Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-10-14

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 64▼ 27 vs year ago 117 · −23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 9▼ 18 vs year ago 38 · −47.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 20 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $244.57/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −139.09 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$244.57
9 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,323
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.66
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538246.701,3278thin
Medium and Large 2565227.501,2851thin
One grade step is worth $19.20/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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
244.57
—
MS average12 barns · 155 hd
239.91
+4.66
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−139.09
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,173114.351,3419thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98385.598414thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,325$1,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,179$1,7074thin

Every lot

49 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325326.73/cwt315.00–340.001,0622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy405325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3161
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435290.93/cwt277.50–305.001,2662
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,3651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565224.82/cwt215.00–235.001,2702
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6453
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300260.00/cwt260.00–260.007802
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1308269.88/cwt265.00–275.008312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390220.00/cwt220.00–220.008582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420225.00/cwt225.00–225.009452
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424238.09/cwt235.00–240.001,0104
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0124
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470240.61/cwt237.50–245.001,1314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2081
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3841
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5073
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1213363.24/cwt350.00–375.007742
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3230250.00/cwt250.00–250.005751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255275.00/cwt275.00–275.007011
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275325.00/cwt325.00–325.008941
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3300260.00/cwt260.00–260.007801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337313.98/cwt295.00–330.001,0585
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365255.00/cwt255.00–255.009311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1292
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388281.34/cwt267.50–295.001,0922
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390210.00/cwt210.00–210.008191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419282.83/cwt265.00–295.001,1855
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0631
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0332
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455255.00/cwt250.00–260.001,1602
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528253.10/cwt237.50–272.501,3366
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2851
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90075.00/cwt75.00–75.006751
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01089.12/cwt80.00–105.009003
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173114.35/cwt110.00–120.001,3419
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2201,909.39/head1,800.00–1,975.001,9093
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501

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.