Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-10-23

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 23
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
83 vs last sale 117 126 vs year ago 74 · +170.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
31 vs last sale 38 43 vs year ago 50 · 86.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
15 vs last sale 20 20 vs year ago 25 · 80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 LOWER. DEMAND MODERATE. FUTURES TRADED SHARPLY LOWER TODAY. WEANED AND FANCY GROUPS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. QUALITY WAS MOSTLY AVERAGE. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY TO 4.00 LOWER.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.36/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$212.36
61 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$332
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$69.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.53
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440220.6797239
Medium and Large 1-2464210.9497916thin
Medium and Large 2568167.559514thin
Medium and Large 3423151.506402thin
One grade step is worth $69.17/cwt here — about $332 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 sale61 hd
212.36
MS average12 barns · 1,415 hd
204.83
+7.53
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
BullsAverage90095.008551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35391.691,2404thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92575.006941thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$9754thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1-2525207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0892
HeifersMedium and Large 2590170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0031
HeifersMedium and Large 1451222.41/cwt210.00–224.001,00320
HeifersMedium and Large 2650150.00/cwt150.00–150.009751
BullsMedium and Large 1383236.60/cwt227.50–245.009063
HeifersMedium and Large 1400221.00/cwt221.00–221.008841
SteersMedium and Large 1655217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,42513
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy960150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4401
HeifersMedium and Large 3500153.00/cwt153.00–153.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 2515175.10/cwt170.00–180.009022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2225231.00/cwt231.00–231.005205
HeifersMedium and Large 1355231.00/cwt201.00–235.008209
HeifersMedium and Large 3345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
SteersMedium and Large 1460244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,12212
SteersMedium and Large 1558234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,30610
SteersMedium and Large 2765180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3772
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1287
BullsMedium and Large 1426223.54/cwt217.00–235.009526
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full565195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1022
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy500201.50/cwt201.00–202.001,0082
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy665202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3471
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy565201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1361
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy490200.00/cwt200.00–200.009801
CowsLean 85-90%92575.00/cwt75.00–75.006941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38097.84/cwt95.00–101.001,3502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32585.54/cwt85.00–86.001,1332
Bulls90095.00/cwt95.00–95.008551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,000750.00/head750.00–750.007502
BullsMedium and Large 2380198.00/cwt198.00–198.007521
BullsMedium and Large 3400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006401
BullsMedium and Large 3615152.00/cwt152.00–152.009351
BullsMedium and Large 1450228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,02613
BullsMedium and Large 1650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 1600201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285225.00/cwt225.00–225.006412
BullsMedium and Large 2400199.00/cwt199.00–199.007961
BullsMedium and Large 1535206.00/cwt202.00–210.001,1022
BullsMedium and Large 2605184.50/cwt175.00–194.001,1162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0102
BullsMedium and Large 2560191.25/cwt190.00–192.501,0712
HeifersMedium and Large 1563200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1266
HeifersMedium and Large 1525201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 1328228.42/cwt225.00–232.007492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2952
BullsMedium and Large 1331249.08/cwt230.00–252.0082412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475201.00/cwt201.00–201.009553

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.