Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-10-03

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 3
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 170▲ 58 vs year ago 46 · +126.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 21▲ 5 vs year ago 20 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER HEIFERS AND STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 10.00 LOWER. SLAGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-10.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. QUALITY AVERAGE. DEMAND MODERATE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.56/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$133.56
46 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.47
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422144.8061120
Medium and Large 1-2437136.0559419thin
Medium and Large 2305130.003971thin
Medium and Large 346988.754166thin
One grade step is worth $56.05/cwt here — about $195 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 sale46 hd
133.56
—
MS average13 barns · 1,453 hd
139.03
−5.47
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—High1,71599.341,7044thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21367.428182thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00253.865399thin

Every lot

40 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 1500160.00/cwt160.00–160.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 2506130.00/cwt130.00–130.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 2555127.48/cwt125.00–130.007082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1213146.18/cwt145.00–147.503112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273155.32/cwt147.50–160.004243
Heifers—Medium and Large 327580.00/cwt80.00–80.002201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2303143.96/cwt140.00–150.004365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372147.23/cwt140.00–155.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400105.00/cwt105.00–105.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406134.54/cwt132.50–137.505465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432144.18/cwt142.50–145.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006373
Heifers—Medium and Large 348585.00/cwt85.00–85.004121
Heifers—Medium and Large 350880.00/cwt80.00–80.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513141.42/cwt137.50–145.007256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy545150.00/cwt150.00–150.008181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555137.50/cwt137.50–137.507631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565128.75/cwt127.50–130.007276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600127.50/cwt127.50–127.507651
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635102.50/cwt102.50–102.506511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1269165.55/cwt155.00–180.004454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300145.00/cwt145.00–145.004353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332163.17/cwt155.00–167.505423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373123.37/cwt117.00–130.004602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405150.88/cwt145.00–155.006113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440126.29/cwt122.50–130.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460151.21/cwt147.50–155.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 350570.00/cwt70.00–70.003541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512147.52/cwt142.00–150.007555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573148.77/cwt147.50–150.008522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579137.50/cwt137.50–137.507965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603145.00/cwt145.00–145.008742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,625101.79/cwt100.00–105.001,6543
Bulls——1,98592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,8261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99049.12/cwt42.00–57.004866
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02563.33/cwt62.00–64.006493
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21367.42/cwt60.00–75.008182

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.