Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-08-22

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 22
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 150▲ 50 vs year ago 50 · +100.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 89▼ 31 vs year ago 38 · −81.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 50▼ 86 vs year ago 100 · −86.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.68/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$134.68
49 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.00
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460148.1168120
Medium and Large 1-2560127.0571121
Medium and Large 2519122.286345thin
Medium and Large 3338119.174033thin
One grade step is worth $28.95/cwt here — about $277 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 sale49 hd
134.68
—
MS average12 barns · 1,229 hd
152.68
−18.00
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
CowsLean 85-90%High1,72581.001,3971thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01568.676973thin

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)935$9401thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,005$8102thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$8002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$7101thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005551
Steers—Medium and Large 1378187.81/cwt182.50–199.007103
Steers—Medium and Large 1423175.95/cwt170.00–182.507443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3200130.00/cwt130.00–130.002601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1235170.00/cwt170.00–170.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315122.50/cwt122.50–122.503861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380135.00/cwt135.00–135.005133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415155.83/cwt155.00–157.506473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445148.00/cwt148.00–148.006593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455137.50/cwt137.50–137.506263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479147.85/cwt140.00–152.507087
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500105.00/cwt105.00–105.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508138.66/cwt132.50–145.007042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2511121.60/cwt115.00–125.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553141.26/cwt140.00–142.507812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600137.50/cwt137.50–137.508251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615122.50/cwt122.50–122.507533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675122.50/cwt122.50–122.508271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy73098.00/cwt98.00–98.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2855107.50/cwt107.50–107.509192
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2245190.00/cwt190.00–190.004663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273139.17/cwt130.00–150.003802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280165.00/cwt165.00–165.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369170.02/cwt165.00–175.006274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435157.56/cwt155.00–160.006852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435129.89/cwt125.00–135.005652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458153.35/cwt150.00–155.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465131.66/cwt127.50–137.506123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522150.07/cwt145.00–158.007835
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550132.50/cwt132.50–132.507291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575145.00/cwt145.00–145.008341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2595142.50/cwt142.50–142.508483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600127.50/cwt127.50–127.507652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650132.50/cwt132.50–132.508612
Bulls—Medium and Large 174597.50/cwt97.50–97.507261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765118.00/cwt118.00–118.009031
Bulls—Medium and Large 287587.50/cwt87.50–87.507661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,07592.00/cwt92.00–92.009891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99579.00/cwt79.00–79.007861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02563.50/cwt60.00–67.006512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,72581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,3971
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2900710.00/head710.00–710.007101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1935940.00/head940.00–940.009401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005810.00/head810.00–810.008102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100800.00/head800.00–800.008002

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.