Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle traded steady. Demand good. Quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.98/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −97.27 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$295.98

14 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$380

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$102.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.68

vs MS average

−33.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	317.00	1,617	7thin
Medium and Large 1	530	298.75	1,583	4thin
Medium and Large 2	523	257.39	1,346	2thin
Medium and Large 3	575	215.00	1,236	1thin

One grade step is worth $102.00/cwt here — about $380 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale14 hd

295.98

—

MS average13 barns · 344 hd

304.66

−8.68

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−33.97

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−97.27

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	119.52	1,165	2thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$1,450	3thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 2Fleshy	450–500	463	287.43/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,331	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	417.44/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,348	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	119.52/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,751	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	302.60/cwt	302.50–303.00	1,782	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	492	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,808	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	394.84/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,795	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,984	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	257.39/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	338.15/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,447	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,236	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	384.52/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,211	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	419.97/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,953	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	317.00/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,617	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	262.51/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	483	292.46/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,001	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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