Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2022-08-01

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 1
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
103 vs last sale 57 90 vs year ago 70 · +128.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
1 vs last sale 35 14 vs year ago 20 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 10.00-15.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-10.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS TRADED STEADY.QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE. DEMAND STRONG.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $158.02/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$158.02
67 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.44
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456159.6572857
Medium and Large 1-2413154.666388thin
Medium and Large 2480125.056002thin
One grade step is worth $34.60/cwt here — about $128 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 sale67 hd
158.02
MS average13 barns · 656 hd
150.58
+7.44
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
BullsAverage1,48899.941,4874thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39575.391,0524thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01058.2958911

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003921
BullsMedium and Large 1800122.50/cwt122.50–122.509801
BullsMedium and Large 1471162.37/cwt155.00–172.507655
BullsMedium and Large 1326177.24/cwt152.50–205.005787
BullsMedium and Large 1506154.49/cwt135.00–159.0078210
BullsMedium and Large 1420163.18/cwt163.00–165.0068522
SteersMedium and Large 1400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007001
SteersMedium and Large 1551170.66/cwt165.00–171.0094018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528134.88/cwt130.00–140.007126
HeifersMedium and Large 1655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2311155.48/cwt155.00–157.004844
HeifersMedium and Large 1400160.50/cwt160.00–161.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 1460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007132
HeifersMedium and Large 1575140.09/cwt135.00–145.008062
SteersMedium and Large 1450177.50/cwt177.50–177.5079915
SteersMedium and Large 1605159.00/cwt159.00–159.0096215
HeifersMedium and Large 1532144.08/cwt135.00–157.507673
HeifersMedium and Large 2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
HeifersMedium and Large 3285100.00/cwt100.00–100.002851
BullsMedium and Large 1680134.70/cwt127.50–142.009162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505148.00/cwt148.00–148.007474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320161.31/cwt160.00–165.005164
BullsMedium and Large 1367166.55/cwt160.00–175.006113
BullsMedium and Large 1571147.59/cwt146.00–152.508434
BullsMedium and Large 1640135.50/cwt135.00–136.008672
BullsMedium and Large 2480125.05/cwt120.00–130.006002
HeifersMedium and Large 1605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008172
Bulls1,30093.12/cwt90.00–96.001,2112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39575.39/cwt75.00–76.001,0524
CowsLean 85-90%1,00352.97/cwt45.00–57.005313
CowsLean 85-90%1,07967.81/cwt64.00–71.007326
Bulls1,675106.75/cwt105.00–108.001,7882
CowsLean 85-90%81337.69/cwt35.00–40.003062

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.