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 1Fleshy—450220.00/cwt220.00–220.009901
BullsMedium and Large 2Full—385167.50/cwt167.50–167.506451
BullsMedium and Large 1—290255.00/cwt255.00–255.007401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—575205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1793
BullsMedium and Large 1—490242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1881
BullsMedium and Large 1—417240.95/cwt237.50–242.501,0055
SteersMedium and Large 1—523241.30/cwt240.00–242.501,2622
SteersMedium and Large 1—418252.46/cwt250.00–255.001,0553
SteersMedium and Large 1—380258.50/cwt252.50–265.009822
SteersMedium and Large 1—465248.83/cwt245.00–252.501,1572
SteersMedium and Large 2—320227.50/cwt227.50–227.507281
SteersMedium and Large 2—350227.50/cwt227.50–227.507961
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428238.08/cwt232.50–250.001,0193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—365227.50/cwt227.50–227.508303
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315221.25/cwt217.50–225.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2791
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460200.82/cwt200.00–202.509243
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—535207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313234.90/cwt232.50–237.507352
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378233.73/cwt232.50–235.008832
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465232.18/cwt222.50–242.501,0802
HeifersMedium and Large 2—403210.00/cwt210.00–210.008462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530223.71/cwt220.00–227.501,1862
BullsMedium and Large 2—360195.00/cwt195.00–195.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2—450210.00/cwt210.00–210.009451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—645205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—525215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1292
BullsMedium and Large 1—325252.50/cwt252.50–252.508211
BullsMedium and Large 2—535202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0831
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—865775.00/head775.00–775.007752
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—850750.00/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.