Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-12-05

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 274▼ 175 vs year ago 250 · −70.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 40▼ 25 vs year ago 40 · −62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.97/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$140.97
31 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$349
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.04
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456152.2369420
Medium and Large 1-2665125.008314thin
Medium and Large 2381120.914616thin
Medium and Large 3345100.003451thin
One grade step is worth $52.23/cwt here — about $349 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 sale31 hd
140.97
—
MS average13 barns · 1,169 hd
149.00
−8.04
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—Average1,400100.001,4001thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03062.356423thin
CowsLean 85-90%High93343.004013thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375182.57/cwt180.00–185.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 1545160.00/cwt160.00–160.008721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325122.50/cwt122.50–122.503981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330165.45/cwt155.00–175.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345100.00/cwt100.00–100.003451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy380167.00/cwt167.00–167.006351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380163.15/cwt155.00–167.506204
Heifers—Medium and Large 2403117.48/cwt115.00–120.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415157.45/cwt150.00–165.006534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485157.50/cwt157.50–157.507641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528141.75/cwt135.00–150.007483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566136.30/cwt130.00–142.007715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008314
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378178.82/cwt175.00–182.506762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430168.13/cwt155.00–182.507234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470163.91/cwt155.00–177.507703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545155.00/cwt155.00–155.008451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565132.50/cwt132.50–132.507493
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618141.94/cwt140.00–144.008772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1666137.49/cwt130.00–143.009165
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710122.39/cwt115.00–130.008692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2778108.00/cwt108.00–108.008403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1850125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,400100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80045.00/cwt45.00–45.003601
Cows—Lean 85-90%90020.00/cwt20.00–20.001801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03062.35/cwt58.00–65.006423
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10064.00/cwt64.00–64.007041

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.