Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-11-09

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 175▼ 178 vs year ago 298 · −59.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 76▲ 9 vs year ago 45 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: STEERS SOLD 12.00-20.00 HIGHER. HEIFERS SOLD 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD STEADY. DEMAND WAS VERY STRONG . QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.20/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$133.20
49 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.62
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1451139.8163017thin
Medium and Large 1-2484132.4764221
Medium and Large 2366128.904718thin
Medium and Large 3278112.333133thin
One grade step is worth $27.47/cwt here — about $318 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 sale49 hd
133.20
—
MS average13 barns · 639 hd
124.58
+8.62
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
Bulls—Average1,52976.001,1624thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16950.885958thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90625.512317thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2—340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
BullsMedium and Large 2—440126.00/cwt126.00–126.005543
BullsMedium and Large 1—373156.67/cwt155.00–160.005843
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—780115.00/cwt115.00–115.008971
BullsMedium and Large 2—465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
BullsMedium and Large 2—223129.10/cwt122.50–135.002882
HeifersMedium and Large 2—200132.50/cwt132.50–132.502651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—458122.72/cwt118.00–126.005625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—555122.00/cwt122.00–122.006773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—438141.39/cwt137.00–144.006198
BullsMedium and Large 1—472135.66/cwt130.00–142.006403
BullsMedium and Large 1—400145.00/cwt140.00–150.005803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 1—395135.00/cwt135.00–135.005331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685116.00/cwt116.00–116.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1—600140.00/cwt140.00–140.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1—562126.65/cwt120.00–130.007123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422129.15/cwt123.00–135.005455
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005251
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005361
BullsMedium and Large 3—38097.00/cwt97.00–97.003691
HeifersMedium and Large 3—270115.00/cwt115.00–115.003111
BullsMedium and Large 1—520124.93/cwt122.00–128.006503
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520118.37/cwt115.00–122.006162
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17551.17/cwt48.00–53.506016
CowsLean 85-90%—98538.00/cwt38.00–38.003741
BullsMedium and Large 3—205120.00/cwt120.00–120.002461
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340122.00/cwt122.00–122.004151
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568122.42/cwt120.00–125.006952
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10045.00/cwt45.00–45.004951
CowsLean 85-90%—94527.53/cwt25.00–30.002602
BullsMedium and Large 2—355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
BullsMedium and Large 3—250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—461133.97/cwt132.00–137.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006775
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—75010.00/cwt10.00–10.00751
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00817.77/cwt15.00–20.001792
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—70040.00/cwt40.00–40.002801
Bulls——1,48874.67/cwt72.00–77.001,1113
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20055.00/cwt55.00–55.006601
Bulls——1,65080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3201

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.