Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-05-18

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
90 vs last sale 47 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
39 vs last sale 6 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
20 vs last sale 7 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 STEADY. FEEDER HEIFERS 4.00-6.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS 5.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE TO GOOD.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.27/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$128.27
44 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.68
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461133.506164thin
Medium and Large 1-2443130.0857635
Medium and Large 2411115.004734thin
Medium and Large 342597.004121thin
One grade step is worth $36.50/cwt here — about $204 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 sale44 hd
128.27
MS average13 barns · 622 hd
125.59
+2.68
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
BullsAverage1,35587.781,1894thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15968.457937thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07958.376307thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1Fleshy90093.00/cwt93.00–93.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy67598.00/cwt98.00–98.006622
BullsMedium and Large 1315146.00/cwt146.00–146.004601
BullsMedium and Large 1355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005151
BullsMedium and Large 1425138.00/cwt138.00–138.005871
BullsMedium and Large 1750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560111.00/cwt111.00–111.006222
Bulls1,45088.55/cwt87.00–90.001,2842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,345959.22/cwt950.00–970.0012,9026
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,000910.00/cwt910.00–910.009,1004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250899.84/cwt800.00–960.0011,2485
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2805600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,8301
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2810485.00/cwt485.00–485.003,9291
Dairy SteersLarge 2-349570.00/cwt70.00–70.003473
HeifersMedium and Large 2305115.00/cwt115.00–115.003511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006242
HeifersMedium and Large 2510114.00/cwt114.00–114.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 1305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004271
HeifersMedium and Large 1540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490124.00/cwt124.00–124.006082
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27072.58/cwt71.50–74.009222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11867.63/cwt66.50–68.007564
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added220177.50/cwt177.50–177.503912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005348
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed425134.00/cwt134.00–134.005702
BullsMedium and Large 2470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
BullsMedium and Large 2305120.00/cwt120.00–120.003661
Bulls1,42095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3491
Bulls1,10079.00/cwt79.00–79.008691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2384135.24/cwt134.00–139.0051912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2511121.22/cwt118.00–125.006198
CowsLean 85-90%1,00052.80/cwt51.00–55.005282
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10063.50/cwt63.50–63.506991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423136.87/cwt132.00–140.005796
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007902
BullsMedium and Large 342597.00/cwt97.00–97.004121
BullsMedium and Large 2435115.00/cwt110.00–120.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315130.63/cwt130.00–133.004119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383132.10/cwt129.00–135.005064
HeifersMedium and Large 372585.00/cwt85.00–85.006163
CowsLean 85-90%1,11160.60/cwt59.00–62.006735

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.