Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-04-11

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 11
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 66▼ 11 vs year ago 101 · −10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 15▲ 9 vs year ago 6 · +150.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 1 vs year ago 11 · −9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK : FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-8.00 LOWER. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.61/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$134.61
31 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$62.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.37
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1398152.966095thin
Medium and Large 1-2547134.6473720
Medium and Large 2355125.074445thin
Medium and Large 350090.004501thin
One grade step is worth $62.96/cwt here — about $159 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 sale31 hd
134.61
—
MS average13 barns · 974 hd
141.98
−7.37
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%High1,11370.397832thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06367.507172thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 2365142.50/cwt142.50–142.505201
Steers—Medium and Large 2400140.00/cwt135.00–145.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 1415185.00/cwt185.00–185.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007262
Steers—Medium and Large 1465147.50/cwt147.50–147.506861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525138.00/cwt138.00–138.007253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235135.00/cwt135.00–135.003171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345157.50/cwt157.50–157.505431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345147.50/cwt147.50–147.505092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420152.41/cwt150.00–155.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420125.18/cwt120.00–130.005262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455142.50/cwt142.50–142.506481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485132.50/cwt132.50–132.506432
Heifers—Medium and Large 350090.00/cwt90.00–90.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530138.00/cwt138.00–138.007317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606133.84/cwt125.00–137.508117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007652
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300145.00/cwt145.00–145.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2323162.15/cwt157.50–167.505246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415176.90/cwt172.50–182.507344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470123.44/cwt120.00–130.005803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518127.58/cwt125.00–130.006612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535141.00/cwt141.00–141.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655136.00/cwt136.00–136.008913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2705110.00/cwt110.00–110.007761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%92565.00/cwt65.00–65.006011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11370.39/cwt65.00–75.007832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20070.00/cwt70.00–70.008401
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0002

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.