Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-05-23

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 23
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 73▲ 35 vs year ago 20 · +175.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 35▼ 56 vs year ago 70 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS AND COWS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. MOSTLY NEW CROP CALVES TODAY.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.52/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$144.52
28 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$88.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.46
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1338168.265699thin
Medium and Large 1-2462149.2868911thin
Medium and Large 2643121.717836thin
Medium and Large 367080.005362thin
One grade step is worth $88.26/cwt here — about $33 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 sale28 hd
144.52
—
MS average13 barns · 498 hd
139.07
+5.46
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—Average1,933109.632,1193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25075.009381thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average76554.004131thin

Every lot

29 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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263159.98/cwt157.50–162.504213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320153.45/cwt152.50–155.004913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365147.50/cwt147.50–147.505382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407154.51/cwt152.50–156.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475148.67/cwt145.00–152.507062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475112.50/cwt112.50–112.505341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525145.84/cwt142.50–150.007663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630131.24/cwt130.00–132.508272
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235170.00/cwt170.00–170.004001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270175.00/cwt175.00–175.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1321166.84/cwt165.00–167.505364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365167.00/cwt167.00–167.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375152.50/cwt152.50–152.505723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410170.00/cwt170.00–170.006971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480165.00/cwt165.00–165.007921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2506149.91/cwt142.50–155.007595
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615131.23/cwt130.00–132.508072
Bulls—Medium and Large 362580.00/cwt80.00–80.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675117.65/cwt112.50–122.507942
Bulls—Medium and Large 371580.00/cwt80.00–80.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2780117.50/cwt117.50–117.509171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,800113.44/cwt113.00–114.002,0422
Bulls——2,200102.00/cwt102.00–102.002,2441
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76554.00/cwt54.00–54.004131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25075.00/cwt75.00–75.009381

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.