Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-02-21

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 21
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 277▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 20▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.29/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$143.29
42 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$75.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.80
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1398155.3861916thin
Medium and Large 1-2480139.1666819thin
Medium and Large 2335134.634516thin
Medium and Large 340580.003241thin
One grade step is worth $75.38/cwt here — about $295 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 sale42 hd
143.29
—
MS average13 barns · 1,097 hd
145.08
−1.80
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—High1,49894.401,4144thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20967.9782211
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00347.4047513

Every lot

42 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380178.36/cwt175.00–180.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1430180.00/cwt180.00–180.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 1465180.00/cwt180.00–180.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 2485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007521
Steers—Medium and Large 1505162.50/cwt162.50–162.508211
Steers—Medium and Large 1600147.50/cwt147.50–147.508851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1205160.00/cwt160.00–160.003281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270136.18/cwt135.00–137.503682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275160.00/cwt160.00–160.004401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300145.00/cwt145.00–145.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310151.00/cwt151.00–151.004683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323147.91/cwt140.00–155.004782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370161.75/cwt155.00–175.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373131.46/cwt125.00–137.504902
Heifers—Medium and Large 340580.00/cwt80.00–80.003241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413132.27/cwt125.00–140.005466
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425127.50/cwt127.50–127.505421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429155.01/cwt140.00–175.006656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455142.50/cwt142.50–142.506482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460160.00/cwt160.00–160.007361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535150.00/cwt150.00–150.008031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635137.50/cwt137.50–137.508733
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2225132.50/cwt132.50–132.502981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315162.50/cwt162.50–162.505122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380172.34/cwt162.50–180.006553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425163.54/cwt160.00–167.006952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465147.50/cwt147.50–147.506861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515132.50/cwt132.50–132.506821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615127.50/cwt127.50–127.507841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640142.50/cwt142.50–142.509121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,14580.14/cwt79.00–81.009182
Bulls——1,850108.66/cwt107.00–110.002,0102
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90020.50/cwt20.00–21.001852
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00341.98/cwt41.00–43.004212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00565.92/cwt62.00–70.006622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03151.35/cwt47.00–57.005297
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16861.83/cwt55.00–66.007226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25875.34/cwt72.00–80.009485
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,000950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,5001

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.