Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-01-30

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 30
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 85▼ 185 vs year ago 236 · −78.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 15▼ 38 vs year ago 78 · −48.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 5▲ 58 vs year ago 22 · +263.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY - 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY-5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND MODERATE ON SHORT SUPPLY. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.15/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$153.15
24 head · 361 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.72
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1390162.9563512thin
Medium and Large 1-2310149.574649thin
Medium and Large 2397124.674953thin
One grade step is worth $38.28/cwt here — about $141 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 sale24 hd
153.15
—
MS average13 barns · 901 hd
158.87
−5.72
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
Bulls—Average99592.009151thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25479.1499210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03562.816505thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,3005
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,085$9002thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)800$80010
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)774$71417
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)691$6508

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1-2—245162.50/cwt162.50–162.503982
BullsMedium and Large 2—775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—323151.86/cwt142.50–160.004916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375122.50/cwt122.50–122.504591
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405172.50/cwt172.50–172.506991
SteersMedium and Large 1—455198.00/cwt191.00–205.009012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340142.50/cwt142.50–142.504851
SteersMedium and Large 1—510187.50/cwt187.50–187.509561
SteersMedium and Large 1—370207.50/cwt207.50–207.507681
SteersMedium and Large 1—414196.25/cwt192.50–202.508124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—500162.50/cwt162.50–162.508131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371165.67/cwt162.50–167.506158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465152.50/cwt152.50–152.507091
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335124.00/cwt124.00–124.004151
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480127.50/cwt127.50–127.506121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,085900.00/head900.00–900.009002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—800800.00/head800.00–800.0080010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—774713.94/head675.00–755.0071417
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—691650.00/head650.00–650.006508
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3005
Bulls——99592.00/cwt92.00–92.009151
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13572.57/cwt61.00–77.008244
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33383.52/cwt82.00–84.001,1136
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03357.83/cwt53.00–66.005973
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03870.28/cwt67.50–73.007302

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.