Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-02-17

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 17
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
66 vs last sale 87 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
4 vs last sale 42 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
6 vs last sale 21 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 5.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was fair. Quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.18/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$133.18
61 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.96
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509140.7871626
Medium and Large 1-2486130.5263429
Medium and Large 2518115.906005thin
Medium and Large 363099.006241thin
One grade step is worth $41.78/cwt here — about $93 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 sale61 hd
133.18
MS average12 barns · 332 hd
126.22
+6.96
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
BullsAverage1,41483.761,1858thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14359.006742thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85942.2536311

Every lot, as filed

72 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
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed87595.00/cwt95.00–95.008311
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed250162.50/cwt162.50–162.504061
BullsMedium and Large 1475141.74/cwt138.00–155.006735
BullsMedium and Large 1378161.48/cwt158.00–165.006102
BullsMedium and Large 1800109.00/cwt109.00–109.008721
BullsMedium and Large 1700116.00/cwt116.00–116.008121
BullsMedium and Large 1655117.00/cwt117.00–117.007661
BullsMedium and Large 1580122.00/cwt122.00–122.007081
BullsMedium and Large 1525144.00/cwt144.00–144.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006481
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2900800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29851,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,8352
CowsLean 85-90%83642.79/cwt35.00–48.003588
CowsLean 85-90%1,02853.73/cwt52.50–55.005522
CowsLean 85-90%70015.00/cwt15.00–15.001051
HeifersMedium and Large 2435105.00/cwt105.00–105.004571
HeifersMedium and Large 2365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523127.46/cwt120.00–132.0066711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430127.90/cwt122.00–132.005506
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585123.09/cwt118.00–128.007204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388130.00/cwt130.00–130.005044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315143.00/cwt143.00–143.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full67595.00/cwt95.00–95.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007672
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added430142.41/cwt140.00–145.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 1730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 1333142.41/cwt140.00–145.004742
HeifersMedium and Large 1600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
BullsMedium and Large 363099.00/cwt99.00–99.006241
BullsMedium and Large 2660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
BullsMedium and Large 2585112.00/cwt112.00–112.006551
BullsMedium and Large 2510112.50/cwt112.50–112.505741
BullsMedium and Large 2450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
BullsMedium and Large 2385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed485133.00/cwt133.00–133.006451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2403150.64/cwt140.00–155.006077
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635117.50/cwt116.00–119.007464
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23056.00/cwt56.00–56.006891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05562.00/cwt62.00–62.006541
Bulls1,34782.44/cwt78.50–86.001,1107
Bulls1,88593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed850700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,9501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2750580.00/cwt580.00–580.004,3502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,240825.16/cwt800.00–860.0010,2325
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,200850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,2003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,200600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,2001
SteersMedium and Large 2665107.00/cwt107.00–107.007121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425154.12/cwt150.00–160.0065510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479149.24/cwt145.00–153.007155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585140.00/cwt140.00–140.008192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355144.00/cwt144.00–144.005112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006962
SteersMedium and Large 1321170.63/cwt170.00–172.505484
SteersMedium and Large 1375169.87/cwt165.00–175.006372
SteersMedium and Large 1455160.00/cwt160.00–160.007281
SteersMedium and Large 1265165.00/cwt165.00–165.004371
HeifersMedium and Large 370090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2478119.92/cwt115.00–125.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 2540111.00/cwt111.00–111.005991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570117.00/cwt117.00–117.006673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2260155.00/cwt155.00–155.004033
BullsMedium and Large 1-2540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full59095.00/cwt95.00–95.005612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy575112.50/cwt112.50–112.506473
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added461147.71/cwt142.50–150.006816
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added508143.39/cwt142.50–144.007285

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.