Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb heifers averaged $340.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −130.74 against this barn's trailing median of $470.74.

Average price

$340.00

4 head · 345 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$63

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.94

vs MS average

−34.13 vs national

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	335	345.00	1,156	3thin
Medium and Large 1	375	325.00	1,219	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about −$63 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 300–400 lb

3 sales

Heifers 300–400 lb: high $474.75, low $421.87, median $470.74 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 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

340.00

—

MS average12 barns · 200 hd

350.94

−10.94

National average174 barns · 6,678 hd

374.13

−34.13

This barn, trailing median3 sales

470.74

−130.74

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	—	High	2,000	180.00	3,600	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	140.37	1,724	8thin

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)	1,400	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,000	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	993	$2,541	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$2,500	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,200	5

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	135.34/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,604	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	148.74/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,934	3
Bulls	—	—	2,000	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	2,643.06/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,643	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,421.05/head	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,421	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,055	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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