Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-05-16

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 16
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 42▼ 57 vs year ago 130 · −43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 15▼ 5 vs year ago 40 · −12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 25▲ 33 vs year ago 22 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 6.00 -8.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND GOOD.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.34/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$138.34
27 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$44.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.29
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488145.7571216thin
Medium and Large 1589134.317904thin
Medium and Large 2452132.505995thin
Medium and Large 3565101.685742thin
One grade step is worth $44.07/cwt here — about $137 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 sale27 hd
138.34
—
MS average13 barns · 1,417 hd
138.62
−0.29
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—Average1,833109.001,9972thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16268.3679412
CowsLean 85-90%Low89943.183886thin

Every lot

38 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 1440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1455150.00/cwt150.00–150.006831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008193
Steers—Medium and Large 1605152.50/cwt152.50–152.509231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400153.00/cwt153.00–153.006126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480149.50/cwt149.50–149.507187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518141.58/cwt137.50–147.507333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545127.50/cwt127.50–127.506951
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565101.68/cwt85.00–117.505742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685122.50/cwt122.50–122.508393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800112.50/cwt112.50–112.509001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435165.00/cwt165.00–165.007181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540147.50/cwt147.50–147.507971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550126.00/cwt126.00–126.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575122.00/cwt122.00–122.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,750110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,9251
Bulls——1,915108.00/cwt108.00–108.002,0681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%60010.00/cwt10.00–10.00601
Cows—Lean 85-90%89333.03/cwt30.00–36.002952
Cows—Lean 85-90%90056.00/cwt56.00–56.005041
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05563.50/cwt63.00–64.006702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07863.13/cwt54.00–66.006816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24573.58/cwt71.00–76.009166
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0013,0004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,3003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1301,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0014,9732
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0771,043.45/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0011,2385
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1171,018.77/cwt825.00–1,200.0011,3809
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3251,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0017,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3901,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0020,8501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2835925.00/cwt925.00–925.007,7242

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.