Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-07-25

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 25
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 49▼ 41 vs year ago 98 · −41.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 20▲ 19 vs year ago 16 · +118.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 3▲ 26 vs year ago 14 · +185.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED 6.00-10.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED STEADY-5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. QUALITY AVERAGE TO PLAIN. DEMAND STRONG.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.93/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$137.93
22 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.64
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478142.676826thin
Medium and Large 1-2374139.4952213thin
Medium and Large 2482121.675863thin
One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $96 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 sale22 hd
137.93
—
MS average13 barns · 1,114 hd
142.56
−4.64
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—Average1,54493.131,4384thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19664.747747thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01652.3353120

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,047$88118
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$8003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$1,0003thin

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 1405172.50/cwt172.50–172.506991
Steers—Medium and Large 1509158.72/cwt152.50–162.508084
Steers—Medium and Large 1553151.24/cwt150.00–152.508362
Steers—Medium and Large 2563131.28/cwt130.00–132.507392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585145.00/cwt145.00–145.008483
Steers—Medium and Large 3585117.50/cwt117.50–117.506871
Steers—Medium and Large 1645137.50/cwt137.50–137.508871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645137.50/cwt137.50–137.508872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full700127.50/cwt127.50–127.508932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265150.00/cwt150.00–150.003985
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305122.50/cwt122.50–122.503741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327140.67/cwt137.50–142.504605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418141.52/cwt141.00–142.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483143.49/cwt141.00–146.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510146.00/cwt146.00–146.007451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605117.50/cwt117.50–117.507111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2225147.50/cwt147.50–147.503321
Bulls—Medium and Large 334590.00/cwt90.00–90.003111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400122.50/cwt122.50–122.504901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435147.50/cwt147.50–147.506421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468156.25/cwt150.00–162.007313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565135.00/cwt130.00–140.007636
Bulls—Medium and Large 392573.00/cwt73.00–73.006751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,54493.13/cwt90.00–95.001,4384
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93330.00/cwt30.00–30.002802
Cows—Lean 85-90%95020.95/cwt20.00–22.001992
Cows—Lean 85-90%96652.71/cwt50.00–55.005095
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06561.93/cwt60.00–65.0066011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19664.74/cwt60.00–70.007747
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000800.00/head800.00–800.008003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,047881.13/head875.00–900.0088118

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.