Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-03-14

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
22 vs last sale 62 66 vs year ago 106 · 62.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
8 vs last sale 12 0 vs year ago 20 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
7 vs last sale 2 4 vs year ago 5 · +80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS TRADED 4.00-8.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED STEADY TO 2.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND MODERATE. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.81/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$139.81
16 head · 388 lb average
Value per head Derived
$542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.28
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1354150.255328thin
Medium and Large 1-2428138.505926thin
Medium and Large 3403102.004112thin
One grade step is worth $48.25/cwt here — about $121 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 sale16 hd
139.81
MS average13 barns · 1,009 hd
141.09
−1.28
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
BullsAverage1,537104.231,6029thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12879.548975thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
BullsMedium and Large 1635137.50/cwt137.50–137.508731
BullsMedium and Large 1750132.50/cwt132.50–132.509941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007492
BullsMedium and Large 1520143.45/cwt140.00–147.507463
BullsMedium and Large 3465105.00/cwt105.00–105.004881
SteersMedium and Large 1273189.36/cwt180.00–200.005172
SteersMedium and Large 1235190.00/cwt190.00–190.004471
SteersMedium and Large 1330180.00/cwt180.00–180.005941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005863
SteersMedium and Large 1400165.00/cwt165.00–165.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 1375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 330599.00/cwt99.00–99.003021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2255135.00/cwt135.00–135.003443
HeifersMedium and Large 1402148.34/cwt147.50–150.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 3500105.00/cwt105.00–105.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600142.00/cwt142.00–142.008523
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005183
BullsMedium and Large 1800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy455155.00/cwt155.00–155.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 1255155.00/cwt155.00–155.003951
HeifersMedium and Large 1300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 1240152.00/cwt152.00–152.003651
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,4001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0014,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,135800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,0801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,140986.84/cwt900.00–1,050.0011,2505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,265950.00/cwt950.00–950.0012,0181
Bulls1,30399.49/cwt98.00–100.001,2963
Bulls1,654106.60/cwt103.00–109.001,7636
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12879.54/cwt75.00–82.008975

How this sale compares

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.