Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-05-01

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 92▼ 15 vs year ago 65 · −23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 25▲ 5 vs year ago 13 · +38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 12▼ 10 vs year ago 18 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-5.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $180.94/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$180.94
21 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.80
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531192.701,02411thin
Medium and Large 1-2564168.0094710thin
One grade step is worth $24.70/cwt here — about $77 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 sale21 hd
180.94
—
MS average13 barns · 471 hd
182.74
−1.80
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—Average1,035120.001,2421thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08587.459495thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91757.335263thin

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)1,000$1,0736

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1Fleshy—585152.50/cwt152.50–152.508921
BullsMedium and Large 1—845142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2041
BullsMedium and Large 1—417222.39/cwt217.50–225.009273
BullsMedium and Large 1—255230.00/cwt230.00–230.005871
BullsMedium and Large 1—455212.50/cwt212.50–212.509671
BullsMedium and Large 1—645200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—475180.00/cwt180.00–180.008551
SteersMedium and Large 1—265270.00/cwt270.00–270.007161
SteersMedium and Large 1—300265.00/cwt265.00–265.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1—545185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 1—575193.68/cwt190.00–197.501,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—285195.00/cwt195.00–195.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—500157.50/cwt157.50–157.507881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—800160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365196.25/cwt195.00–197.507162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428201.36/cwt187.50–212.508623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315236.61/cwt210.00–247.507454
BullsMedium and Large 1—720150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—545160.00/cwt160.00–160.008723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—550187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0314
BullsMedium and Large 1—535180.00/cwt180.00–180.009631
BullsMedium and Large 1—555185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,073.00/head1,050.00–1,100.001,0736
Bulls——1,035120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2421
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02578.50/cwt70.00–87.008052
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12593.41/cwt90.00–97.001,0513
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02562.00/cwt62.00–62.006362
CowsLean 85-90%—70048.00/cwt48.00–48.003361

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.