Peoples Livestock Auction Market Report

Houston, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 9, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	82	96	177
Feeder cattle	42	65	160
Slaughter cattle	15	13	17
Replacement cattle	25	18	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK. FEEDER STEERS TRADED STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. FEEDER HEIFERS TRADED 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED 5.00-8.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	170.00	$170.00	$926	—
555–575	565	2	147.50–157.50	$152.59	$862	-17.41
680	680	1	146.00	$146.00	$993	—
810	810	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,053	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	125.00	$125.00	$581	—
645	645	2	125.00	$125.00	$806	—
655	655	2	117.50	$117.50	$770	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	440	3	115.00–135.00	$126.80	$558	—
500	500	1	125.00	$125.00	$625	+2.50
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	371	4	152.50–155.00	$153.16	$568	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	210.00	$210.00	$420	—
420–430	425	2	172.50–185.00	$178.68	$759	+21.18
455–490	473	3	165.00–175.00	$168.35	$796	—
585	585	1	152.50	$152.50	$892	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	3	142.50	$142.50	$762	—
1060	1060	2	90.00	$90.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	130.00	$130.00	$618	-21.28
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762	—
660	660	1	126.00	$126.00	$832	—
705	705	1	122.00	$122.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	90.00	$90.00	$472	-37.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$288	—
745–1000	884	85-90%	5	46.00–53.00	$51.23	$453	-6.53
885	885	85-90%	1	61.00	$61.00	$540	+3.24

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	80-85%	1	62.00	$62.00	$636	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2025	2025	1	115.00	$115.00	$2,329	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00
1000–1100	1038	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	950.00–1,000.00	$969.88

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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.