Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-11-28

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 28
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 116▼ 73 vs year ago 347 · −21.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 60▲ 15 vs year ago 25 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO THE WEEK BEFORE : FEEDER STEERS TRADED 5.00-15.00 HIGHER. HEIFERS TRADED 3.00-8.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER CATTLE TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND GOOD. WARMER WEATHER AND RECENT RAINS HAS INCREASED DEMAND FOR RYE GRASS CATTLE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.96/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$139.96
67 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.73
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499147.2073447
Medium and Large 1-2521133.0769311thin
Medium and Large 2484119.015765thin
Medium and Large 3426100.004264thin
One grade step is worth $47.20/cwt here — about $308 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 sale67 hd
139.96
—
MS average7 barns · 773 hd
147.68
−7.73
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18068.4880810

Every lot

48 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335173.56/cwt167.50–180.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 1375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006941
Steers—Medium and Large 1427178.72/cwt165.00–181.0076310
Steers—Medium and Large 1478167.46/cwt160.00–175.008002
Steers—Medium and Large 1503172.18/cwt157.50–175.0086615
Steers—Medium and Large 1568155.00/cwt155.00–155.008802
Steers—Medium and Large 1612155.90/cwt150.00–157.0095412
Steers—Medium and Large 372075.00/cwt75.00–75.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0803
Steers—Medium and Large 1885142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275117.50/cwt117.50–117.503231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335142.50/cwt142.50–142.504771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357156.66/cwt152.50–162.505593
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433120.01/cwt117.50–122.505203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437153.64/cwt137.50–160.0067114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465146.66/cwt137.50–152.506825
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465102.50/cwt102.50–102.504771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523131.30/cwt130.00–132.506876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536147.13/cwt135.00–152.5078916
Heifers—Medium and Large 355070.00/cwt70.00–70.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565137.50/cwt137.50–137.507771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629132.47/cwt120.00–140.008335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658133.76/cwt130.00–137.508802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660132.00/cwt132.00–132.008713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2240160.00/cwt160.00–160.003845
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325171.25/cwt167.50–175.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358161.02/cwt160.00–162.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423167.35/cwt165.00–172.007084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465154.00/cwt154.00–154.007161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 351590.00/cwt90.00–90.004641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520155.89/cwt145.00–160.008116
Bulls—Medium and Large 3550117.50/cwt117.50–117.506461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578144.74/cwt142.00–147.508376
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618138.57/cwt132.50–145.008562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660130.00/cwt130.00–130.008581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700126.17/cwt124.00–127.508833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1810117.50/cwt117.50–117.509521
Bulls—Medium and Large 285096.50/cwt96.50–96.508201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17868.09/cwt64.00–71.008029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20072.00/cwt72.00–72.008641

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.