Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-05-03

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
74 vs last sale 130 29 vs year ago 85 · 34.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
15 vs last sale 20 33 vs year ago 38 · 86.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 49 vs year ago 52 · 94.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 4.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE TO GOOD.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.74/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$133.74
32 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.91
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520137.9171718thin
Medium and Large 1-2476129.7361710thin
Medium and Large 2470124.995884thin
One grade step is worth $12.91/cwt here — about $129 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 sale32 hd
133.74
MS average13 barns · 517 hd
124.83
+8.91
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%Average1,02561.006252thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20055.00/cwt55.00–55.006601
CowsBoner 80-85%85067.00/cwt67.00–67.005701
BullsMedium and Large 1340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005101
BullsMedium and Large 1350175.00/cwt175.00–175.006131
BullsMedium and Large 1485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
BullsMedium and Large 1400165.00/cwt160.00–170.006602
BullsMedium and Large 1514141.17/cwt135.00–145.007264
BullsMedium and Large 1620123.79/cwt120.00–125.007674
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517124.66/cwt120.00–135.006448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290137.50/cwt137.50–137.503992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000860.00/cwt860.00–860.008,6002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2735625.00/cwt625.00–625.004,5941
BullsMedium and Large 2450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
BullsMedium and Large 2533116.23/cwt115.00–117.506202
SteersMedium and Large 1535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1270140.00/cwt140.00–140.003781
SteersMedium and Large 1700138.00/cwt138.00–138.009661
HeifersMedium and Large 1315138.25/cwt135.00–140.004354
BullsMedium and Large 2365142.50/cwt142.50–142.505201
HeifersMedium and Large 376590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 1580118.00/cwt118.00–118.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
SteersMedium and Large 1600140.00/cwt140.00–140.008401
SteersMedium and Large 1465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
HeifersMedium and Large 1360132.47/cwt130.00–135.004772
HeifersMedium and Large 1472125.00/cwt125.00–125.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 1510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1569125.49/cwt120.00–130.007145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575122.50/cwt120.00–125.007046
HeifersMedium and Large 2370127.50/cwt127.50–127.504721
HeifersMedium and Large 1623117.84/cwt117.50–118.007343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2310150.00/cwt150.00–150.004652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610113.00/cwt113.00–113.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005753

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.