Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-07-31

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 31
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
90 vs last sale 190 60 vs year ago 160 · 37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
12 vs last sale 24 22 vs year ago 34 · 64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 3.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND VERY GOOD FOR ALL CLASSES. SOMEWHAT LIGHTER NUMBERS AS HIGH TEMPERATURES CONTINUE. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.62/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$244.62
39 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,315
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 1537244.621,31539
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 sale39 hd
244.62
MS average13 barns · 866 hd
247.43
−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
BullsAverage1,245102.631,2783thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,333104.491,3933thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91370.006392thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1225280.00/cwt280.00–280.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1400245.00/cwt245.00–245.009801
BullsMedium and Large 1280259.82/cwt250.00–270.007272
BullsMedium and Large 1373249.53/cwt240.00–260.009312
BullsMedium and Large 1575207.00/cwt205.00–208.001,1903
BullsMedium and Large 1515215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1071
SteersMedium and Large 1545246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,34318
SteersMedium and Large 1455248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,13110
HeifersMedium and Large 2400200.00/cwt200.00–200.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1428227.96/cwt227.00–235.009769
HeifersMedium and Large 1378223.82/cwt220.00–227.508462
BullsMedium and Large 1605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2101
BullsMedium and Large 1805157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2641
HeifersMedium and Large 1185232.00/cwt232.00–232.004291
HeifersMedium and Large 1695195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3551
HeifersMedium and Large 1215270.00/cwt270.00–270.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1600238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,42811
BullsMedium and Large 2275200.00/cwt200.00–200.005501
BullsMedium and Large 2455187.50/cwt187.50–187.508531
HeifersMedium and Large 1815167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3651
HeifersMedium and Large 1478227.47/cwt222.50–232.501,0872
HeifersMedium and Large 1509216.29/cwt210.00–218.001,1015
BullsMedium and Large 2380215.00/cwt215.00–215.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2952
BullsMedium and Large 2435208.72/cwt207.50–210.009082
BullsMedium and Large 1960136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2165237.50/cwt237.50–237.503923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400237.50/cwt237.50–237.509502
Bulls1,245102.63/cwt101.00–105.001,2783
CowsBoner 80-85%1,333104.49/cwt100.00–108.001,3933
CowsLean 85-90%1,02593.00/cwt93.00–93.009531
CowsLean 85-90%80047.00/cwt47.00–47.003761

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.