Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-02-27

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 27
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
19 vs last sale 78 41 vs year ago 18 · +227.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
0 vs last sale 22 21 vs year ago 1 · +2,100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
0 vs last sale 25 17 vs year ago 8 · +212.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. INSTANCES OF 20.00 HIGHER. PREMIUMS ARE BEING PAID ON GOOD ENGLISH TYPE CATTLE. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED MIXED. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND STRONG.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.83/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$173.83
19 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$54.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.84
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416181.7675510thin
Medium and Large 1-2459169.717798thin
Medium and Large 3500127.506381thin
One grade step is worth $54.26/cwt here — about $118 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 sale19 hd
173.83
MS average13 barns · 1,211 hd
180.67
−6.84
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
BullsAverage1,20090.001,0801thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24589.981,1206thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03465.2167410

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,042$1,1227
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$1,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$9753thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,070$9502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$9252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)800$6002thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$7002thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1560181.17/cwt172.50–190.001,0152
BullsMedium and Large 1310217.34/cwt197.50–242.506743
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525177.50/cwt177.50–177.509323
BullsMedium and Large 2335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005361
BullsMedium and Large 1432194.58/cwt175.00–212.508413
BullsMedium and Large 1465192.50/cwt178.00–207.008952
SteersMedium and Large 1335220.45/cwt205.00–235.007392
SteersMedium and Large 1365215.00/cwt215.00–215.007851
HeifersMedium and Large 1372192.46/cwt190.00–195.007163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509160.54/cwt157.50–162.508175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006943
SteersMedium and Large 1435217.50/cwt217.50–217.509461
HeifersMedium and Large 3500127.50/cwt127.50–127.506381
HeifersMedium and Large 1585155.00/cwt155.00–155.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 1485185.00/cwt185.00–185.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 1500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 1315180.00/cwt175.00–185.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 1420187.59/cwt185.00–190.007882
BullsMedium and Large 1290205.00/cwt205.00–205.005951
BullsMedium and Large 1370212.57/cwt207.50–217.507872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800600.00/head600.00–600.006002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000925.00/head925.00–925.009252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,070950.00/head950.00–950.009502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1001,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210975.00/head975.00–975.009753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0421,121.95/head1,075.00–1,165.001,1227
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,10095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0451
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2900700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Bulls1,20090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0801
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02569.00/cwt69.00–69.007071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28994.18/cwt90.00–100.001,2145
CowsLean 85-90%1,03361.45/cwt50.00–71.006355
CowsLean 85-90%1,06976.20/cwt70.00–82.008154
CowsLean 85-90%90040.00/cwt40.00–40.003601

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.