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
BullsAverage1,52976.001,1624thin
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 2340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
BullsMedium and Large 2440126.00/cwt126.00–126.005543
BullsMedium and Large 1373156.67/cwt155.00–160.005843
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy780115.00/cwt115.00–115.008971
BullsMedium and Large 2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
BullsMedium and Large 2223129.10/cwt122.50–135.002882
HeifersMedium and Large 2200132.50/cwt132.50–132.502651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458122.72/cwt118.00–126.005625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555122.00/cwt122.00–122.006773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2438141.39/cwt137.00–144.006198
BullsMedium and Large 1472135.66/cwt130.00–142.006403
BullsMedium and Large 1400145.00/cwt140.00–150.005803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 1395135.00/cwt135.00–135.005331
HeifersMedium and Large 1685116.00/cwt116.00–116.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1600140.00/cwt140.00–140.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1562126.65/cwt120.00–130.007123
HeifersMedium and Large 1422129.15/cwt123.00–135.005455
HeifersMedium and Large 1625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 1465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005251
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005361
BullsMedium and Large 338097.00/cwt97.00–97.003691
HeifersMedium and Large 3270115.00/cwt115.00–115.003111
BullsMedium and Large 1520124.93/cwt122.00–128.006503
HeifersMedium and Large 1520118.37/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 3205120.00/cwt120.00–120.002461
HeifersMedium and Large 3400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
HeifersMedium and Large 1340122.00/cwt122.00–122.004151
HeifersMedium and Large 1568122.42/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 2355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
BullsMedium and Large 3250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2461133.97/cwt132.00–137.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006775
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight75010.00/cwt10.00–10.00751
CowsLean 85-90%1,00817.77/cwt15.00–20.001792
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight70040.00/cwt40.00–40.002801
Bulls1,48874.67/cwt72.00–77.001,1113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20055.00/cwt55.00–55.006601
Bulls1,65080.00/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.