Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mixed. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 4.00-5.00 higher. Demand good. Quality mostly average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $303.40/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −108.93 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$303.40

6 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$63.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.84

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	335.00	1,759	2thin
Medium and Large 1	515	335.00	1,725	1thin
Medium and Large 2	525	271.79	1,427	3thin

One grade step is worth $63.21/cwt here — about $332 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 sale6 hd

303.40

—

MS average12 barns · 130 hd

318.24

−14.84

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−108.93

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	1,169	163.82	1,915	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	151.34	1,884	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	953	117.29	1,118	5thin

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)	1,412	$2,143	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,847	6
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,023	$1,812	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	800	$1,800	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	760	$1,200	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	815	$1,700	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,800	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$1,600	6
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	833	$1,425	5
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,240	$155	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,849	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	655	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	524	1
Bulls	—	—	1,032	159.03/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,641	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	150.21/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,828	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,174	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	120.48/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,139	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,742.05/head	1,600.00–1,850.00	1,742	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	1,812.22/head	1,800.00–1,825.00	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	2,057.41/head	1,850.00–2,250.00	2,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	320.15/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,412	2,142.71/head	2,125.00–2,150.00	2,143	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	384.63/cwt	355.00–415.00	1,558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	271.79/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,427	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	943	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	155.00/head	155.00–155.00	155	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	374.35/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	332.59/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,430	2
Bulls	—	—	1,515	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,757	1
Bulls	—	—	1,235	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,976	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	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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