Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-11-15

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
90 vs last sale 180 97 vs year ago 187 · 51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
20 vs last sale 40 56 vs year ago 76 · 73.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-8.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY.DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.01/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$120.01
27 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$330
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.20
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533129.516904thin
Medium and Large 2499120.496014thin
Medium and Large 1-2574120.1669018thin
Medium and Large 346577.503601thin
One grade step is worth $52.01/cwt here — about $330 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 sale27 hd
120.01
MS average13 barns · 806 hd
128.22
−8.20
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
BullsAverage1,41372.501,0242thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04843.594576thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93426.252459thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1315152.50/cwt150.00–155.004802
HeifersMedium and Large 1423134.21/cwt129.00–140.005682
BullsMedium and Large 1420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005386
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620117.48/cwt115.00–120.007286
BullsMedium and Large 2505117.50/cwt117.50–117.505931
BullsMedium and Large 1608126.52/cwt125.00–128.007692
BullsMedium and Large 346577.50/cwt77.50–77.503601
HeifersMedium and Large 1473127.22/cwt120.00–135.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 375085.00/cwt85.00–85.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 2345110.00/cwt110.00–110.003801
SteersMedium and Large 1368144.19/cwt140.00–148.005312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408125.51/cwt125.00–126.005126
HeifersMedium and Large 346575.00/cwt75.00–75.003491
HeifersMedium and Large 1275135.00/cwt135.00–135.003711
HeifersMedium and Large 333087.39/cwt80.00–95.002882
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy80095.00/cwt95.00–95.007601
SteersMedium and Large 1423143.58/cwt142.00–145.006072
SteersMedium and Large 1525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 2385115.00/cwt115.00–115.004431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2355120.00/cwt120.00–120.004262
HeifersMedium and Large 1365134.11/cwt130.00–138.004902
BullsMedium and Large 2365122.00/cwt122.00–122.004451
BullsMedium and Large 1495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2563121.22/cwt120.00–122.506822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2673118.00/cwt118.00–118.007946
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,6002
Bulls1,50075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1251
Bulls1,32570.00/cwt70.00–70.009281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04843.59/cwt40.00–48.004576
CowsLean 85-90%86716.73/cwt15.00–20.001453
CowsLean 85-90%96831.01/cwt25.00–38.003006

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.