Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: FEEDER BULLS AND HEIFERS TRADED MIXED. SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS TRADED STEADY. DEMAND GOOD. QUALITY AVERAGE.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $289.31/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −123.01 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$289.31

6 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$51.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

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	306.46	1,614	4thin
Medium and Large 2	555	255.00	1,415	2thin

One grade step is worth $51.46/cwt here — about $198 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 sale6 hd

289.31

—

MS average10 barns · 113 hd

290.37

−1.07

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−123.01

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	1,577	135.63	2,138	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	128.00	1,459	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	98.00	943	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	238.61/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	276.67/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	326.57/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,055	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	289.74/cwt	275.00–305.00	826	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	342.92/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	348.94/cwt	325.00–380.00	1,462	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	370.00/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,395	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	247.34/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	386.69/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,199	3
Bulls	—	—	1,715	142.95/cwt	135.00–151.00	2,452	2
Bulls	—	—	1,300	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,573	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,125	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	728	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,281	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,644	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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