Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-09-28

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 28
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
16 vs last sale 206 209 vs year ago 399 · 52.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
32 vs last sale 70 6 vs year ago 44 · 13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold mostly steady. Heifers sold mixed. Slaughter cows 3.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand good. Quality plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.11/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$121.11
60 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.65
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2408128.6052518thin
Medium and Large 1556119.7466520
Medium and Large 2439119.3352315thin
Medium and Large 3289109.573177thin
One grade step is worth $19.04/cwt here — about $208 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 sale60 hd
121.11
MS average13 barns · 812 hd
120.46
+0.65
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
BullsAverage1,48679.711,1855thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11857.316416thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86034.0429311

Every lot, as filed

51 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 2460115.98/cwt115.00–118.005343
BullsMedium and Large 2415122.15/cwt120.00–126.005075
HeifersMedium and Large 2235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2364119.53/cwt115.00–122.004358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13563.24/cwt60.00–68.007182
CowsLean 85-90%72132.45/cwt30.00–35.002344
CowsLean 85-90%85320.00/cwt20.00–20.001712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007673
Bulls1,67584.49/cwt84.00–85.001,4152
CowsLean 85-90%97540.92/cwt35.00–48.003995
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11054.35/cwt50.00–57.006034
Bulls1,36076.53/cwt74.00–80.001,0413
SteersMedium and Large 1402148.32/cwt145.00–150.005963
SteersMedium and Large 1374153.13/cwt147.50–162.505734
BullsMedium and Large 3269111.12/cwt105.00–120.002994
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed91099.00/cwt99.00–99.009011
BullsMedium and Large 3240107.50/cwt107.50–107.502581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310125.00/cwt125.00–125.003884
SteersMedium and Large 1323151.87/cwt150.00–153.004913
SteersMedium and Large 1470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 2465108.00/cwt108.00–108.005021
HeifersMedium and Large 2317117.35/cwt115.00–120.003723
BullsMedium and Large 3410100.00/cwt100.00–100.004101
HeifersMedium and Large 1495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005841
BullsMedium and Large 1665113.52/cwt112.00–117.007554
BullsMedium and Large 1618114.37/cwt112.00–116.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 3207224.84/cwt150.00–270.004653
BullsMedium and Large 2328124.81/cwt120.00–130.004092
BullsMedium and Large 3300115.00/cwt115.00–115.003451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370133.48/cwt132.00–135.004946
HeifersMedium and Large 1313130.78/cwt128.00–132.504093
HeifersMedium and Large 1535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006151
SteersMedium and Large 3405112.00/cwt112.00–112.004541
HeifersMedium and Large 3410105.00/cwt105.00–105.004311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2235135.00/cwt135.00–135.003174
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2272120.00/cwt120.00–120.003268
BullsMedium and Large 1523118.32/cwt118.00–119.006193
BullsMedium and Large 1558116.48/cwt115.00–118.006502
BullsMedium and Large 1416132.46/cwt130.00–135.005516
BullsMedium and Large 2535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006151
BullsMedium and Large 2358123.22/cwt120.00–127.504413
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy86097.00/cwt97.00–97.008341
BullsMedium and Large 1450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy97085.00/cwt85.00–85.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1150167.50/cwt167.50–167.502511
HeifersMedium and Large 2400111.25/cwt110.00–112.504452

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.