Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.61/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −83.64 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$309.61

7 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$52.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.02

vs MS average

−24.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	317.05	1,678	6thin
Medium and Large 2	555	265.00	1,471	1thin

One grade step is worth $52.05/cwt here — about $207 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

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 sale7 hd

309.61

—

MS average13 barns · 319 hd

314.63

−5.02

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−24.65

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−83.64

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	1,385	151.00	2,091	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	149.67	1,853	3thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,871	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	317.96/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Bulls	—	—	1,385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,091	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	143.50/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,758	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,049	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	311.84/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,058	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	344.93/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	332.65/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	317.48/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,943	6

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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