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

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 12
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 75▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 15▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY MOSTLY PLAIN.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.75/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$141.75
54 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.66
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461149.6569023
Medium and Large 1-2474137.7065226
Medium and Large 2480126.506075thin
One grade step is worth $23.15/cwt here — about $82 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 sale54 hd
141.75
—
MS average13 barns · 1,526 hd
155.41
−13.66
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—Average1,60083.001,3281thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13057.446494thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90347.944337thin

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)1,240$9002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$7785
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,120$7752thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320181.27/cwt180.00–182.505802
Steers—Medium and Large 1403182.52/cwt180.00–185.007362
Steers—Medium and Large 1505158.50/cwt158.50–158.508001
Steers—Medium and Large 1573150.00/cwt150.00–150.008602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009792
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235140.00/cwt140.00–140.003292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265150.00/cwt150.00–150.003981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380159.87/cwt150.00–165.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410140.00/cwt140.00–140.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413130.00/cwt130.00–130.005372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419153.90/cwt145.00–165.006455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475148.81/cwt145.00–155.007076
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510138.62/cwt135.00–140.007079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522145.00/cwt145.00–145.007573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560142.48/cwt140.00–145.007982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575112.50/cwt112.50–112.506471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580133.50/cwt132.50–135.007745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615132.50/cwt132.50–132.508152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618132.53/cwt130.00–135.008192
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1200210.00/cwt210.00–210.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270175.00/cwt175.00–175.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325152.50/cwt152.50–152.504961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373169.53/cwt160.00–180.006322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416168.13/cwt162.50–177.506994
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418136.09/cwt132.50–140.005692
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455100.00/cwt100.00–100.004551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465162.50/cwt162.50–162.507561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465142.00/cwt142.00–142.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485152.50/cwt152.50–152.507403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513146.27/cwt145.00–147.507502
Bulls—Medium and Large 353590.00/cwt90.00–90.004821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575145.00/cwt145.00–145.008341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 361550.00/cwt50.00–50.003081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79738.54/cwt35.00–40.003073
Cows—Lean 85-90%96856.65/cwt56.00–58.005483
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02550.00/cwt50.00–50.005131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09253.59/cwt50.00–58.005853
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24569.00/cwt69.00–69.008591
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950778.42/head750.00–800.007785
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120775.00/head775.00–775.007752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240900.00/head900.00–900.009002

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.