Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-10-02

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 2
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
37 vs last sale 90 23 vs year ago 104 · +22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
6 vs last sale 2 17 vs year ago 25 · 68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS 5.00-10.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS STEADY TO 3.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $201.52/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$201.52
38 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$73
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$84.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.26
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2325245.007963thin
Medium and Large 1511214.221,09417thin
Medium and Large 2427199.3585010thin
Medium and Large 3540160.928698thin
One grade step is worth $84.08/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale38 hd
201.52
MS average12 barns · 649 hd
196.25
+5.26
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
BullsAverage1,793110.521,9822thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14296.771,1053thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1Fleshy700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2951
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006901
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy515212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0941
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed225220.00/cwt220.00–220.004951
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed255240.00/cwt240.00–240.006121
SteersMedium and Large 1415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1241
HeifersMedium and Large 3625132.50/cwt132.50–132.508281
HeifersMedium and Large 3475127.50/cwt127.50–127.506061
HeifersMedium and Large 3408135.46/cwt110.00–160.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 1467210.81/cwt200.00–220.009846
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009102
HeifersMedium and Large 3345127.50/cwt127.50–127.504401
HeifersMedium and Large 2500180.00/cwt180.00–180.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full635205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2361206.07/cwt200.00–210.007445
BullsMedium and Large 1612200.82/cwt200.00–202.501,2293
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009841
HeifersMedium and Large 1563212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1962
BullsMedium and Large 3700150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 3518156.62/cwt152.50–160.008113
HeifersMedium and Large 1385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008861
BullsMedium and Large 2435207.50/cwt207.50–207.509031
BullsMedium and Large 2605166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0041
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1631
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy475202.50/cwt202.50–202.509621
BullsMedium and Large 3675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325245.00/cwt245.00–245.007963
BullsMedium and Large 1Full555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
BullsMedium and Large 1470227.26/cwt220.00–235.001,0682
BullsMedium and Large 1433228.68/cwt222.50–232.509904
BullsMedium and Large 2473200.00/cwt200.00–200.009462
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy680165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1221
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy355180.00/cwt180.00–180.006391
BullsMedium and Large 1385235.84/cwt232.50–240.009083
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy420215.00/cwt215.00–215.009031
BullsMedium and Large 3600172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0351
BullsMedium and Large 3190180.00/cwt180.00–180.003421
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy600180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1Full700155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0851
Bulls1,793110.52/cwt108.00–113.001,9822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02585.00/cwt85.00–85.008711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200102.66/cwt100.00–105.001,2322

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.