Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-06-13

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 13
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
7 vs last sale 127 13 vs year ago 133 · 9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
14 vs last sale 77 2 vs year ago 65 · 3.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
37 vs last sale 57 25 vs year ago 45 · 55.6%
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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 STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY MOSTLY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $164.61/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$164.61
16 head · 304 lb average
Value per head Derived
$500
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.43
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1301169.2851012thin
Medium and Large 1-2300155.004653thin
Medium and Large 2350137.504811thin
One grade step is worth $31.78/cwt here — about $28 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
164.61
MS average13 barns · 584 hd
139.18
+25.43
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
BullsAverage1,708108.831,8593thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23876.6894913
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01260.6161420

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,365$1,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,375$9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)985$8002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)985$7503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,300$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)910$1,1475
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)900$1,0003thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
SteersMedium and Large 1410177.50/cwt177.50–177.507281
BullsMedium and Large 1335167.50/cwt167.50–167.505611
BullsMedium and Large 1260162.50/cwt160.00–165.004232
BullsMedium and Large 1213174.82/cwt170.00–180.003724
BullsMedium and Large 1425175.00/cwt175.00–175.007441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300155.00/cwt155.00–155.004653
BullsMedium and Large 2350137.50/cwt137.50–137.504811
SteersMedium and Large 1565152.50/cwt152.50–152.508621
SteersMedium and Large 1335190.00/cwt190.00–190.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 1325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 1455147.50/cwt147.50–147.506711
HeifersMedium and Large 1175160.00/cwt160.00–160.002801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2220142.50/cwt142.50–142.503143
HeifersMedium and Large 1350155.00/cwt155.00–155.005431
HeifersMedium and Large 1415147.50/cwt147.50–147.506122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005463
BullsMedium and Large 1370166.13/cwt160.00–175.006154
SteersMedium and Large 1360184.93/cwt180.00–190.006662
SteersMedium and Large 1708152.53/cwt150.00–155.001,0803
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 17501,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29501,171.71/head1,075.00–1,250.001,1724
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,375900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2985750.00/head750.00–750.007503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2985800.00/head800.00–800.008002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3651,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3001,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23876.68/cwt73.00–84.2594913
CowsLean 85-90%94856.07/cwt45.00–62.0053212
CowsLean 85-90%1,10967.42/cwt62.00–70.007488
Bulls1,625106.25/cwt105.00–108.001,7272
Bulls1,875114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,1381

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.