Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-05-30

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 30
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 55▲ 30 vs year ago 35 · +85.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 14▲ 0 vs year ago 14 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-7.00 HIGHER. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.02/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$147.02
41 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$68.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.46
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506148.8075319thin
Medium and Large 1-2365148.5954221
Medium and Large 337580.003001thin
One grade step is worth $68.80/cwt here — about $453 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 sale41 hd
147.02
—
MS average13 barns · 440 hd
136.56
+10.46
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—Average1,30987.031,1394thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,34081.611,0942thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07175.558097thin

Every lot

30 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270160.00/cwt160.00–160.004321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275125.00/cwt125.00–125.003441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350154.00/cwt154.00–154.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365125.00/cwt125.00–125.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378141.63/cwt140.00–142.505356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465148.62/cwt142.50–155.006912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514145.93/cwt140.00–152.007506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2270155.09/cwt150.00–160.004196
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323168.37/cwt155.00–180.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2329148.47/cwt147.50–150.004885
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005153
Bulls—Medium and Large 337580.00/cwt80.00–80.003001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378154.98/cwt152.50–157.505862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400155.00/cwt155.00–155.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400147.50/cwt147.50–147.505903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465147.50/cwt147.50–147.506862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468161.47/cwt155.00–169.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530145.88/cwt142.50–151.007735
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583136.20/cwt132.50–140.007942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600137.50/cwt137.50–137.508252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625133.71/cwt132.50–135.008362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670135.98/cwt135.00–137.009112
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,10055.00/cwt55.00–55.006051
Bulls——1,20080.00/cwt80.00–80.009601
Bulls——1,468106.56/cwt106.00–107.001,5642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%98768.61/cwt65.00–70.006773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13480.76/cwt75.00–85.009164
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34081.61/cwt79.00–85.001,0942

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.