Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2021-12-06

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 6
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 347▲ 85 vs year ago 165 · +51.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 25▼ 25 vs year ago 65 · −38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 65▼ 10 vs year ago 35 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS STEADY TO 6.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.27/cwt on 111 head.
Average price
$152.27
111 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.76
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2595152.57907105
Medium and Large 1512147.087536thin
One grade step is worth $5.48/cwt here — about $154 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 sale111 hd
152.27
—
MS average13 barns · 1,188 hd
157.03
−4.76
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—Average1,51570.851,0743thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19053.326345thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95224.4123210

Every lot

58 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385163.00/cwt163.00–163.006286
Steers—Medium and Large 1385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005971
Steers—Medium and Large 1418156.25/cwt150.00–162.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425156.00/cwt156.00–156.006635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2451155.71/cwt140.00–161.0070212
Steers—Medium and Large 1500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512160.00/cwt160.00–160.008199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534156.06/cwt135.00–160.0083318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635149.00/cwt149.00–149.0094611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640155.00/cwt155.00–155.0099225
Steers—Medium and Large 1650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008783
Steers—Medium and Large 1700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added835140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,16916
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335138.00/cwt138.00–138.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345125.00/cwt125.00–125.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380135.00/cwt135.00–135.005131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423137.03/cwt130.00–139.0058028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428112.46/cwt110.00–115.004812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475117.66/cwt110.00–122.505595
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475100.00/cwt100.00–100.004751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517134.19/cwt132.50–135.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521132.31/cwt130.00–133.0068917
Heifers—Medium and Large 356098.00/cwt98.00–98.005491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618108.86/cwt105.00–112.506732
Heifers—Medium and Large 363575.00/cwt75.00–75.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655112.00/cwt112.00–112.007341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700112.50/cwt112.50–112.507881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775102.50/cwt102.50–102.507943
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225160.00/cwt160.00–160.003601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295147.50/cwt147.50–147.504353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365151.63/cwt147.50–156.005532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365137.50/cwt137.50–137.505021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465147.50/cwt147.50–147.506861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007911
Bulls—Medium and Large 356590.00/cwt90.00–90.005091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617123.82/cwt122.00–125.007645
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625131.93/cwt127.50–137.508253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669125.27/cwt112.50–135.008387
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675127.00/cwt127.00–127.008571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47365.28/cwt61.00–70.009622
Bulls——1,60082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3121
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91718.87/cwt11.00–23.001736
Cows—Lean 85-90%96825.93/cwt25.00–27.002512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04339.51/cwt35.00–44.004122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14151.77/cwt45.00–58.005914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38559.50/cwt59.50–59.508241
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,0004
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1900800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,2985
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2942649.29/cwt625.00–675.006,1169
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,350875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,8131

This sale against other markets

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.