Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2023-12-18

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 18
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 50▼ 56 vs year ago 125 · −44.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 26▲ 18 vs year ago 12 · +150.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 15.00-20.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $239.76/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$239.76
23 head · 361 lb average
Value per head Derived
$865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+34.00
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368247.6391015thin
Medium and Large 1-2305238.337276thin
Medium and Large 2478185.008832thin
One grade step is worth $62.63/cwt here — about $27 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 sale23 hd
239.76
—
MS average13 barns · 487 hd
205.76
+34.00
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—Average1,544101.711,5703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12486.3997112
CowsLean 85-90%Average98867.0166212

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)949$9564thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$8751thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$8003thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1—225265.00/cwt265.00–265.005961
BullsMedium and Large 1—460239.95/cwt235.00–245.001,1042
BullsMedium and Large 1—285265.00/cwt265.00–265.007551
BullsMedium and Large 1—430225.00/cwt225.00–225.009681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—240240.00/cwt240.00–240.005764
BullsMedium and Large 1—535222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405180.00/cwt180.00–180.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—480200.00/cwt200.00–200.009602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—275242.50/cwt242.50–242.506678
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385220.00/cwt220.00–220.008471
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0141
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319235.75/cwt227.50–240.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413226.68/cwt220.00–235.009364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—225232.50/cwt232.50–232.505232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462218.49/cwt215.00–220.501,0093
BullsMedium and Large 2—455165.00/cwt165.00–165.007511
BullsMedium and Large 2—500205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0251
BullsMedium and Large 1—323255.43/cwt240.00–265.008255
BullsMedium and Large 1—376244.97/cwt240.00–247.509214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—435235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0222
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—575190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—900950.00/head950.00–950.009503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,095975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—900800.00/head800.00–800.008003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,000875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bulls——1,37896.56/cwt86.00–106.001,3312
Bulls——1,875112.00/cwt112.00–112.002,1001
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1751
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10786.06/cwt79.00–92.5095311
CowsLean 85-90%—98867.01/cwt60.00–76.0066212

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.