Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-11-13

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 13
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
42 vs last sale 100 58 vs year ago 116 · 50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
5 vs last sale 30 25 vs year ago 60 · 41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. FANCY CALVES DID REALLY WELL. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $199.14/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$199.14
29 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$924
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$66.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.09
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461218.501,00810thin
Medium and Large 1-2438210.839249thin
Medium and Large 2484176.438547thin
Medium and Large 3503152.507683thin
One grade step is worth $66.00/cwt here — about $240 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 sale29 hd
199.14
MS average13 barns · 719 hd
202.23
−3.09
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%High1,17183.009727thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91760.205528thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1Fleshy355235.00/cwt235.00–235.008341
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy490205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0051
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy585155.00/cwt155.00–155.009071
BullsMedium and Large 2Full97585.00/cwt85.00–85.008291
BullsMedium and Large 3510167.50/cwt167.50–167.508541
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365207.50/cwt207.50–207.507572
HeifersMedium and Large 1455204.00/cwt204.00–204.009281
HeifersMedium and Large 1535205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0971
HeifersMedium and Large 2545180.00/cwt180.00–180.009811
HeifersMedium and Large 1418209.78/cwt205.00–220.008773
HeifersMedium and Large 3470165.00/cwt165.00–165.007761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455212.50/cwt212.50–212.509673
BullsMedium and Large 1463229.96/cwt227.50–232.501,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 2745147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,0991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380202.50/cwt202.50–202.507703
HeifersMedium and Large 1335215.00/cwt215.00–215.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1365220.00/cwt220.00–220.008031
BullsMedium and Large 2600172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0351
BullsMedium and Large 2745155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 2300197.50/cwt192.50–202.505932
BullsMedium and Large 2215217.50/cwt217.50–217.504681
BullsMedium and Large 3400165.00/cwt165.00–165.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1002
BullsMedium and Large 2255210.00/cwt210.00–210.005361
BullsMedium and Large 1345247.50/cwt247.50–247.508541
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425202.50/cwt202.50–202.508612
BullsMedium and Large 1385237.50/cwt237.50–237.509141
BullsMedium and Large 1400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
BullsMedium and Large 1563207.56/cwt205.00–210.001,1692
CowsLean 85-90%87562.00/cwt62.00–62.005431
CowsLean 85-90%72545.00/cwt45.00–45.003261
CowsLean 85-90%95662.43/cwt59.00–70.005976
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1031
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16281.83/cwt73.00–86.009516

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.