Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-03-21

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 40▼ 62 vs year ago 100 · −62.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 20▼ 8 vs year ago 15 · −53.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 9▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-6.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GREAT. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. THE FUTURE OF THE CATTLE MARKET HAS ALOT OF OPTIMISM.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.83/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$146.83
19 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.25
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2400170.006803thin
Medium and Large 1457167.397656thin
Medium and Large 2498127.5463510thin
One grade step is worth $42.46/cwt here — about $45 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
146.83
—
MS average13 barns · 449 hd
144.58
+2.25
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21085.031,0293thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low72535.002541thin

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275165.00/cwt165.00–165.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325166.25/cwt165.00–167.505402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380165.00/cwt165.00–165.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450127.50/cwt127.50–127.505741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy475155.00/cwt155.00–155.007361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506147.56/cwt140.00–152.507475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565118.00/cwt118.00–118.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568145.01/cwt142.50–147.508242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638140.52/cwt135.00–146.008972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273152.61/cwt150.00–155.004172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390177.50/cwt177.50–177.506921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400170.00/cwt170.00–170.006803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427173.62/cwt165.00–178.007413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465160.00/cwt160.00–160.007441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472122.41/cwt120.00–127.505783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575122.50/cwt122.50–122.507041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605146.00/cwt146.00–146.008831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2632120.16/cwt112.50–127.507593
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72535.00/cwt35.00–35.002541
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21085.03/cwt80.00–90.001,0293
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,7506

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.