Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $228.96/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −183.36 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$228.96

5 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,241

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$20.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−61.48

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	241.25	1,297	2thin
Medium and Large 2	545	220.77	1,203	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.48/cwt here — about $94 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 sale5 hd

228.96

—

MS average9 barns · 74 hd

290.44

−61.48

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−183.36

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	1,750	150.00	2,625	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	140.02	1,755	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	833	79.24	660	3thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1Full	550–600	555	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	271.44/cwt	250.00–295.00	1,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	237.51/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,028	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	222.40/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	240.02/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	420	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	233.75/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	292.50/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	220.57/cwt	205.00–227.50	1,017	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	322.61/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,226	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	337.79/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,108	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	315.04/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,348	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	285.27/cwt	255.00–300.00	1,335	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	662	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,625	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,519	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	142.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,879	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	79.24/cwt	76.00–85.00	660	3

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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