Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-06-20

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 20
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 120▲ 112 vs year ago 30 · +373.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 63▼ 1 vs year ago 30 · −3.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 20▼ 6 vs year ago 8 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough comparable data to call and accurate trend on feeder steers, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold mixed. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Quality was mostly plain and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.03/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$145.03
62 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.62
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459156.1671815thin
Medium and Large 2426146.8062528
Medium and Large 3413133.6355219thin
One grade step is worth $22.53/cwt here — about $165 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 sale62 hd
145.03
—
MS average13 barns · 466 hd
134.40
+10.62
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
Bulls—Average1,613112.001,8072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05573.447753thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93761.0857210

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 (5-8 yrs)1,125$9802thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1—290185.00/cwt185.00–185.005371
BullsMedium and Large 1—355170.00/cwt170.00–170.006041
BullsMedium and Large 1—630132.50/cwt132.50–132.508351
BullsMedium and Large 1—438161.27/cwt157.50–165.007062
BullsMedium and Large 1—463154.99/cwt150.00–162.507183
BullsMedium and Large 1—650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480127.50/cwt127.50–127.506121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532139.95/cwt137.50–145.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 1—271159.82/cwt152.50–165.004334
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
SteersMedium and Large 1—480152.50/cwt152.50–152.507321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—245137.50/cwt137.50–137.503371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408128.74/cwt127.50–130.005252
BullsMedium and Large 2—419149.05/cwt135.00–157.5062512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—405122.50/cwt122.50–122.504961
BullsMedium and Large 2—519137.49/cwt132.50–142.507144
HeifersMedium and Large 3—476119.45/cwt112.50–122.505695
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428144.59/cwt135.00–155.006192
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290132.50/cwt132.50–132.503841
BullsMedium and Large 3—372138.26/cwt127.50–147.505146
BullsMedium and Large 2—462140.90/cwt135.00–150.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620113.69/cwt110.00–117.507052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375145.61/cwt142.50–152.505465
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310153.39/cwt142.50–165.004762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375131.20/cwt130.00–132.504922
BullsMedium and Large 2—320154.50/cwt154.50–154.504941
BullsMedium and Large 1—513147.50/cwt142.50–152.507574
BullsMedium and Large 2—585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
BullsMedium and Large 1—325173.69/cwt172.50–175.005642
BullsMedium and Large 3—518127.66/cwt125.00–129.006614
BullsMedium and Large 2—605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
BullsMedium and Large 3—418126.09/cwt122.50–130.005272
BullsMedium and Large 2—365154.14/cwt150.00–160.005633
BullsMedium and Large 2—277162.41/cwt157.50–167.504503
BullsMedium and Large 3—478126.67/cwt122.50–132.506053
BullsMedium and Large 3—319141.63/cwt130.00–152.504524
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,185860.00/head860.00–860.008601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0651,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bulls——1,613112.00/cwt111.00–113.001,8072
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05573.44/cwt69.00–76.007753
CowsLean 85-90%—93761.08/cwt55.00–65.0057210

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.