Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call trend

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $320.76/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −91.57 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$320.76

6 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.70

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	320.76	1,719	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale6 hd

320.76

—

MS average11 barns · 101 hd

315.05

+5.70

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−91.57

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%	Low	685	83.00	569	2thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	352.47/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	388.04/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,234	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	336.51/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	377.46/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,057	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,063	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,260	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	685	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	806	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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