Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-04-04

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
66 head
14 vs last sale 52 55 vs year ago 121 · 45.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
5 vs last sale 20 35 vs year ago 50 · 70.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 12 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: STEERS AND HEIFER CALVES 5.00-10.00 LOWER. SLAUHTER COWS AND BULLS 5.00-15.00 LOWER. FUTURES WERE DOWN THE LIMIT TODAY, AND FEED PRICES ARE HIGHER, NOT A GOOD COMBINATION FOR THE CATTLE MARKET. DEMAND WAS MODERATE. QUALITY PLAIN TO AVERAGE.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.68/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$134.68
29 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.53
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486141.5068812thin
Medium and Large 1-2407141.005736thin
Medium and Large 2454124.4256510thin
Medium and Large 3475117.505581thin
One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $130 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 sale29 hd
134.68
MS average13 barns · 1,266 hd
143.20
−8.53
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
BullsAverage1,21291.051,1043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14274.108464thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97552.975162thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1Fleshy718118.72/cwt117.50–120.008522
BullsMedium and Large 1225197.50/cwt197.50–197.504441
BullsMedium and Large 1427162.67/cwt152.50–175.006953
BullsMedium and Large 1-2265152.50/cwt152.50–152.504043
BullsMedium and Large 1670127.00/cwt127.00–127.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605132.50/cwt132.50–132.508022
HeifersMedium and Large 1685122.50/cwt122.50–122.508391
HeifersMedium and Large 1300142.50/cwt142.50–142.504281
SteersMedium and Large 1500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006631
SteersMedium and Large 1480167.53/cwt165.00–170.008042
SteersMedium and Large 1608160.00/cwt160.00–160.009733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 1464148.34/cwt142.50–156.006884
HeifersMedium and Large 2429123.63/cwt115.00–130.005304
HeifersMedium and Large 2275137.50/cwt137.50–137.503781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395153.00/cwt153.00–153.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004692
HeifersMedium and Large 1437150.70/cwt145.00–155.006593
HeifersMedium and Large 3475117.50/cwt117.50–117.505581
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 2470125.08/cwt122.50–130.005883
SteersMedium and Large 1415175.00/cwt175.00–175.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 1500142.50/cwt142.50–142.507131
HeifersMedium and Large 2570118.46/cwt117.00–120.006752
BullsMedium and Large 2418130.42/cwt120.00–140.005452
BullsMedium and Large 1503167.53/cwt165.00–172.508433
BullsMedium and Large 2255145.00/cwt145.00–145.003701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006752
BullsMedium and Large 2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
BullsMedium and Large 3245122.50/cwt122.50–122.503001
BullsMedium and Large 2513128.84/cwt125.00–132.506612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2310150.00/cwt150.00–150.004652
BullsMedium and Large 1800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1613133.72/cwt132.50–135.008202
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0015,4003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0015,6003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2975825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,0443
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685620.00/cwt620.00–620.004,2472
Bulls1,21291.05/cwt90.00–92.001,1043
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03570.50/cwt70.00–71.007302
CowsLean 85-90%97552.97/cwt50.00–56.005162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24877.71/cwt75.00–80.009702

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.