Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-02-28

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 28
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 65▼ 4 vs year ago 22 · −18.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 28▼ 11 vs year ago 12 · −91.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 1▲ 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALL A TRUE MARKET.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.47/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$136.47
15 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$53.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.13
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1435147.006406thin
Medium and Large 2280145.004061thin
Medium and Large 1-2413138.755726thin
Medium and Large 333393.753122thin
One grade step is worth $53.25/cwt here — about $328 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 sale15 hd
136.47
—
MS average13 barns · 322 hd
139.60
−3.13
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%High1,02567.006871thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315187.50/cwt187.50–187.505911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425142.50/cwt142.50–142.506063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455136.67/cwt130.00–145.006223
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2255147.50/cwt147.50–147.503763
Bulls—Medium and Large 326585.00/cwt85.00–85.002251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280145.00/cwt145.00–145.004061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310162.50/cwt162.50–162.505041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383150.00/cwt150.00–150.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400102.50/cwt102.50–102.504101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418145.99/cwt140.00–152.506102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700127.50/cwt127.50–127.508931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02567.00/cwt67.00–67.006871
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2750550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,1253
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,2633
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,8002

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.