Peoples Livestock Auction Market Report

Houston, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	96	72	183
Feeder cattle	66	52	121
Slaughter cattle	15	20	50
Replacement cattle	15	—	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

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.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	170.00	$170.00	$663	—
415	415	1	175.00	$175.00	$726	—
475–485	480	2	165.00–170.00	$167.53	$804	—
500	500	1	165.00	$165.00	$825	—
600–615	608	3	160.00	$160.00	$973	-4.94

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	142.50	$142.50	$428	—
430–445	437	3	145.00–155.00	$150.70	$659	-1.75
450–475	464	4	142.50–156.00	$148.34	$688	-1.66
480	480	1	130.00	$130.00	$624	-20.00
500	500	1	142.50	$142.50	$712	—
685	685	1	122.50	$122.50	$839	—
700	700	1	115.00	$115.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	137.50	$137.50	$378	—
405–440	429	4	115.00–130.00	$123.63	$530	—
455–485	470	3	122.50–130.00	$125.08	$588	—
555–585	570	2	117.00–120.00	$118.46	$675	-1.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	140.00	$140.00	$469	-12.50
395	395	2	153.00	$153.00	$604	—
490	490	2	130.00	$130.00	$637	-14.05

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	117.50	$117.50	$558	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	197.50	$197.50	$444	—
400–445	427	3	152.50–175.00	$162.67	$695	+2.67
500–510	503	3	165.00–172.50	$167.53	$843	-2.61
600–625	613	2	132.50–135.00	$133.72	$820	-12.98
670	670	1	127.00	$127.00	$851	-10.50
700–735	718	2	117.50–120.00	$118.72	$852	—
800	800	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	3	152.50	$152.50	$404	—
310	310	2	150.00	$150.00	$465	—
500	500	2	135.00	$135.00	$675	—
605	605	2	132.50	$132.50	$802	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	145.00	$145.00	$370	—
400–435	418	2	120.00–140.00	$130.42	$545	—
500–525	513	2	125.00–132.50	$128.84	$661	—
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	122.50	$122.50	$300	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1045	1035	80-85%	2	70.00–71.00	$70.50	$730	—
1145–1350	1248	80-85%	2	75.00–80.00	$77.71	$970	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–985	975	85-90%	2	50.00–56.00	$52.97	$516	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1280	1212	3	90.00–92.00	$91.05	$1,104	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	620.00	$620.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.