Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-08-01

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 1
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 57▲ 90 vs year ago 70 · +128.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 35▲ 14 vs year ago 20 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY.QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND STRONG.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $158.02/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$158.02
67 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.44
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456159.6572857
Medium and Large 1-2413154.666388thin
Medium and Large 2480125.056002thin
One grade step is worth $34.60/cwt here — about $128 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 sale67 hd
158.02
—
MS average13 barns · 656 hd
150.58
+7.44
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—Average1,48899.941,4874thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39575.391,0524thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01058.2958911

Every lot

34 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007001
Steers—Medium and Large 1450177.50/cwt177.50–177.5079915
Steers—Medium and Large 1551170.66/cwt165.00–171.0094018
Steers—Medium and Large 1605159.00/cwt159.00–159.0096215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285100.00/cwt100.00–100.002851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2311155.48/cwt155.00–157.004844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400160.50/cwt160.00–161.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528134.88/cwt130.00–140.007126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532144.08/cwt135.00–157.507673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575140.09/cwt135.00–145.008062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320161.31/cwt160.00–165.005164
Bulls—Medium and Large 1326177.24/cwt152.50–205.005787
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367166.55/cwt160.00–175.006113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420163.18/cwt163.00–165.0068522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471162.37/cwt155.00–172.507655
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480125.05/cwt120.00–130.006002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2505148.00/cwt148.00–148.007474
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506154.49/cwt135.00–159.0078210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571147.59/cwt146.00–152.508434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640135.50/cwt135.00–136.008672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680134.70/cwt127.50–142.009162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1800122.50/cwt122.50–122.509801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30093.12/cwt90.00–96.001,2112
Bulls——1,675106.75/cwt105.00–108.001,7882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81337.69/cwt35.00–40.003062
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00352.97/cwt45.00–57.005313
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07967.81/cwt64.00–71.007326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39575.39/cwt75.00–76.001,0524

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.