Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-10-17

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 17
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 129▼ 70 vs year ago 140 · −50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 30▼ 1 vs year ago 33 · −3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 10▲ 24 vs year ago 2 · +1,200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS STEADY-5.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS MOSTLY 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 $133.70/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$133.70
26 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$57.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.83
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2320147.504726thin
Medium and Large 1483143.3769214thin
Medium and Large 2400135.005401thin
Medium and Large 356389.785055thin
One grade step is worth $57.72/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale26 hd
133.70
—
MS average13 barns · 729 hd
130.87
+2.83
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—Average1,65085.001,4031thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02562.006361thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17861.8072810

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)1,311$9486
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$8565
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$8251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,3501thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235127.50/cwt127.50–127.503001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431132.92/cwt125.00–139.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455117.50/cwt117.50–117.505351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480122.50/cwt122.50–122.505883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500142.50/cwt142.50–142.507131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559133.96/cwt125.00–137.507494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600132.50/cwt132.50–132.507951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735105.00/cwt105.00–105.007721
Heifers—Medium and Large 276597.50/cwt97.50–97.507461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235155.00/cwt155.00–155.003643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005192
Bulls—Medium and Large 338595.00/cwt95.00–95.003661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410149.24/cwt145.00–152.506123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475145.19/cwt142.50–148.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517141.82/cwt138.00–145.007333
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520100.96/cwt100.00–102.005252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580132.95/cwt130.00–136.007712
Bulls—Medium and Large 369077.00/cwt77.00–77.005311
Bulls—Medium and Large 370075.00/cwt75.00–75.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725122.50/cwt122.50–122.508881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02562.00/cwt62.00–62.006361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16259.29/cwt55.00–62.006897
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21567.67/cwt66.00–70.008223
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1900825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,255855.70/head800.00–900.008565
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300932.00/head920.00–950.009325
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3651,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251

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.