Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-11-04

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 4
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 94▲ 32 vs year ago 100 · +32.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 23▼ 4 vs year ago 30 · −13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.66/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −139.23 against this barn's trailing median of $364.89.
Average price
$225.66
11 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.49
vs MS average
−32.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545231.911,2659thin
Medium and Large 3500197.509882thin
One grade step is worth $34.41/cwt here — about $277 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale11 hd
225.66
—
MS average13 barns · 377 hd
226.14
−0.49
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−32.73
This barn, trailing median4 sales
364.89
−139.23
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—Average1,652156.692,5893thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,234123.701,5276thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02597.009942thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265345.00/cwt345.00–345.009141
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2883
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465266.77/cwt260.00–275.001,2403
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526254.93/cwt245.00–265.001,3414
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560256.73/cwt250.00–260.001,4383
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628229.97/cwt227.50–232.501,4442
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710233.29/cwt230.00–240.001,6563
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 21,220150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2175228.68/cwt227.50–230.004002
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1195255.00/cwt255.00–255.004971
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255250.00/cwt250.00–250.006381
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265255.00/cwt255.00–255.006761
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331262.53/cwt260.00–265.008694
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345180.00/cwt180.00–180.006211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360227.43/cwt225.00–230.008192
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367246.32/cwt240.00–250.009046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400235.00/cwt235.00–235.009402
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417248.99/cwt245.00–255.001,0385
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435205.00/cwt205.00–205.008921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470244.95/cwt240.00–250.001,1514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470209.95/cwt205.00–215.009872
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500197.50/cwt195.00–200.009882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529237.49/cwt235.00–240.001,2565
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566224.94/cwt220.00–230.001,2734
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3971
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Full705185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3041
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy825180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200260.00/cwt260.00–260.005201
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220315.00/cwt315.00–315.006931
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250300.00/cwt300.00–300.007501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285240.00/cwt240.00–240.006841
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315275.00/cwt275.00–275.008663
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333279.11/cwt260.00–312.509296
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368285.77/cwt265.00–315.001,0523
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373231.38/cwt227.50–235.008632
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400205.00/cwt205.00–205.008201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Full410235.00/cwt235.00–235.009641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428268.63/cwt260.00–280.001,1507
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480261.24/cwt260.00–262.501,2542
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530245.43/cwt230.00–260.001,3013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2772
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3161
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1603232.51/cwt230.00–235.001,4022
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,628154.04/cwt153.00–155.002,5082
Bulls——1,700162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,7541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02597.00/cwt95.00–99.009942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113113.43/cwt107.00–120.001,2622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295128.84/cwt125.00–130.001,6684

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.