Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −145.75 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$247.50

4 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,343

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.86

vs MS average

−50.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	255.00	1,364	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	245.00	1,335	3thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $29 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

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $382.09, median $393.25 across 3 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 sale4 hd

247.50

—

MS average12 barns · 178 hd

261.36

−13.86

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−50.33

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−145.75

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	1,925	154.00	2,965	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	125.00	1,641	2thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	725	$1,375	5

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	263.45/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,093	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	5
Bulls	—	—	1,925	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,965	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,400	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	279.88/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,458	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,243	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,335	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	515	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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