thin

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)1,275$1,6751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,215$1,5592thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$1,4522thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,080$1,1501thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)900$8251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)875$1,2751thin

Every lot

35 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 · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225259.13/cwt250.00–267.505834
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328241.15/cwt227.50–255.007912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364245.27/cwt230.00–262.508935
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0333
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420210.00/cwt210.00–210.008821
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2451225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0154
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470243.47/cwt240.00–247.501,1443
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520233.33/cwt232.50–235.001,2133
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612213.35/cwt210.00–217.501,3063
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008571
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4161
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4631
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,5061
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3825130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260240.00/cwt240.00–240.006241
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330290.04/cwt282.50–297.509573
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1381261.30/cwt232.50–282.509965
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0051
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428254.78/cwt237.50–265.001,0905
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468248.16/cwt227.50–265.001,1618
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2482
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2431
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,400128.00/cwt121.00–135.001,7922
Bulls——1,600155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,4801
Bulls——1,800165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,9701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%989107.36/cwt90.00–119.001,0624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249122.14/cwt101.00–135.001,52611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2900825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2151,558.90/head1,375.00–1,700.001,5592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2251,451.53/head1,375.00–1,525.001,4522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18751,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751

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.