Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-07-18

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 18
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 109▼ 103 vs year ago 152 · −67.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 100▼ 15 vs year ago 35 · −42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 30▼ 5 vs year ago 8 · −62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: STEERS AND HEIFERS STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS 5.00-6.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.53/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$133.53
16 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.75
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1377171.736473thin
Medium and Large 1-2550140.007703thin
Medium and Large 2430120.1351710thin
One grade step is worth $51.60/cwt here — about $130 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 sale16 hd
133.53
—
MS average13 barns · 1,202 hd
159.28
−25.75
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—Low1,17372.028453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10067.337413thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02543.004411thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$8502thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365177.60/cwt175.00–180.006482
Steers—Medium and Large 1400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006401
Steers—Medium and Large 2422121.47/cwt120.00–130.005137
Steers—Medium and Large 2450117.00/cwt117.00–117.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007703
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360125.00/cwt125.00–125.004504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400155.00/cwt155.00–155.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 344598.00/cwt98.00–98.004361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525132.50/cwt132.50–132.506961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,01063.03/cwt60.00–66.006372
Bulls——1,50090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02543.00/cwt43.00–43.004411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05065.00/cwt65.00–65.006832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20072.00/cwt72.00–72.008641
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200850.00/head850.00–850.008502

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.