Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-10-31

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 31
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 74▼ 50 vs year ago 190 · −26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 50▲ 14 vs year ago 37 · +37.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED 3.00-6.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE. SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN FELL ACROSS THE STATE AND HAS SPARKED SOME OPTIMISM.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.18/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$129.18
47 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$413
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$53.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.67
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497138.2568619thin
Medium and Large 1-2458131.5060215thin
Medium and Large 2490118.4558111thin
Medium and Large 332384.652732thin
One grade step is worth $53.60/cwt here — about $413 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 sale47 hd
129.18
—
MS average13 barns · 1,233 hd
139.85
−10.67
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—Average1,75193.771,6426thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20060.577278thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03647.1948911

Every lot

55 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335170.00/cwt170.00–170.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 1358175.00/cwt175.00–175.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 1425164.76/cwt160.00–170.007002
Steers—Medium and Large 1471158.04/cwt152.50–165.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500142.50/cwt142.50–142.507133
Steers—Medium and Large 1517156.25/cwt152.50–160.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 1573156.32/cwt149.00–160.008963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585142.50/cwt142.50–142.508342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230130.00/cwt130.00–130.002991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300125.00/cwt125.00–125.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 332384.65/cwt80.00–90.002732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408140.00/cwt140.00–140.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435137.50/cwt137.50–137.505983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445116.00/cwt116.00–116.005161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453121.24/cwt120.00–122.505492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461136.66/cwt130.00–142.006304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475127.50/cwt127.50–127.506063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514139.18/cwt135.00–145.007155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565131.00/cwt130.00–132.007402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585127.50/cwt127.50–127.507463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600118.25/cwt117.50–119.007102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611138.07/cwt135.00–140.008444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy75598.00/cwt98.00–98.007401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340157.50/cwt157.50–157.505361
Bulls—Medium and Large 337580.00/cwt80.00–80.003001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380147.60/cwt140.00–155.005612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428141.60/cwt137.50–147.506069
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453150.03/cwt145.00–155.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465105.00/cwt105.00–105.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516148.88/cwt145.00–155.007685
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518123.88/cwt120.00–127.506422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563143.83/cwt140.00–147.508102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608134.91/cwt127.50–142.508202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2653121.26/cwt117.50–125.007926
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655117.50/cwt117.50–117.507701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1690130.00/cwt130.00–130.008971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2825110.00/cwt110.00–110.009081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70085.88/cwt80.00–90.001,4603
Bulls——1,802101.67/cwt100.00–105.001,8323
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95035.68/cwt31.00–40.003393
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01248.70/cwt45.00–53.004936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06554.49/cwt54.00–55.005804
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23859.94/cwt58.00–62.007422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33466.65/cwt66.00–69.008894

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.