Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-03-28

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
14 vs last sale 38 28 vs year ago 80 · 35.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
13 vs last sale 7 0 vs year ago 20 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 8.00-12.00 HIGHER. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. LAST WEEK'S CATTLE ON FEED REPORT SHOWED RECORD PLACEMENTS.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.67/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$135.67
22 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$59.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.64
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465149.986985thin
Medium and Large 1-2422147.226218thin
Medium and Large 2507120.896138thin
Medium and Large 355090.004951thin
One grade step is worth $59.98/cwt here — about $203 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 sale22 hd
135.67
MS average12 barns · 1,031 hd
145.31
−9.64
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
BullsHigh2,000120.002,4001thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19690.681,0859thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00072.007201thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,90068.001,2921thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005611
BullsMedium and Large 1623146.70/cwt145.00–147.509143
BullsMedium and Large 1517170.14/cwt168.00–172.508803
BullsMedium and Large 1567158.26/cwt147.50–166.008973
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350162.00/cwt162.00–162.005672
BullsMedium and Large 1400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474144.05/cwt142.50–145.006835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335152.50/cwt152.50–152.505113
SteersMedium and Large 1538170.02/cwt165.00–175.009152
SteersMedium and Large 1608164.94/cwt160.00–170.001,0032
SteersMedium and Large 1650155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 2520112.50/cwt112.50–112.505851
BullsMedium and Large 1485165.00/cwt165.00–165.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 2563120.00/cwt115.00–125.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 2315126.07/cwt122.50–130.003972
HeifersMedium and Large 1408152.45/cwt150.00–155.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 2608121.23/cwt120.00–122.507372
HeifersMedium and Large 355090.00/cwt90.00–90.004951
BullsMedium and Large 1650137.50/cwt137.50–137.508941
BullsMedium and Large 2300128.00/cwt128.00–128.003841
BullsMedium and Large 2375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008333
HeifersMedium and Large 1450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 1610145.00/cwt145.00–145.008851
Bulls2,000120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,4001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19693.01/cwt82.00–102.001,1128
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,90068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,2921
CowsLean 85-90%1,00072.00/cwt72.00–72.007201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20072.00/cwt72.00–72.008641

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.