Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
38 vs last sale 85 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
32 vs last sale 38 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
45 vs last sale 52 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call an accurate trend on feeder steers and heifers. Feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.08/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$120.08
21 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.53
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560123.4769214thin
Medium and Large 3398118.004692thin
Medium and Large 2599111.406675thin
One grade step is worth $12.07/cwt here — about $25 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 sale21 hd
120.08
MS average13 barns · 417 hd
118.55
+1.53
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
BullsAverage1,68389.751,5102thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25764.118064thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1260165.00/cwt165.00–165.004291
BullsMedium and Large 1385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005971
BullsMedium and Large 1480133.00/cwt133.00–133.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1525127.49/cwt126.00–129.006692
BullsMedium and Large 1570112.54/cwt110.00–115.006412
BullsMedium and Large 1613116.20/cwt110.00–129.007123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,490770.00/cwt770.00–770.0011,4731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,040650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,7601
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,06065.50/cwt65.50–65.506941
SteersMedium and Large 1273163.83/cwt162.50–165.004472
SteersMedium and Large 1385147.40/cwt140.00–155.005672
SteersMedium and Large 2585125.00/cwt125.00–125.007311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4501,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.0018,2701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,190710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,4492
HeifersMedium and Large 2435115.00/cwt115.00–115.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2590102.50/cwt102.50–102.506051
HeifersMedium and Large 271083.00/cwt83.00–83.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 2378115.74/cwt112.00–121.004373
SteersMedium and Large 1335159.00/cwt159.00–159.005331
SteersMedium and Large 1490139.00/cwt139.00–139.006811
HeifersMedium and Large 1315138.00/cwt138.00–138.004351
HeifersMedium and Large 1660103.00/cwt103.00–103.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1473121.52/cwt118.00–125.005752
HeifersMedium and Large 1543115.50/cwt115.00–116.006272
HeifersMedium and Large 1433125.47/cwt124.00–127.005434
HeifersMedium and Large 2275128.00/cwt128.00–128.003521
BullsMedium and Large 2315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
BullsMedium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
BullsMedium and Large 2610107.00/cwt107.00–107.006531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13567.50/cwt67.50–67.507661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29762.98/cwt60.50–64.008173
HeifersMedium and Large 353897.25/cwt97.00–97.505232
BullsMedium and Large 271092.00/cwt92.00–92.006531
BullsMedium and Large 293588.00/cwt88.00–88.008231
Bulls2,03092.50/cwt92.50–92.501,8781
BullsMedium and Large 3360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004321
BullsMedium and Large 3435116.00/cwt116.00–116.005051
BullsMedium and Large 1673111.74/cwt110.00–115.007524
BullsLight Weight1,33587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1611

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.