Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2019-10-21

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 21
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
222 head
78 vs last sale 300 222 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
2 vs last sale 76 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
29 vs last sale 12 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Quality was plain to average. Several bawling calves offered today as well. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.69/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$118.69
45 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.99
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493126.6762413thin
Medium and Large 2479119.7957327
Medium and Large 352192.004805thin
One grade step is worth $34.67/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale45 hd
118.69
MS average13 barns · 674 hd
109.70
+8.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsHigh1,51576.001,1512thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23448.7860214
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95835.7934325

Every lot, as filed

60 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 367082.00/cwt82.00–82.005491
HeifersMedium and Large 377570.00/cwt70.00–70.005431
BullsMedium and Large 2529112.41/cwt109.00–116.005957
BullsMedium and Large 2482122.99/cwt119.00–128.005937
BullsMedium and Large 2327130.23/cwt127.00–135.004265
BullsMedium and Large 2603110.00/cwt109.00–111.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2580110.99/cwt110.00–112.006442
BullsMedium and Large 2403127.75/cwt127.50–128.005152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2896599.27/cwt535.00–670.005,3695
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2915600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,4901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,200725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,343824.02/cwt800.00–850.0011,0672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3851,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.0014,1271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,320800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,5601
SteersMedium and Large 381079.00/cwt79.00–79.006401
SteersMedium and Large 374080.00/cwt80.00–80.005921
SteersMedium and Large 3630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
SteersMedium and Large 3460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added538124.00/cwt124.00–124.006676
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
SteersMedium and Large 1755119.00/cwt118.00–120.008982
HeifersMedium and Large 356889.29/cwt88.00–92.005073
HeifersMedium and Large 344393.51/cwt92.00–95.004142
BullsMedium and Large 2665106.00/cwt106.00–106.007051
BullsMedium and Large 2375132.00/cwt132.00–132.004951
BullsMedium and Large 1564111.45/cwt108.00–114.006294
BullsMedium and Large 1518128.65/cwt125.00–131.006663
BullsMedium and Large 1355152.46/cwt150.00–155.005412
BullsMedium and Large 1780105.00/cwt105.00–105.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
BullsMedium and Large 1420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003011
BullsMedium and Large 332092.00/cwt92.00–92.002941
BullsMedium and Large 346595.00/cwt95.00–95.004421
BullsMedium and Large 360791.00/cwt90.00–93.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 1565105.23/cwt102.50–108.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 2180130.00/cwt130.00–130.002341
HeifersMedium and Large 2245117.00/cwt117.00–117.002871
HeifersMedium and Large 2510101.00/cwt101.00–101.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 282585.00/cwt85.00–85.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 2333124.67/cwt120.00–129.004152
HeifersMedium and Large 262395.49/cwt95.00–96.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 2417116.37/cwt110.00–120.004853
HeifersMedium and Large 2474113.02/cwt110.00–115.005364
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added545105.00/cwt105.00–105.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 3245110.00/cwt110.00–110.002701
HeifersMedium and Large 353590.00/cwt90.00–90.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 360085.00/cwt85.00–85.005101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,315750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,8631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2975650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,3381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,110670.00/cwt670.00–670.007,4371
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,045784.09/cwt700.00–900.008,1944
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,100600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,6003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2935578.75/cwt500.00–590.005,4118
Bulls1,78082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,4601
Bulls1,25070.00/cwt70.00–70.008751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23448.78/cwt46.50–52.5060214
CowsLean 85-90%81522.55/cwt20.00–25.001843
CowsLean 85-90%1,03742.55/cwt39.00–46.0044110
CowsLean 85-90%92833.47/cwt30.00–38.5031112

How this sale compares

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.