Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED 5.00-6.00 HIGHER. DEMAND STRONG. QUALITY AVERAGE TO ATTRACTIVE

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $285.74/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −126.58 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$285.74

12 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$36.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.80

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	291.90	1,539	10thin
Medium and Large 2	575	254.91	1,466	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.99/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale12 hd

285.74

—

MS average7 barns · 58 hd

284.94

+0.80

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−126.58

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,458	129.33	1,886	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	132.82	1,545	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	900	115.00	1,035	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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$1,250	2thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	262.36/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	356.17/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,318	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	327.02/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,043	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	715	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	275.11/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	250.03/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	278.70/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,405	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	310.27/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,285	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	208	382.05/cwt	345.00–420.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	274.91/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	365.78/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,189	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	319.68/cwt	285.00–345.00	1,506	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	338.68/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,395	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	319.83/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	257.51/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,076	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	296.15/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,537	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	375.32/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,070	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	254.91/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,514	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Bulls	—	—	2,000	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	3,040	1
Bulls	—	—	1,075	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,376	1
Bulls	—	—	1,300	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,404	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	132.82/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,545	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,035	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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