Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale reported: Feeder bulls and heifers and traded 2.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 5.00 higher. Demand good. Quality mostly average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.07/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −108.19 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$285.07

3 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$44.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.82

vs MS average

−29.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	315.00	1,575	1thin
Medium and Large 2	505	270.10	1,364	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.90/cwt here — about $211 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

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 sale3 hd

285.07

—

MS average11 barns · 121 hd

280.25

+4.82

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−29.51

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−108.19

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	1,817	174.06	3,162	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,356	145.78	1,977	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	123.67	1,268	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)	1,250	$2,217	6
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,000	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$1,900	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,200	$3,100	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$2,985	4thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1Fancy	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	320.02/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	270.10/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,364	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	318.62/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	321.90/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	309.87/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	247.41/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,039	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	379.83/cwt	345.00–405.00	1,591	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	335.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,615	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,984.78/head	2,750.00–3,200.00	2,985	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,217.00/head	2,100.00–2,325.00	2,217	6
Bulls	—	—	1,700	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,873	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	176.59/cwt	172.00–180.00	3,311	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	143.96/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,026	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	147.19/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,938	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	123.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,268	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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