Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-08-28

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
5 vs last sale 70 61 vs year ago 126 · 48.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
9 vs last sale 11 12 vs year ago 32 · 37.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
2 vs last sale 8 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY - 10.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.43/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$224.43
25 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$61
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.49
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2339230.507815thin
Medium and Large 1444230.251,02113thin
Medium and Large 2402209.288427thin
One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale25 hd
224.43
MS average13 barns · 1,038 hd
213.94
+10.49
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17896.761,1394thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05166.416984thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)865$7752thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$7502thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1Fleshy450220.00/cwt220.00–220.009901
BullsMedium and Large 2Full385167.50/cwt167.50–167.506451
BullsMedium and Large 1290255.00/cwt255.00–255.007401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1793
BullsMedium and Large 1490242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1881
BullsMedium and Large 1417240.95/cwt237.50–242.501,0055
SteersMedium and Large 1523241.30/cwt240.00–242.501,2622
SteersMedium and Large 1418252.46/cwt250.00–255.001,0553
SteersMedium and Large 1380258.50/cwt252.50–265.009822
SteersMedium and Large 1465248.83/cwt245.00–252.501,1572
SteersMedium and Large 2320227.50/cwt227.50–227.507281
SteersMedium and Large 2350227.50/cwt227.50–227.507961
HeifersMedium and Large 1428238.08/cwt232.50–250.001,0193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365227.50/cwt227.50–227.508303
HeifersMedium and Large 2315221.25/cwt217.50–225.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 1575222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2791
HeifersMedium and Large 2460200.82/cwt200.00–202.509243
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy535207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1101
HeifersMedium and Large 1313234.90/cwt232.50–237.507352
HeifersMedium and Large 1378233.73/cwt232.50–235.008832
HeifersMedium and Large 1465232.18/cwt222.50–242.501,0802
HeifersMedium and Large 2403210.00/cwt210.00–210.008462
HeifersMedium and Large 1530223.71/cwt220.00–227.501,1862
BullsMedium and Large 2360195.00/cwt195.00–195.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2450210.00/cwt210.00–210.009451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2645205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1292
BullsMedium and Large 1325252.50/cwt252.50–252.508211
BullsMedium and Large 2535202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0831
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed865775.00/head775.00–775.007752
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2850750.00/head750.00–750.007502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02588.00/cwt81.00–95.009022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,330105.51/cwt101.00–109.001,4032
CowsLean 85-90%1,01370.00/cwt70.00–70.007092
CowsLean 85-90%1,08862.82/cwt60.00–65.006832

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.