Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-09-04

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 4
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 65▼ 53 vs year ago 188 · −28.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 5 vs year ago 35 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 6▼ 5 vs year ago 20 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY PLAIN.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.23/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$219.23
45 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$60.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.68
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2413227.6194031
Medium and Large 1593224.381,3294thin
Medium and Large 2417201.728417thin
Medium and Large 3513166.678563thin
One grade step is worth $60.94/cwt here — about $84 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 sale45 hd
219.23
—
MS average13 barns · 1,364 hd
218.56
+0.68
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—Average1,325120.001,5901thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,180101.291,19514
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03383.778654thin

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)1,112$1,3514thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)988$1,1923thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,6003thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—245237.50/cwt237.50–237.505823
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,000140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4001
SteersMedium and Large 2—415225.12/cwt220.00–230.009342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—400227.50/cwt227.50–227.509103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—655215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4082
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0061
SteersMedium and Large 1—375250.00/cwt250.00–250.009381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—465252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1723
SteersMedium and Large 1—860222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9141
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—325237.50/cwt237.50–237.507723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—600227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3621
SteersMedium and Large 2—590225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3281
SteersMedium and Large 3—490172.50/cwt172.50–172.508451
SteersMedium and Large 1—755237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7931
SteersMedium and Large 2—500228.00/cwt220.00–230.001,1405
SteersMedium and Large 3—210205.00/cwt205.00–205.004311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—390237.50/cwt237.50–237.509265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—345245.00/cwt245.00–245.008453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—450240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0804
SteersMedium and Large 1—555255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4151
BullsMedium and Large 2—400201.25/cwt200.00–202.508052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—513232.44/cwt230.00–235.001,1924
BullsMedium and Large 1—275250.00/cwt250.00–250.006881
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—380185.00/cwt185.00–185.007031
BullsMedium and Large 1—300230.00/cwt230.00–230.006901
BullsMedium and Large 1—525235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2341
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,253107.79/cwt102.00–120.001,3518
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08392.62/cwt86.00–96.001,0036
Bulls——1,325120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5901
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03594.04/cwt90.00–98.009732
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03073.49/cwt71.00–76.007572
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2001,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2292
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2351,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1731,527.24/head1,225.00–1,750.001,5272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—8651,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy—1,100142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,5681
BullsMedium and Large 2—310202.00/cwt202.00–202.006261
BullsMedium and Large 1—155220.00/cwt220.00–220.003411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4061
BullsMedium and Large 2—550197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,0861
BullsMedium and Large 1—410252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0351
BullsMedium and Large 1—365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008941
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465155.00/cwt155.00–155.007211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468201.28/cwt200.00–202.509422
BullsMedium and Large 2—385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 3—500170.00/cwt170.00–170.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373201.24/cwt200.00–202.507512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—478222.27/cwt222.00–222.501,0629
SteersMedium and Large 1—645255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—412202.34/cwt200.00–205.008343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—335234.00/cwt234.00–234.007844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—420226.00/cwt226.00–226.009497
HeifersMedium and Large 1—345230.00/cwt230.00–230.007941

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.