Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-03-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 18▼ 241 vs year ago 303 · −79.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 1▼ 10 vs year ago 22 · −45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 8▼ 6 vs year ago 8 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 2.00-5.00 CHEAPER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.95/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$143.95
19 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$8.60/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 1-2426148.606335thin
Medium and Large 1510143.2173010thin
Medium and Large 2421140.005904thin
One grade step is worth $8.60/cwt here — about $43 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 sale19 hd
143.95
—
MS average13 barns · 425 hd
139.19
+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—Low1,54787.001,3463thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05567.007072thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94443.834144thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 1423172.74/cwt172.50–173.007312
Steers—Medium and Large 1465165.81/cwt165.00–167.507713
Steers—Medium and Large 1518158.71/cwt157.50–160.008222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225140.00/cwt140.00–140.003151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300151.50/cwt148.00–155.004552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471123.52/cwt122.50–125.005825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525128.00/cwt128.00–128.006722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585127.50/cwt127.50–127.507461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645127.50/cwt127.50–127.508221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695112.50/cwt112.50–112.507821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275146.25/cwt142.50–150.004022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280140.00/cwt140.00–140.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315152.50/cwt152.50–152.504802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500146.00/cwt146.00–146.007303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500142.50/cwt142.50–142.507131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521146.33/cwt142.50–148.007625
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583141.45/cwt138.00–145.008252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600137.50/cwt137.50–137.508251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20051.00/cwt51.00–51.006121
Bulls——1,720105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8062
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90031.00/cwt31.00–31.002791
Cows—Lean 85-90%95848.11/cwt43.00–55.004613
Cows—Boner 80-85%99069.00/cwt69.00–69.006831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12065.00/cwt65.00–65.007281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,6001,080.00/cwt1,080.00–1,080.0017,2801

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.