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

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 132▲ 42 vs year ago 58 · +72.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 26▼ 11 vs year ago 35 · −31.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a mixed market with feeder bulls selling considerably higher across the board. Supply was average with good demand. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 3$ lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $238.02/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −145.63 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$238.02
10 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,315
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.37
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543252.541,3725thin
Medium and Large 2561223.501,2545thin
One grade step is worth $29.04/cwt here — about $118 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 sale10 hd
238.02
—
MS average12 barns · 122 hd
243.39
−5.37
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−145.63
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%Average1,075112.791,2125thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91594.988693thin

Every lot

34 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 · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2226230.60/cwt225.00–235.005214
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1236267.33/cwt263.00–270.006314
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278270.23/cwt265.00–275.007512
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293240.67/cwt240.00–242.007053
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320227.62/cwt225.00–230.007282
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339264.77/cwt262.00–270.008984
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378211.52/cwt208.00–215.008002
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421246.09/cwt241.00–250.001,0364
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433220.32/cwt218.00–225.009543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465238.37/cwt235.00–240.001,1083
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468222.31/cwt220.00–225.001,0403
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2222241.97/cwt238.00–250.005373
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230305.40/cwt300.00–315.007024
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1269341.90/cwt338.00–350.009205
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273246.63/cwt242.00–255.006733
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1308336.65/cwt335.00–340.001,0373
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375311.31/cwt308.00–315.001,1672
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378270.10/cwt265.00–275.001,0212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424294.40/cwt288.00–300.001,2484
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428248.46/cwt242.00–255.001,0632
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463236.94/cwt232.00–240.001,0973
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473274.26/cwt268.00–280.001,2973
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527254.91/cwt250.00–260.001,3433
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533229.93/cwt225.00–235.001,2262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568248.99/cwt248.00–250.001,4142
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580219.21/cwt215.00–225.001,2713
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618228.30/cwt225.00–233.001,4114
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625208.98/cwt208.00–210.001,3062
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668218.34/cwt215.00–222.001,4593
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680200.60/cwt195.00–205.001,3643
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1757214.00/cwt212.00–215.001,6203
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773190.38/cwt188.00–195.001,4723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91594.98/cwt90.00–100.008693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,075112.79/cwt110.00–118.001,2125

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.