Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-01-22

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 22
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 90▼ 22 vs year ago 85 · −25.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 5 vs year ago 15 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 30▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO 2 WEEKS AGO FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 3.00-4.00 HIGHER. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $274.78/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$274.78
23 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.71
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458277.141,26921
Medium and Large 1-2490250.001,2252thin
One grade step is worth $27.14/cwt here — about $44 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 sale23 hd
274.78
—
MS average9 barns · 944 hd
270.08
+4.71
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average95071.806823thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,065$1,4001thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1422285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,20316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2252
Steers—Medium and Large 1515255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3133
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added660247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290247.50/cwt247.50–247.507182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380250.00/cwt250.00–250.009502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added478241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625220.28/cwt215.00–222.001,3774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4802
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305272.00/cwt272.00–272.008301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363272.33/cwt267.50–277.509892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540228.56/cwt222.00–235.001,2342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613221.62/cwt210.00–235.001,3593
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95071.80/cwt70.00–75.006823
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0651,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.