Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-04-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 7
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
16 vs last sale 24 58 vs year ago 98 · 59.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 14 vs year ago 20 · 70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $250.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 102.54 against this barn's trailing median of $352.54.
Average price
$250.00
6 head · 638 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
27.51
vs MS average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1638250.001,5946thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
250.00
MS average9 barns · 28 hd
277.51
−27.51
This barn, trailing median1 sales
352.54
−102.54
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,180120.831,4265thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650643245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5755
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1001
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6781
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468326.51/cwt320.00–335.001,5283
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3391
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500465290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3401
BullsMedium and Large 3900–950900205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8451
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363387.07/cwt375.00–400.001,4052
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375322.47/cwt320.00–325.001,2094
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600565245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3841
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750735215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5801
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400385305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1741
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250235210.00/cwt210.00–210.004941
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450422281.36/cwt265.00–300.001,1873
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5111
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450436347.25/cwt335.00–375.001,5144
CowsBoner 80-85%1,180120.83/cwt120.00–122.001,4265

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.