Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2020-11-16

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
67 vs last sale 120 149 vs year ago 336 · 44.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
22 vs last sale 54 124 vs year ago 200 · 62.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS SOLD STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD STEADY TO 3.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND VERY GOOD FOR STEERS CALVES.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.85/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$115.85
45 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.99
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457125.1457114thin
Medium and Large 1-2544113.9462026
Medium and Large 2413113.504682thin
Medium and Large 355590.675033thin
One grade step is worth $34.47/cwt here — about $68 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 sale45 hd
115.85
MS average13 barns · 1,538 hd
121.84
−5.99
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
BullsHigh1,52972.161,1035thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19952.206267thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92337.7034813

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 2535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
BullsMedium and Large 2325132.00/cwt132.00–132.004291
HeifersMedium and Large 1600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006901
SteersMedium and Large 1280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523117.49/cwt115.00–120.006146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606107.97/cwt105.00–110.006545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added681104.00/cwt104.00–104.007085
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006083
BullsMedium and Large 1668106.67/cwt105.00–108.007133
BullsMedium and Large 1420145.00/cwt142.00–148.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 1293140.01/cwt139.00–141.004102
HeifersMedium and Large 1325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004391
HeifersMedium and Large 1523121.48/cwt118.00–125.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 1493118.49/cwt117.00–120.005842
SteersMedium and Large 1333157.29/cwt155.00–160.005243
HeifersMedium and Large 1377131.68/cwt130.00–135.004963
BullsMedium and Large 1325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
BullsMedium and Large 1100150.00/cwt150.00–150.001501
HeifersMedium and Large 1573115.66/cwt115.00–116.006633
SteersMedium and Large 1365159.13/cwt155.00–162.005814
BullsMedium and Large 1500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 253099.00/cwt99.00–99.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 2295128.00/cwt128.00–128.003781
SteersMedium and Large 1550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005893
BullsMedium and Large 3380110.00/cwt110.00–110.004181
BullsMedium and Large 352599.00/cwt99.00–99.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 356590.00/cwt90.00–90.005091
HeifersMedium and Large 378582.00/cwt82.00–82.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425127.00/cwt127.00–127.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480114.95/cwt110.00–120.005526
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26755.20/cwt54.00–56.506993
Bulls1,46082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1971
SteersMedium and Large 396579.00/cwt79.00–79.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 3315100.00/cwt100.00–100.003151
BullsMedium and Large 374578.00/cwt78.00–78.005811
BullsMedium and Large 3320100.00/cwt100.00–100.003201
Bulls1,80060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,0801
CowsLean 85-90%89332.00/cwt32.00–32.002863
Bulls1,47569.90/cwt65.00–74.001,0312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14849.95/cwt48.00–52.005734
Bulls1,43579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1341
CowsLean 85-90%93239.41/cwt30.00–46.0036710

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.