Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 1
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
22 vs last sale 0 133 vs year ago 155 · 85.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
12 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 19 · 36.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 0 26 vs year ago 32 · 81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 02/08/21: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. DUE TO THE RAIN MOST FARMER CAN'T GET THERE CATTLE TO MARKET.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.84/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$132.84
9 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.16
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2410137.505643thin
Medium and Large 1380133.625085thin
Medium and Large 2485115.005581thin
One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $6 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 sale9 hd
132.84
MS average13 barns · 837 hd
123.69
+9.16
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18563.707554thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90247.454283thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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 1550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006881
BullsMedium and Large 1635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
BullsMedium and Large 1800107.50/cwt107.50–107.508601
BullsMedium and Large 1408151.23/cwt150.00–152.506172
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,100725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,9751
HeifersMedium and Large 1410135.00/cwt135.00–135.005541
CowsLean 85-90%90247.45/cwt45.00–50.004283
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18563.70/cwt60.00–65.007554
HeifersMedium and Large 1373133.27/cwt130.00–138.004974
SteersMedium and Large 1335160.46/cwt159.00–162.005382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410137.50/cwt137.50–137.505643
HeifersMedium and Large 2485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3003

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.