Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-05-24

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
110 vs last sale 130 133 vs year ago 153 · 86.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
30 vs last sale 40 12 vs year ago 82 · 14.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
3 vs last sale 22 139 vs year ago 158 · 88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL A MARKET FOR FEEDERS. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 6.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED 6.00-10.00 HIGHER. DEMAND WAS GOOD FOR SLAUGHTER CATTLE AND BULLS.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.36/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$112.36
15 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.17
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549124.876865thin
Medium and Large 1-2611111.386818thin
Medium and Large 271592.506611thin
Medium and Large 386577.506701thin
One grade step is worth $47.37/cwt here — about $15 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 sale15 hd
112.36
MS average13 barns · 475 hd
124.52
−12.17
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
BullsAverage1,47892.181,3626thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07367.8972829
CowsLean 85-90%High95649.664749thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,67593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5581
CowsLean 85-90%95957.30/cwt55.00–61.005504
CowsLean 85-90%90034.50/cwt33.00–36.003112
Bulls1,52799.72/cwt98.00–101.001,5233
Bulls1,30580.47/cwt80.00–81.001,0502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13771.01/cwt65.00–79.0080719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755102.00/cwt102.00–102.007703
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,002634.23/cwt550.00–690.006,3555
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430100.00/cwt100.00–100.004302
BullsMedium and Large 271592.50/cwt92.50–92.506611
BullsMedium and Large 1635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
BullsMedium and Large 1480132.53/cwt130.00–135.006362
CowsBoner 80-85%95061.96/cwt59.00–66.0058910
CowsLean 85-90%98849.57/cwt42.50–55.004903
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2800500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,0001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2688576.36/cwt500.00–650.003,9652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2800600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,8002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2800675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,100650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 1500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1575119.65/cwt110.00–130.006882
BullsMedium and Large 386577.50/cwt77.50–77.506701
HeifersMedium and Large 1468118.77/cwt115.00–122.505562

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.