Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-09-05

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 5
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 126▲ 65 vs year ago 123 · +52.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 32▲ 5 vs year ago 30 · +16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 4▲ 15 vs year ago 5 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-8.00 HIGHER. DEMAND MODERATE. 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 $144.66/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$144.66
45 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$64.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.55
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418154.5464614thin
Medium and Large 1-2406145.4359026
Medium and Large 2460118.755474thin
Medium and Large 347090.004231thin
One grade step is worth $64.54/cwt here — about $223 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 sale45 hd
144.66
—
MS average13 barns · 1,134 hd
148.21
−3.55
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—High1,14092.001,0493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15184.1096811
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61580.001,2921thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94557.685455thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$1,2003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,118$8692thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$1,4251thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300212.50/cwt212.50–212.506381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355157.50/cwt157.50–157.505593
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added365180.00/cwt180.00–180.006571
Steers—Medium and Large 1432188.28/cwt185.00–195.008133
Steers—Medium and Large 2445134.00/cwt134.00–134.005964
Steers—Medium and Large 1472170.53/cwt155.00–185.008055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475161.00/cwt161.00–161.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1500170.00/cwt170.00–170.008501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500162.50/cwt162.50–162.508133
Steers—Medium and Large 1585156.25/cwt152.50–160.009142
Steers—Medium and Large 1600152.50/cwt152.50–152.509151
Steers—Medium and Large 1650155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0081
Steers—Medium and Large 1705147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,0401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2175140.00/cwt140.00–140.002453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215155.00/cwt155.00–155.003331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280166.45/cwt162.50–170.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300167.50/cwt167.50–167.505031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350155.00/cwt155.00–155.005433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420151.75/cwt147.50–157.506373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425156.50/cwt156.50–156.506656
Heifers—Medium and Large 347090.00/cwt90.00–90.004231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475143.00/cwt143.00–143.006794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482115.00/cwt115.00–115.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516149.47/cwt140.00–152.507714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517129.31/cwt125.00–130.006697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235185.00/cwt185.00–185.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305167.50/cwt167.50–167.505113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310167.58/cwt165.00–170.005192
Bulls—Medium and Large 334585.00/cwt85.00–85.002931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added380181.00/cwt181.00–181.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385160.00/cwt160.00–160.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425132.44/cwt130.00–135.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435164.94/cwt162.50–167.507172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528157.48/cwt152.50–162.508312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2800112.50/cwt112.50–112.509002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——80080.00/cwt80.00–80.006401
Bulls——1,10591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0061
Bulls——1,515105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%65025.00/cwt25.00–25.001631
Cows—Lean 85-90%90050.00/cwt50.00–50.004501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01873.73/cwt73.50–74.007512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05871.14/cwt70.00–72.507533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18086.41/cwt80.00–96.001,0209
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2921
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19101,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,118869.46/head750.00–950.008692
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2001,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251

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.