Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-01-03

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 3
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 206 vs last sale 250▼ 20 vs year ago 64 · −31.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 40▼ 5 vs year ago 30 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO THE SELL BEFORE THE BREAK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 10.00-12.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.70/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$144.70
34 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$345
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.87
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456155.8971116thin
Medium and Large 1-2310144.0044611thin
Medium and Large 2500123.326175thin
Medium and Large 3325112.503662thin
One grade step is worth $43.39/cwt here — about $345 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 sale34 hd
144.70
—
MS average6 barns · 183 hd
134.83
+9.87
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—Average1,45383.581,2142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16266.7877610
CowsLean 85-90%Average88648.104268thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003751
Steers—Medium and Large 2445132.50/cwt132.50–132.505901
Steers—Medium and Large 2635122.50/cwt122.50–122.507781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2185127.00/cwt127.00–127.002351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2200122.00/cwt122.00–122.002441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280126.00/cwt126.00–126.003531
Heifers—Medium and Large 328099.00/cwt99.00–99.002771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310123.06/cwt112.50–130.003814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340122.00/cwt122.00–122.004151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445142.50/cwt142.50–142.506341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455122.50/cwt122.50–122.505571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465122.50/cwt122.50–122.505703
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3200120.00/cwt120.00–120.002401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2250140.00/cwt140.00–140.003505
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285182.50/cwt182.50–182.505201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310152.00/cwt152.00–152.004712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328172.63/cwt170.00–175.005662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367162.35/cwt152.00–170.005963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410153.17/cwt145.00–160.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425122.00/cwt122.00–122.005191
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450105.00/cwt105.00–105.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465161.68/cwt160.00–165.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465132.50/cwt132.50–132.506161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518142.42/cwt140.00–145.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608116.05/cwt112.00–120.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625137.50/cwt137.50–137.508591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1965112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,45383.58/cwt81.00–86.001,2142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76036.49/cwt35.00–38.002772
Cows—Lean 85-90%92851.97/cwt50.00–55.004826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14665.47/cwt60.00–69.007508
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22572.00/cwt72.00–72.008822

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.