Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-01-04

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
138 vs last sale 202 113 vs year ago 177 · 63.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
10 vs last sale 40 10 vs year ago 40 · 25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 2 vs year ago 12 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED 4.00-6.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED STEADY-2.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-7.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.66/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$124.66
24 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.63
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517129.3566811thin
Medium and Large 1-2545123.9067510thin
Medium and Large 2522110.005743thin
One grade step is worth $19.35/cwt here — about $95 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 sale24 hd
124.66
MS average8 barns · 315 hd
118.03
+6.63
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
BullsAverage1,50575.001,1292thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17950.045905thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85033.332833thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
SteersMedium and Large 1655119.00/cwt119.00–119.007791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004033
BullsMedium and Large 2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
BullsMedium and Large 2440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
SteersMedium and Large 1513141.08/cwt137.00–145.007244
Bulls1,50575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1292
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11548.74/cwt48.00–50.005433
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27552.00/cwt52.00–52.006632
CowsLean 85-90%98045.00/cwt45.00–45.004411
CowsLean 85-90%90035.00/cwt35.00–35.003151
CowsLean 85-90%67020.00/cwt20.00–20.001341
SteersMedium and Large 1750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
SteersMedium and Large 1613125.94/cwt120.00–130.007723
SteersMedium and Large 1470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 1510122.30/cwt120.00–125.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 1250135.00/cwt135.00–135.003381
BullsMedium and Large 1305145.00/cwt145.00–145.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1303136.26/cwt135.00–137.504132
SteersMedium and Large 1395145.00/cwt145.00–145.005731
SteersMedium and Large 1555142.00/cwt142.00–142.007881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005224
BullsMedium and Large 275095.00/cwt95.00–95.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
SteersMedium and Large 2720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 350099.00/cwt99.00–99.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 340099.00/cwt99.00–99.003961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007002
BullsMedium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
BullsMedium and Large 1535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006151
BullsMedium and Large 1813103.98/cwt103.00–105.008452
BullsMedium and Large 1368143.30/cwt140.00–145.005273
BullsMedium and Large 1563128.34/cwt125.00–130.007233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,100675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,4252

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.