Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-09-16

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 16
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 81▼ 73 vs year ago 115 · −63.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 25▲ 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-4.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $230.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −153.65 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$230.00
2 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,236
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.67
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538230.001,2362thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
230.00
—
MS average11 barns · 117 hd
227.33
+2.67
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−153.65
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
Bulls—Average1,490150.002,2351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,025116.001,1891thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,020101.201,0324thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,232$1,4423thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,265$1,3501thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290312.50/cwt312.50–312.509061
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413260.15/cwt255.00–265.001,0742
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335265.00/cwt265.00–265.008882
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345262.50/cwt255.00–270.009062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370250.00/cwt245.00–270.009255
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426240.67/cwt235.00–247.501,0254
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455205.00/cwt205.00–205.009331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318275.66/cwt255.00–290.008775
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355265.00/cwt265.00–265.009411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425244.76/cwt240.00–250.001,0402
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468246.59/cwt240.00–255.001,1546
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2621
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2041
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy770170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,490150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020101.20/cwt89.00–111.001,0324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1891
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2251,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2651,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501

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.