Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-09-19

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 19
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 132▼ 68 vs year ago 180 · −37.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 14▼ 15 vs year ago 50 · −30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 7▲ 25 vs year ago 5 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS SOLD 2.00-6.00 LOWER. FEEDER HEIFERS SOLD 5.00-10.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $156.72/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$156.72
33 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.57
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514158.2981418thin
Medium and Large 1-2361157.1456714thin
Medium and Large 2660122.508091thin
One grade step is worth $35.79/cwt here — about $5 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 sale33 hd
156.72
—
MS average13 barns · 710 hd
152.15
+4.57
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—Average1,69497.011,6433thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42575.001,0691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10174.9482510
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00567.276767thin

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)973$9074thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)800$1,0753thin

Every lot

45 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 1270195.00/cwt195.00–195.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy390202.50/cwt202.50–202.507901
Steers—Medium and Large 1400165.00/cwt165.00–165.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 1675157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,0631
Steers—Medium and Large 1735147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,0841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2175152.50/cwt152.50–152.502672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320160.23/cwt150.00–165.005133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350132.50/cwt132.50–132.504641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425154.33/cwt152.50–160.006564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006653
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505144.37/cwt135.00–152.507294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580142.50/cwt142.50–142.508272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645130.00/cwt130.00–130.008391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 180090.00/cwt90.00–90.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 190090.00/cwt90.00–90.008101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2180165.00/cwt165.00–165.002973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1210190.00/cwt190.00–190.003991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285172.50/cwt172.50–172.504923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300162.50/cwt162.50–162.504882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375176.64/cwt160.00–190.006624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420174.85/cwt162.50–187.507342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475158.88/cwt152.50–165.007552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485147.50/cwt147.50–147.507153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545142.50/cwt142.50–142.507771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615148.04/cwt145.00–152.509105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660122.50/cwt122.50–122.508091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665137.50/cwt137.50–137.509141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720132.50/cwt132.50–132.509541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750132.50/cwt132.50–132.509941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0481
Bulls——1,813109.52/cwt109.00–110.001,9862
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00074.23/cwt72.00–76.007424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01258.00/cwt52.00–62.005873
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09769.15/cwt64.00–72.007596
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10683.63/cwt80.00–91.009254
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0691
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28001,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0753
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1865650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2973907.46/head800.00–1,000.009074

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.