Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-04-25

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 25
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 36▲ 30 vs year ago 130 · +23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 35▲ 16 vs year ago 20 · +80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 25▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED UNEVENLY STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. SEVERAL NEW CROP CALVES SOLD TODAY. HIGH FEED AND FUEL PRICES CONTINUE TO HURT THE CALF MARKET.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.45/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$131.45
33 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.21
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433146.9363610thin
Medium and Large 1-2573130.5374716thin
Medium and Large 2360127.504593thin
Medium and Large 344599.384424thin
One grade step is worth $47.56/cwt here — about $194 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 sale33 hd
131.45
—
MS average13 barns · 982 hd
138.66
−7.21
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—Average1,30397.791,2744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13175.348525thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92560.705626thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
Steers—Medium and Large 1372166.37/cwt162.50–175.006195
Steers—Medium and Large 2390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 1412164.02/cwt162.50–167.506765
Steers—Medium and Large 1465170.50/cwt161.00–180.007932
Steers—Medium and Large 2485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 1523149.68/cwt142.50–157.507832
Steers—Medium and Large 1565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705131.00/cwt131.00–131.009243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283130.00/cwt130.00–130.003682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3300112.50/cwt112.50–112.503381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360155.00/cwt155.00–155.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368155.00/cwt155.00–155.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415102.50/cwt102.50–102.504251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417140.08/cwt132.50–145.005846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418145.88/cwt140.00–150.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473145.85/cwt142.00–150.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 349087.50/cwt87.50–87.504291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515122.50/cwt122.50–122.506311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535137.50/cwt137.50–137.507362
Heifers—Medium and Large 357595.00/cwt95.00–95.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675121.00/cwt121.00–121.008175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2855111.00/cwt111.00–111.009493
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300142.50/cwt142.50–142.504281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330159.96/cwt157.00–165.005283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370157.87/cwt150.00–165.005844
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375125.00/cwt120.00–130.004692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415149.17/cwt145.00–155.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415147.50/cwt147.50–147.506123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485146.25/cwt135.00–157.507092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500132.50/cwt132.50–132.506631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645137.50/cwt137.50–137.508871
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——98582.00/cwt82.00–82.008081
Bulls——1,370108.58/cwt107.00–110.001,4882
Bulls——1,48592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70032.00/cwt32.00–32.002241
Cows—Lean 85-90%94271.81/cwt70.00–75.006763
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01358.37/cwt55.00–62.005912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07568.00/cwt68.00–68.007311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14577.17/cwt75.00–82.008844
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1700104.00/cwt104.00–104.007281
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 180385.50/cwt85.00–86.006872
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-283582.00/cwt82.00–82.006853
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0201,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,2002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,0001

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.