Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-07-11

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 11
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 73▲ 36 vs year ago 73 · +49.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 15▲ 70 vs year ago 30 · +233.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 15 vs year ago 45 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO TWO WEEKS AGO: SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MOSTLY MIXED. QUALITY MOSTLY PLAIN.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.81/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$135.81
24 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.16
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465149.096937thin
Medium and Large 1-2548134.4073612thin
Medium and Large 2382126.334823thin
Medium and Large 3393112.004402thin
One grade step is worth $37.09/cwt here — about $254 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 sale24 hd
135.81
—
MS average7 barns · 744 hd
136.97
−1.16
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—Average1,522102.901,5669thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19773.5688111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06961.2765519

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)870$7002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,015$6001thin

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
Steers—Medium and Large 1363170.81/cwt167.50–175.006203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385152.50/cwt152.50–152.505873
Steers—Medium and Large 1465165.00/cwt165.00–165.007671
Steers—Medium and Large 1510157.64/cwt155.00–160.008043
Steers—Medium and Large 2575127.50/cwt127.50–127.507331
Steers—Medium and Large 1655142.50/cwt142.50–142.509331
Steers—Medium and Large 1700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 3755112.50/cwt112.50–112.508491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3300112.00/cwt112.00–112.003361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335122.00/cwt122.00–122.004091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375122.00/cwt122.00–122.004581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408150.14/cwt142.50–157.506132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445142.50/cwt142.50–142.506343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471148.08/cwt145.00–152.506974
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485112.00/cwt112.00–112.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555151.00/cwt151.00–151.008381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573135.05/cwt132.50–137.507746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007503
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2200151.00/cwt151.00–151.003023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285152.50/cwt152.50–152.504351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360158.66/cwt152.50–165.005712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400157.50/cwt157.50–157.506301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478146.31/cwt142.50–150.006992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500146.00/cwt146.00–146.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545138.00/cwt138.00–138.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34898.85/cwt90.00–108.001,3326
Bulls——1,870111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,0763
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06166.85/cwt65.00–70.0070911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08053.59/cwt46.00–62.005798
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18967.01/cwt65.00–70.007974
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20277.30/cwt70.00–85.009297
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2870700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,015600.00/head600.00–600.006001

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.