Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-04-18

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 18
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 90▼ 42 vs year ago 78 · −53.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 15▲ 20 vs year ago 15 · +133.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 10▲ 15 vs year ago 10 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS SOLD STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD 5.00 TO 10.00 HIGHER. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.31/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$142.31
16 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.17
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1378150.335693thin
Medium and Large 1-2440144.8563710thin
Medium and Large 2348125.834383thin
One grade step is worth $24.50/cwt here — about $130 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 sale16 hd
142.31
—
MS average13 barns · 808 hd
141.14
+1.17
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—Low1,26690.631,1488thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15375.258683thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87547.984206thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375167.50/cwt167.50–167.506281
Steers—Medium and Large 2815130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2245122.50/cwt122.50–122.503001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345147.50/cwt147.50–147.505092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380152.50/cwt152.50–152.505803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385151.00/cwt151.00–151.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007593
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265132.50/cwt132.50–132.503511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475162.50/cwt162.50–162.507721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485142.50/cwt140.00–145.006916
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007821
Bulls—Medium and Large 280095.00/cwt95.00–95.007601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08366.03/cwt62.00–70.007152
Bulls——1,19596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1472
Bulls——1,32595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2591
Bulls——1,380110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5181
Bulls——1,43598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4062
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78333.83/cwt30.00–40.002653
Cows—Lean 85-90%90070.00/cwt70.00–70.006301
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00058.20/cwt56.00–60.005822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13080.37/cwt79.00–82.009082
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20065.00/cwt65.00–65.007801
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3855675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,7713
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0281,047.93/cwt700.00–1,350.0010,7736
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,055775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,1763
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,225900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,0253
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2780850.00/cwt850.00–850.006,6302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3855550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,7033
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2003

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.