Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-07-27

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 27
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
27 vs last sale 80 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
15 vs last sale 10 25 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 steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady. Quality mostly plain. Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.86/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$126.86
27 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.40
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1428133.7657313thin
Medium and Large 1-2355129.004585thin
Medium and Large 3370116.004292thin
Medium and Large 2530115.616127thin
One grade step is worth $18.15/cwt here — about −$40 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 sale27 hd
126.86
MS average13 barns · 591 hd
124.46
+2.40
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25068.508561thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06251.845504thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 3245125.00/cwt125.00–125.003061
BullsMedium and Large 3495107.00/cwt107.00–107.005301
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
BullsMedium and Large 2468115.13/cwt110.00–120.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy613102.47/cwt101.00–104.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
BullsMedium and Large 1Full590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
BullsMedium and Large 1520136.00/cwt136.00–136.007071
BullsMedium and Large 1580124.00/cwt124.00–124.007191
BullsMedium and Large 1313143.00/cwt143.00–143.004482
BullsMedium and Large 1405136.52/cwt135.00–138.005532
BullsMedium and Large 2610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021
BullsMedium and Large 276096.00/cwt96.00–96.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 2445115.00/cwt115.00–115.005121
HeifersMedium and Large 2465122.07/cwt116.00–127.005683
SteersMedium and Large 1270158.00/cwt158.00–158.004271
SteersMedium and Large 1305150.00/cwt150.00–150.004581
HeifersMedium and Large 3225122.04/cwt120.00–124.002752
HeifersMedium and Large 1300136.00/cwt136.00–136.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 1230140.00/cwt140.00–140.003221
HeifersMedium and Large 1365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
HeifersMedium and Large 1460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 1423124.48/cwt124.00–125.005272
BullsMedium and Large 2525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25068.50/cwt68.50–68.508561
CowsLean 85-90%90045.33/cwt42.00–48.004082
CowsLean 85-90%1,22358.35/cwt57.00–60.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 3305120.00/cwt120.00–120.003661
HeifersMedium and Large 3400111.00/cwt111.00–111.004441
BullsMedium and Large 2438124.02/cwt123.00–125.005432
BullsMedium and Large 1368138.97/cwt133.00–142.005115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2355129.00/cwt129.00–129.004585

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.