Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-05-15

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 15
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
35 vs last sale 60 48 vs year ago 73 · 65.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 20 10 vs year ago 35 · 28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
2 vs last sale 8 45 vs year ago 55 · 81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 2.00-4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD ON SHORT SUPPLY. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.69/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$161.69
9 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$324
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
36.22
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533173.379236thin
Medium and Large 3410143.755892thin
Medium and Large 2470127.505991thin
One grade step is worth $45.87/cwt here — about $324 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 sale9 hd
161.69
MS average13 barns · 1,195 hd
197.91
−36.22
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
BullsAverage1,352114.091,5423thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20590.661,0929thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02872.217438thin

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)825$8753thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$1,8003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,015$1,2503thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1780142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1081
BullsMedium and Large 1300210.00/cwt210.00–210.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1380225.00/cwt225.00–225.008551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500195.00/cwt195.00–195.009752
BullsMedium and Large 2275155.00/cwt155.00–155.004261
BullsMedium and Large 1428228.62/cwt220.00–235.009783
HeifersMedium and Large 3350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 1355182.50/cwt182.50–182.506481
HeifersMedium and Large 1718152.62/cwt147.50–157.501,0962
HeifersMedium and Large 1468184.15/cwt182.50–185.008623
HeifersMedium and Large 2470127.50/cwt127.50–127.505991
HeifersMedium and Large 3470167.50/cwt167.50–167.507871
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0451,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2825875.00/head875.00–875.008753
Bulls1,200111.63/cwt111.00–112.501,3402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10881.39/cwt72.00–87.509023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25395.29/cwt90.00–102.001,1946
CowsLean 85-90%1,10090.00/cwt90.00–90.009901
CowsLean 85-90%1,02554.00/cwt54.00–54.005541
Bulls1,655119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,9691
CowsLean 85-90%1,01772.28/cwt69.00–75.007356

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.