Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-08-23

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 23
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
50 vs last sale 100 194 vs year ago 244 · 79.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
0 vs last sale 38 2 vs year ago 40 · 5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
70 vs last sale 30 78 vs year ago 22 · +354.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS STEADY-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS 5.00-7.00 HIGHER.

QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND STRONG ON STOCKERS.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.88/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$149.88
31 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.13
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453153.9969716thin
Medium and Large 1-2388150.0058110thin
Medium and Large 2405136.495535thin
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $144 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 sale31 hd
149.88
MS average13 barns · 611 hd
132.75
+17.13
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
BullsHigh1,900102.001,9381thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07466.607155thin
CowsLean 85-90%High85051.944427thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1640127.50/cwt127.50–127.508161
BullsMedium and Large 1550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1700127.50/cwt127.50–127.508932
BullsMedium and Large 1265160.28/cwt155.00–165.004252
BullsMedium and Large 1528145.00/cwt145.00–145.007662
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510145.00/cwt145.00–145.007405
HeifersMedium and Large 1225150.00/cwt150.00–150.003381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004595
HeifersMedium and Large 1400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005601
BullsMedium and Large 2435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006311
BullsMedium and Large 2285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003991
BullsMedium and Large 1400170.00/cwt170.00–170.006801
BullsMedium and Large 2300145.00/cwt145.00–145.004351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1325174.15/cwt165.00–185.005665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2265155.00/cwt155.00–155.004115
BullsMedium and Large 1650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1390155.00/cwt155.00–155.006051
BullsMedium and Large 2503126.23/cwt122.50–130.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 1300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2800925.00/cwt900.00–950.007,4006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,059956.10/cwt950.00–1,025.0010,12526
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28501,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.009,5633
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0014,5003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29001,365.00/cwt1,365.00–1,365.0012,2852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,7504
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1001,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0014,5751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2001,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,9002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2600675.00/cwt675.00–675.004,0505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050992.46/cwt975.00–1,000.0010,4219
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,145950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,8783
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07466.60/cwt65.00–69.007155
Bulls1,900102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,9381
CowsLean 85-90%1,00061.40/cwt60.00–63.006142
CowsLean 85-90%70030.00/cwt30.00–30.002101
CowsLean 85-90%81352.70/cwt50.00–56.004284

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.