Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-03-06

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 6
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 59▲ 28 vs year ago 62 · +45.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 22▼ 2 vs year ago 12 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 25▲ 24 vs year ago 2 · +1,200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS 10.00-20.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND VERY STRONG.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $216.68/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$216.68
40 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.81
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546216.681,18440
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale40 hd
216.68
—
MS average13 barns · 931 hd
219.49
−2.81
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—High1,683118.001,9863thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26084.001,0582thin

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)950$1,0005
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)986$9937

Every lot, as filed

24 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—585185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0821
BullsMedium and Large 1—615182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1221
BullsMedium and Large 1—475191.25/cwt187.50–195.009082
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—655147.50/cwt147.50–147.509661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—600160.00/cwt160.00–160.009603
BullsMedium and Large 2—400167.50/cwt167.50–167.506701
SteersMedium and Large 1—390205.00/cwt205.00–205.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265187.50/cwt187.50–187.504971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—646169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0929
SteersMedium and Large 1—555223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,23820
SteersMedium and Large 1—495219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0841
SteersMedium and Large 1—413222.92/cwt220.00–227.509218
SteersMedium and Large 1—657200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,31410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—545182.50/cwt182.50–182.5099510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565170.00/cwt170.00–170.009611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370211.59/cwt205.00–217.507832
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455186.62/cwt182.50–190.008493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425211.00/cwt211.00–211.008973
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330210.00/cwt210.00–210.006931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—986993.48/head850.00–1,150.009937
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9501,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0005
Bulls——1,683118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,9863
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04581.00/cwt81.00–81.008461
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,47587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2831

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.