Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-02-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 7
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 218 vs last sale 236▼ 52 vs year ago 70 · −74.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 78▼ 13 vs year ago 17 · −76.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 22▼ 18 vs year ago 20 · −90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.50/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$142.50
11 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475163.757782thin
Medium and Large 1-2587140.008228thin
Medium and Large 2645120.007741thin
One grade step is worth $43.75/cwt here — about $4 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 sale11 hd
142.50
—
MS average13 barns · 386 hd
143.35
−0.85
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average85043.003661thin

Every lot

14 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004953
Heifers—Medium and Large 337570.00/cwt70.00–70.002631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385112.50/cwt112.50–112.504331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
Heifers—Medium and Large 353060.00/cwt60.00–60.003181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450162.50/cwt162.50–162.507311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545152.50/cwt152.50–152.508313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560137.50/cwt137.50–137.507703
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008632
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85043.00/cwt43.00–43.003661
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2920400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,6801
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,365800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,9201

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.