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
BullsAverage1,613112.001,8072thin
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 1290185.00/cwt185.00–185.005371
BullsMedium and Large 1355170.00/cwt170.00–170.006041
BullsMedium and Large 1630132.50/cwt132.50–132.508351
BullsMedium and Large 1438161.27/cwt157.50–165.007062
BullsMedium and Large 1463154.99/cwt150.00–162.507183
BullsMedium and Large 1650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2480127.50/cwt127.50–127.506121
HeifersMedium and Large 1532139.95/cwt137.50–145.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 1271159.82/cwt152.50–165.004334
HeifersMedium and Large 2325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
SteersMedium and Large 1480152.50/cwt152.50–152.507321
HeifersMedium and Large 2245137.50/cwt137.50–137.503371
HeifersMedium and Large 2408128.74/cwt127.50–130.005252
BullsMedium and Large 2419149.05/cwt135.00–157.5062512
HeifersMedium and Large 3405122.50/cwt122.50–122.504961
BullsMedium and Large 2519137.49/cwt132.50–142.507144
HeifersMedium and Large 3476119.45/cwt112.50–122.505695
HeifersMedium and Large 1428144.59/cwt135.00–155.006192
HeifersMedium and Large 2290132.50/cwt132.50–132.503841
BullsMedium and Large 3372138.26/cwt127.50–147.505146
BullsMedium and Large 2462140.90/cwt135.00–150.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 2620113.69/cwt110.00–117.507052
HeifersMedium and Large 1375145.61/cwt142.50–152.505465
HeifersMedium and Large 1310153.39/cwt142.50–165.004762
HeifersMedium and Large 2375131.20/cwt130.00–132.504922
BullsMedium and Large 2320154.50/cwt154.50–154.504941
BullsMedium and Large 1513147.50/cwt142.50–152.507574
BullsMedium and Large 2585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
BullsMedium and Large 1325173.69/cwt172.50–175.005642
BullsMedium and Large 3518127.66/cwt125.00–129.006614
BullsMedium and Large 2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
BullsMedium and Large 3418126.09/cwt122.50–130.005272
BullsMedium and Large 2365154.14/cwt150.00–160.005633
BullsMedium and Large 2277162.41/cwt157.50–167.504503
BullsMedium and Large 3478126.67/cwt122.50–132.506053
BullsMedium and Large 3319141.63/cwt130.00–152.504524
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,185860.00/head860.00–860.008601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0651,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bulls1,613112.00/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.