Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: GRAB YOUR HAT, THESES CATTLE ARE SMOKING AND GETTING HIGHER EVERY WEEK! FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED 10.00-20.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND GREAT. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $294.33/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −117.99 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$294.33

7 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$51.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.41

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	306.77	1,586	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	505	295.00	1,490	3thin
Medium and Large 2	505	255.00	1,288	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.77/cwt here — about $298 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.81, low $383.65, median $412.32 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

294.33

—

MS average9 barns · 73 hd

279.92

+14.41

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−117.99

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,100	110.00	1,210	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	355	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	150–200	190	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	240.03/cwt	235.00–245.00	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,012	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	330.41/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,381	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,139	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	320.10/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	257.30/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	306.77/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	312.14/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,149	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	305	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	234.73/cwt	220.00–260.00	998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	370	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	345.37/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,671	1

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.

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