Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $252.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −159.82 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$252.50

2 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−57.50

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	265.00	1,391	1thin
Medium and Large 3	575	240.00	1,380	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $11 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 sale2 hd

252.50

—

MS average9 barns · 93 hd

310.00

−57.50

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−159.82

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	1,825	165.00	3,011	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	140.00	1,715	2thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	967	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	282.55/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,139	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,011	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,715	2

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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